* Scott Hanselman’s Computer Zen - The Nuclear Option: Resetting The Crap Out Of Your Network Adapters in Vista * Forcing google apps into mobile mode on the iphone – sure the iphone can display big web pages, but the edge network is so freaking slow that you don’t want to get the whole freaking page. * Running multiple versions of the same program on windows – useful * How to start an app in vista with elevated credentials * Firefox user agent switcher

Office of EERE: DOE Venture Capital Technology Showcase Presentations – lots of interesting energy investment stuff here

PowerPoint Presentation - Putting the Fun in Functional – good summary of the basics of game mechanics and how they can be applied to broader classes of software and services

Marginal Revolution: No More Making Fun of Canadian Money. Wow. The world has voted on the US economy and government policies.

quick scan of google results – * Westinghouse 5 Channel Wireless Home Intercom System with Doorbell * Radio shack unit with telephony interface * Westinghouse or on amazon (savage customer reviews) * Doorbell fon units – telephony integrated solution * a list of units at nextag * … and at smarthome

* MoCo Loco: Finding Cheska – awesome looking placesettings. * Ice cream scoops that in theory stay warm and thus scoop better * Wine ratchet. OK opening wine bottles is not that big a problem but still.

For all my Ohio friends, some links to get you ready for the game this weekend:

Should be fun!

May build a little mausoleum for this halloween. Some motivating pictures:

* Palm_Cemetery_in_Winter_Park,_FL_-_Creepy_Mausoleum.jpg (JPEG Image, 1797x1188 pixels) - Scaled (60%) * Stengel * Buhne * Hierapolis * Collier Crypt

Oh and here someone else built one – Someone else’s halloween crypt

And sloppy basketball at that. NCAA Football Team Stats - CBSSports.com – almost 1300 yards of offense between the teams. and 5 fumbles, 2 ints in the game. 28 penalties and 328 penalty yards. Sloppy! I can’t believe in Louisville as a top 10 team with this kind of play.

Not sure why Vista decided it needed to tell me this, but this forum provides tips on fixing – Microsoft Windows Search Indexer stopped working and was closed - Tech Support Forum – basically you have to manually delete all the temporary working files for search. You’d think Vista could do that for you. Possibly related to the fact that my reliability index is 1.97 and I am getting multiple blue screens a day – thanks BioShock.

A new field for me – .:: Attosecond Spectroscopy ::. – introduced to by a recent review article in Science magazine. Fascinating – spectroscopy at the electron level, the ability to see electron changes as atoms bond, etc.

* Real Time Collaboration in Google Spreadsheets Rocks at Starting Up by Rahul Pathak – Rahul points out the collab features, very nice * And look at the new online data integration features – google sets integration, xpaths/xml, html import, rss integration. the google sets thing is awesome

* Marginal Revolution: Underrated novels – good lists of books to consider * Martin tries out dailylit – another good way to read classics

* Awesome Local Deals Content in Seattle & Atlanta at Starting Up by Rahul Pathak – Rahul talks about latest Judy’s Book release – the content is starting to vastly improve… * Phil’s Blackberry app gets some good press coverage\ * The opportunity for Network Magic – home networks are just way too frickin’ complicated * Marine forecasts for the San Juans – thanks Rich * Rich also on how to read charts … I learned all this as a kid on Georgian Bay but a good refresher * Brett finds the best guide to the west coast trail – good luck brett!

Marginal Revolution: How many books should you start? – economists discussing rational behaviour concerning reading. I am somewhat irrational, I hate to give up on a book.