My junk mail used to be automatically moved to my junk mail folder. Lately it just gets marked as junk and sits in my inbox, even though I still had the option enabled. If you find that your email client (Thunderbird, Mail.app, etc) no longer automatically moves your junk mail, try this out. The directions are for Thunderbird but its easy enough for any client.
My Palm Desktop suddenly started crashing immediately after opening. I did some googling and found this weird fix. No idea how this guy figured it out but it works.
Step 1) Set properties to low res mode
Right click on “Palm Desktop” icon –> Select “Compatibility” tab
Select “Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution” flag
*This allows Palm Desktop to open. Wow!Step 2) Open Palm Desktop (The Ironic part)
Open “Palm Desktop”
*Yes, I actually opened the program, in order to fix the problem
of the program not opening. Ironic, but hey, it works.
*If you are not able open the program, then find another way to
find and fix corrupt files.Step 3) Repair the files
Select “Tools” menu –> “Options…” menu item
Select “Tools” tab –> “Check Now” Command button
*This should find and correct any corrupted files.Step 4) Restore screen resolution for program
Right click on “Palm Desktop” icon –> Select “Compatibility” tab
De-select “Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution” flag
*This should let you view the program in your native resolution.
Credit goes to rocketman002, whoever you are: http://discussion.treocentral.com/showthread.php?t=109727
I bought this SD card from a Chinese eBayer for half the retail price. It took about a week for the plastic read-only lock to break off. Damn thing just fell out. Last time I EVER buy a media card with a read-only lock (its optional per SD card specifications). This, as you may know, renders the card unwriteable since a media card reader thinks that the card is write-protected if the notch isn’t filled. Now, how do I convince the card reader the notch is filled? I give it a little band-aid.
The supplies:
All the medium size paper clips around the office that day were the same exact height as the plastic lock that broke off, lucky me. I cut it to length using a cutting plier for a clean edge and put a dab (a DAB!!) of superglue on there. I let it dry and gave it a test run. Yay, it works. Permanently set to read/write and works flawlessly.
Many Firefox add-ons are not yet updated to support Firefox3, even though they probably work fine anyway. You could try bypassing the extension compatibility check by following this guide. This is not recommended as it may break your installation of Firefox, but it worked fine for me.
You have just told Firefox not to check extension compatibility. Now cross your fingers, restart Firefox, and hope for the best!
I see many people come here to read this post about choosing the best size hard drives for your RAID5 array: The best value hard drive for a RAID5 setup
The prices I gave as examples are already out-of-date. Here is a link to the spreadsheet so you can put your own prices in and make your own determination on what size is your best option.
By the way, these enterprise class hard drives are perfect for RAID arrays:
Western Digital RE2 or Seagate Barracuda ES
Spreadsheet available here: link
EDIT: Here is the spreadsheet so you can edit with your own specs: link
I’ve been wanting to rebuild my fileserver/NAS box which has 500GB of movies, music, and pictures. Its got to be fast and cheap, and I also wanted to play with linux RAID. After doing some reading, a RAID5 configuration seemed to be my best bet. I’m also going to go ahead and upgrade the space to about 1TB so I don’t have to worry about expanding for a while. I decided to make a little spreadsheet to figure out which would be the most cost effective way to build a RAID5 array totaling 1TB of usable data. I’ll share it with you.
Goals: Have about 1TB of usable space for as cheap as possible.
As you can see, the 320GB seems to be the best value at or around 1TB. Even though you lost a few gb over the other 3 options, the total cost of the hard drives seems much more affordable. The 250gb is similar in price and gets you a little more space, but the more hard drives you add, the more you risk hard drive failure. As the quantity of hard drives in your box increase, the rate of failure increases. The chance of 1 out of 5 disks failing is greater than 1 out of 4. Additionally, increased temperature, losing an hdd slot, and more stress on the PSU makes 250GB’s really not worth it. Not to mention they are 3 cents more expensive.
Now lets prepare for the future. I already upgraded my 500GB server to 1000GB. What happens when I want to upgrade to 1500GB? Obviously hardware costs will be a little different when that time comes, but just for fun, lets put it on paper.
And 2000GB?
Again and again, the 320GB is best in value. Thats why I went with some WD 320GB RE’s and didn’t look back.