Morningstar Cash Flow Cushion indicator - Can cash cover company debt? http://bit.ly/8WX3wf

Sony digital camera with GPS: Cyber-shot HX5V US$350 http://bit.ly/8J94ri travel

Datacenter assume 19 inch rack footprint is 28 to 30 square feet http://bit.ly/5Ru7yj

datacenter site selection - ranking against benchmarks http://bit.ly/5fnbn0

Overhead imagery in Cambodia Laos Vietnam tri-border area decent. Logging? Micro-hydro? http://bit.ly/7jUI1P

Datacenter design - area/room cooling possible for HPC in 2012+? slide 16 Nicolas Dubé - Sun http://bit.ly/8zpo9h

Thailand Weather - Provinces and major cities http://bit.ly/5AogZw

Create a new universal installation ISO for Windows 7. Remove ei.cfg file. http://bit.ly/5PPco windows7

Find the fastest DNS server for you to configure & use http://bit.ly/4B0VA0 network tools

datacenter design for HPC: Rate of Convective Heat Transfer q = hA(Ts − Tb); need CFM/kw < 100 & <<150

Average low density, non HPC, 5kw rack ≈ 5 hairdryers http://bit.ly/5qtGeA datacenter

RT @GoKunming: Cycling From Kunming To The Vietnam Border - Part One http://bit.ly/4Nhmpy travel

Mumbai India restaurants | Stan Sesser WSJ travel http://bit.ly/4x5zH1

travel China budget hotels | Stan Sesser, WSJ http://bit.ly/61hB9n

RT @EFF: Guide to E-Book Privacy: http://bit.ly/7WBXPS <-Track search, reading, purchase? Share with whom? Any customer control?

travel New form of malaria threatens Thailand -#Cambodia border http://bit.ly/60uWQc

37 Data and Visualization Blogs | FlowingData http://bit.ly/8WJLFv

Visualizing US Unemployment 2004 to Present (& How to Make a Map Like This) http://bit.ly/7CVzhV

A competitive board game on building *power grids* http://bit.ly/7INJnS datacenter infrastructure cool

Scaling challenges for future planet wide systems, not just 10*Facebook http://bit.ly/4PRGtH

Infographic coins remove confusion about value http://bit.ly/82uk8h <-but need clear country id! travel

datacenter container show review incl. IBM with flex config that addresses adoption barrier http://bit.ly/6XsrAb

British Airways (BA) strike next week for 12 days, 12Dec-2Jan? http://bit.ly/5GKxXR travel Oweee!

Looks like Agoda is big in Asia for hotel travel discounts, but not much splash in US except for FlyerTalk http://bit.ly/4QZ8QG

Cueva del Milodon (Milodon Cave), Chile mapped with photo/website data http://bit.ly/4rpmrv travel

Amazon spot EC2 instances, run work as long as your bid exceeds current spot price http://bit.ly/6GjKJ1

datacenter power arbitrage: 120v AC 30A rack in downtown SF $21/amp/month; $1K install

Mapping Patagonia Andes routes. Campamento de Agostini Chile map backpacking travel http://bit.ly/5Em4Aj

RT @sidboswell: Broadband mapping may have just gotten easier http://bit.ly/8gBRyV <-IDInsight's Broadband Scout http://bit.ly/4Efzco

Microsoft pivot : experimental analysis of large data collections http://bit.ly/72RDnq

Roundup of possibly worthwhile Google Chrome extensions http://bit.ly/7bxeiM

Lenovo Thinkpad System Update R4 for windows7 (found it previously, but not apparent today, duh) http://bit.ly/4W2TcG

Can Google Spanner principles be adapted to minimum case of 2 geo dispersed datacenter ? http://bit.ly/4NLkWJ

Need to reread Google on distributed systems, especially storage design. Light on network design. http://bit.ly/8r0uJl

datacenter site considerations: avoid electric power from coal. US energy map http://bit.ly/8rgYzM

Google wave still doesn't like iPhone. Inbox is ok, but wave display is blacked out on the right 1/3.

