Archive for March, 2011:

is it Ghadafi? or Qaddafi?

Channel hopping during this Libyan conflict finds every major news network using a different spelling for this kook’s name. CNN uses ‘Ghadafi’, Fox News Channel uses ‘Qaddafi’, and MSNBC uses ‘Khaddafy’ – I’m sure I’ve seen others. The U.S. Government uses ‘Qadhafi’ on the State Dept site (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5425.htm#gov) I got curious which was correct – [...]

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Food Supply Woes

I know this is not a major food supply issue like the Japanese are currently facing with the radioactivity found in their food supply chain. I mention it as a reminder to us all to check those expiration dates – you certainly can’t trust your local big business grocery chain to do it. We bake [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Tab Bluetooth Profiles

from here http://ars.samsung.com/customer/usa/jsp/faqs/faqs_view_us.jsp?SITE_ID=22&PG_ID=2&PROD_SUB_ID=557&PROD_ID=559&AT_ID=345320 This is for the Sprint version of the Tab, I don’t know if the other carriers’ models are any different. Supported Profiles: A2DP: Advanced Audio Distribution Profile AVRCP: Audio/Video Remote Control Profile DUN: Dial-up networking Profile FTP: File Transfer Profile OPP: Object Push Profile PBAP: Phone Book Access Profile Loosely related is [...]

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