Global online mapping competition 15 Dec 09-31 Jan 10 http://bit.ly/8HhEh6

Interactive Mapping for Filmmakers @ BAVC, SF 12/3; 7PM http://bit.ly/8TTnjD

Japanese Google Picasa:quick response/QR bar codes with Web addresses. Scan QR code with phone; links to online photos http://bit.ly/4UhRST

Corporate Win 7 distro still borked with some weirdo authorization issue. Thanks Microsoft.

travel All-Inclusive All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Guide http://ping.fm/4HyCc

Easier 3D building development for #Google #Earth http://ping.fm/6JxmG

#datacenter water supply: "purple pipe" is used (in LA) for recycled water; $1M/mile; not transmission, but distribution; source: LADWP

#travel Closed areas in #China http://ping.fm/1rib3

#Datacenter site = f(Fiber ∩ (Bonneville Power Administration))

Slideshare with Audio Narration

Simple slide presentations with accompany audio narration keyed to the slide change

Windows oriented. Assumes:

• microphone available, perhaps from a webcam
• PowerPoint or OpenOffice Impress.
  

1. Open SlideShare account
2. Open Internet Archive account
3. Get Audacity audio recording and editing software
4. Search for Windows built in screen capture Snipping Tool
5. Create slides using Impress, inserting JPG screen shots
6. Record audio narration using Audacity
7. Edit audio narration
8. Upload slide presentation to SlideShare
9. Export audio in WAV format from Audacity and store locally
10. Upload audio WAV to Internet Archive
11. Edit SlideShare. For a demo see this.
    

#travel #Goggle Maps is useless for finding better #Lourve entrances than the dumb pyramid http://ping.fm/bPDIW

#Sitebricks - #Google web application development framework from built on top of #Guice http://ping.fm/CrHBZ

"Technical debt": design easy to implement in the short run but has a larger negative long run impact http://bit.ly/4FGfD

#travel Cross-border bus service planned between Laos and Cambodia http://ping.fm/FZIui

Nonin GO2 Achieve Fingertip Pulse Oximeter

Found this at REI for $99 for measuring O₂ saturation and heart rate.

Color of the one REI had is blue, which seems kinda dumb if you want something that stands out so you can find in in a gear bag, but the Nonin web site shows that the other colors aren't much better, though dark orange seems slightly better. At this point I'll try this one and see how if the color matters in practice.

Garmin Foretrex 401

Picked up a Garmin Foretrex 401 at REI for full price, $250, + CA sales tax, less last year's annual dividend and expecting something like a 10% dividend for 2009 purchases.  It's been getting very mixed and scanty reviews, but I want something for both traveling around and for heart rate monitoring.  Amazon had the best price on the associated heart rate monitor.

I had found a significantly better price at PC Nation but, once the PC Nation on line ordering system found out I was in California, it wanted an additional 9% use tax.  REI has the best return policy in case the Foretrex 401 turns out to be a turkey. 

Garmin's web site doesn't describe where the serial number is.  It's under the batteries.

Garmin's WebUpdater recognized the unit, but found no applicable updates.

One set of interesting functions is for free fall exit and descent management, "jumpmaster" functions, though that's a bit of a misnomer since besides calculating the High Altitude Release Point it can be also be used once out of the airplane to manage both the free fall and under the canopy parts of the descent.

Reduce time spent on noise in Google Reader with sort by magic (but have to Share and Like) http://ping.fm/gjKdd

Advice from #Google on large #distributed systems http://ping.fm/eOM26

#Panoramio is now an #iPhone app! (geo-tagging seems not to be transferring, though)

Add easypublic@appspot.com to wave contacts list and use to create public waves #GWave #GoogleWave

#GWave You may need to add your googlewave.com address to your profile so your contacts can automagically see you in GWave Contacts

#iPhone Unlimited International Data Plan #travel http://ping.fm/jBCPR

View PDF, Powerpoint, TIFF without opening app and leaving browser http://ping.fm/PR1c7

Equipment huts for telcom fiber deployment http://ping.fm/pWOvU

As part of researching details of #Vientiane points of interest, came across an interesting journal #laos http://ping.fm/98o1c

Flickr iPhone app: pretty slick

#travel Ramsar Site 999 - The Flooded Forests of Northern #Cambodia http://ping.fm/vav7j

#datacenter Water supply uses transmission and distribution, just like power. "Purple pipe" can supply recycled water for chillers.

Report map errors http://ping.fm/9VAl9

G1 or #iphone for extended #travel in Asia? http://ping.fm/Jh0W9

Use a non US SIM in #iPhone and disable data to avoid spurious charges. No jailbreak. http://ping.fm/gMMKr #travel

Garmin Foretrex 401 wrist wearable GPS with baro altimeter, disposable batteries (and military freefall/skydive functions!) http://ping.fm/YDcxv

Need Vietnamese/Lao speaker who doesn't complain to ride motorbikes on loop Lak Sao > Vinh > Đông Hà > Xepon > Salavan #travel

#travel Best credit/debit card for foreign exchange. Latest info in post 1625 http://ping.fm/3wZdW

Hong Kong men's suit: bring Jil Sander suit to copy; get style where pants can be worn without coat; get 2 pairs of pants; expect 3 fittings

#travel Maps of Indian Himalayas (Ladakh, Lahaul, Spiti), Sri Lanka, Maldives, and (claimed soon) Oman, Nepal, Borneo http://ping.fm/FURI6

#travel #Singapore prepaid mobile broadband http://ping.fm/YsHez (but see http://ping.fm/m8VHt for free wifi)

Overheard: Local SIM in #Bali #Indonesia Telkomsel for best network; XL for best price #travel http://ping.fm/YylAb

HP Desktop Config Aug 09

Purchased from CostCo
registration 8/21/09
Win Vista Home Premium 64bit
Intel Core i7 920@2.67GHz
12GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD4850 driver 8.581.1.0 4/28/09
5.9 Windows Experience Level
Hard disk: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 SATA 3Gb/s 1TB Cache 32MB
DVD 1 HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH40L
DVD 2 ATAPI DVD D DH16D5S
Intel 82567V-2 Gigabit Network

Have D-Link DIR-655
Old: HP a6177c

MyBook WD5000D032
--start by using USB
--try Firewire
--shows driver not installed, but able to scan disk using Win Explorer


Received FedEx Indirect Signature

Synced old computer music, pictures, and main files using Goodsync to two external disks
Took picture of rear ports

Defined screen resolution as 1920x1200, 60Hz for HP x2408 LCD monitor

Plugged in network
Plugged in USB from monitor
--monitor USB supports speakers and IR for keyboard/mouse (?)

Turn off Windows startup sound from Sound control panel

Defined one click access for folders

Computer can't access internet. Forgot that, even though access is wired, home router restricts by MAC address.

Used model and serial number for new name

Defined home workgroup

Determined MAC address (Help > Control Panle > Network and Sharing Center > Connection > View Status > Details)
Defined MAC address to DIR-655 router to allow internet access. Router didn't need reboot.
Reserved DHCP address

Invoked Windows Update multiple times to get Vista SP2 plus other fixes, including optional

Change mouse characteristics
--pointer options

Downloaded Revo Uninstaller
Removed trial security (to be replaced with Avast)
Removed Microsoft Works (to be replaced with OpenOffice)


Customize Start menu
--small icons
--unlock toolbar

Download/install Avast
--register to get reg key
--turn off Avast sound
--set auto update program
Download/install Firefox
Download/install Chrome Beta
Set default search to Google

AT&T Self Support Tool
(actually skipped this, but should have done early)

Download/install Java VM
--wants to install toolbar
--wants to install TuneUp that "fixes" iTunes--try

Download/install Google Toolbar for Firefox (beta?)
Download//install Google Updater with minimum software (Desktop)
Changed Google Desktop preferences to allow search across network

Control Panel, Network and Sharing
--turn on network discovery

Download/install Flash
Download/install Shockwave
Download/install Vuze (need appropriate port from router)
--wants to install toolbar

Download OpenOffice (should have done through Vuze torrent)
Download iTunes

Install iTunes/Quicktime
Set Firefox home page

Install Firefox addons
--delicious
--Diigo (doesn't work from Mozilla site, use Diigo site)

Download/install Thunderbird
--customize account
--don't use GMail account setting, since it's POP, not IMAP

Install OpenOffice
--custom: install ActiveX control

Install Google Docs with offline access
--install Google Gears

Install Windows Live Sync and sync to folders

GCal
--setup for offline access

Download/install Goodsync
Activate pro version (ok)

USB powered external disk not recognized
USB external MyBook recognized through USB, not Firewire

Sync Music and Pictures (approx 21MB/sec)

Download/install Roboform
--activate pro version (oops)
--activate pro version based on name/email

Sync to online Roboform

Update iTunes

Slysoft activations
-10/23/07
--make sure each download is installed before trying to activate
--use Win Explorer, search "license keys"
--

HP J6450 Printer
--software
--HP Solution Center-ok
--HP Smart Web Printing--defer
--HP Document Manager 1.0--defer
--OCR--ok
--HP Photosmart Essential 2.5--no
--needs restart

HP Deskjet 6980xi
--use "Add Printer" through network

Skype
--download/install

Picasa
--download
--install
--scan for photos

Acrobat Pro
--9/18/08 original purchase

MediaMonkey
--Gold registration (search "ventis")

PDF Password Remover (Emetrix)-todo

Hardware Tuning:
--Device  Manager > Hard Disk > Policies > Enable Advanced Performance ?

Money Plus-todo

Hardware Diagnostics
--Disk SMART program from seatools.seagate.com

Google Earth
--download/install

TweetDeck
--download/install

Uh oh, Blue Screen of Death
--probably from MyBook

Also, USB powered disk doesn't work.  WD website no help.  Works on other machines.

Garmin
--plugin
--Training Center

Google SketchUp 

Doesn't read SDHC

Garmin Webupdater

Need: OpenProj

Apple MobileMe control panel
--download/install
--control panel classic view
--configure, sync auto, sync with Yahoo and IE bookmarks

Firefox Yapta add on

Firefox Screengrab add on

Preah Vihear and Banteay Toup temples, Spean Mema bridge, and Sen Monorom waterfall added to Google MapMaker #Cambodia #travel

#Cambodia locations GPS Coordinates http://ping.fm/uWTZZ #travel

Looking for imagery of the SOG Leghorn site at YB604356 in Lao. Bet it hasn't been visited in 30 years

#Cambodia north/south Route 68 between Kralanh and O'Smach on #Thailand border to be upgraded http://bit.ly/UKlwh

Single visa proposed for #Thailand and #Cambodia #travel http://bit.ly/UKlwh

Just noticed that Carlos Saura's incandescent Carmen is available on Criterion DVD. Hooray! http://ping.fm/MGcCI

How to guide on creating large documents such as reports in Open Office Writer http://ping.fm/UwVNU

Nice high resolution view of Long Tieng, #Vietnam War era secret #CIA air base in #Laos http://ping.fm/Uyi1o

#Cambodia electricity cost, $.20/kwh, has limited foreign investment. New $160 coal 100Mw plant by 2012. Grid investment, too? http://ping.fm/2Da9G

3d map of Hong Kong #hongkong http://ping.fm/TL3dK

K5 minefield in #Cambodia is 700km wide and 400-500 km long along Thai border. Nice tourist attraction.

Graphic of path of 22 July 09 solar eclipse across #China http://ping.fm/5EwTn

#travel lesson learned for car rentals: upgrading to a Compact car from Economy is no longer sufficient to guarantee power windows/locks

New in Google Labs: City Tours. London, SF, NYC. Shows promise. #travel http://ping.fm/2frr4

#Angkor feature in National Geographic July 09 issue #Cambodia #travel http://ping.fm/2rshX

Need Lenovo charging tip L10a 41R4481 for #iPhone 3G/3GS replacing L10 41R4318 that worked with iPhone Gen1 $10 http://ping.fm/g8fO7

Mobile Me calendar review: 1/2*. Need to look at GCal for pointers to additional function

Lenovo 90w Slim AC/DC adapter with L10 tip charges iPhone G1, but L10a tip needed for 3G/3GS. Wonder if I can get a free L10a from support

Yahoo's patent on #datacenter cold row containment, but why isn't this prior art? http://ping.fm/5NOQo

Road from Poipet to Siem Reap #Cambodia now sealed as of 3 May 09! End of an era. #travel http://ping.fm/Jf55H

#Japan prepaid 3G internet data providers #travel http://ping.fm/FiuBX

RT @drelu: Great write-up on the distributed consensus problem by Mark Mc Keown: http://bit.ly/9QI93 #cloud

Ha ha, AT&T phone-in customer service doesn't know that you can pre-order a new #iPhone at http://ping.fm/M64ov

New "truck" border crossings: Mukdahan, Thailand and Savannakhet, Laos; the other Dansavan, Laos and Lao Bao, Vietnam http://ping.fm/OVzCL

#Google Docs now can read, but not write, .docx and .xlsx (Office 2007) http://ping.fm/OjR3m