Optoma HD70 Color Wheel Update: It lives!
In light of the color wheel failure in my HD70 I was forced to find a replacement. I have to commend Optoma. Despite their somewhat snippy customer service rep, I am really impressed. I called them four days ago (Monday) after they had closed for the day (why answer the phone if you’re closed?) and ordered a replacement color wheel for my HD70, a projector they haven’t made for about four years. Not only did they have it in stock, and for a reasonable price, but they told me it would be 8 days to arrive and it arrived in less than four. Color me impressed. After I opened the projector up, pulled all the glass shards out, blew the dust out of it, and installed the new wheel I buttoned it back up, sure enough it fired right up. The only note I can...
Optoma HD70 Color Wheel Trouble
I was watching an old episode of Dexter the other day (I know, I’m late to the party) and my projector (an Optoma HD70) image became an off color for just a second, but most alarmingly started to make a terrible buzzing/whirring/grinding noise, almost like a bad computer fan. There are a couple of high volume brushless DC (computer) fans inside there, so I knew it was possible that one had thrown a vane. Since the HD-70 is a DLP projector it uses a complex set of mirrors to reflect the image through a color wheel in order to get the correct colors displayed in the image. The color wheel in the HD70 is seven segments. I believe that it is ordered red, green blue, white, red, grean, blue. When I heard the noise I shut the projector down as quickly as I could,...
Goodbye Boxee, and Good Riddance!
Initially, I loved Boxee. It was the cat’s meow in terms of media management, and media playback. As someone who has ripped (and re-encoded) 200+ DVDs more than once, it was a welcome relief to have software to pull together album art, names, synopses, etc. I always found the interface less than desirable, and never understood the ‘social’ aspect of it (still don’t), but it made my life a lot easier. Then came the whispers (and eventual announcement and release) of dedicated Boxee hardware; the Boxee box. That was when things started going wrong. Because of the semi-secretive development of the Boxee Box and its feature set, the PC version’s continued development suffered. Prior to the announcement/leak that there would be a Boxee...
Website Update: No viruses here
I was running an outdated version of TimThumb with a known vulnerability for a while, I updated my install a while back but apparently some naughty code was left behind and recently became active. If Google caught you in a redirect and warned you that my site may contain malware, fear not! The problem is solved! Back to your regularly scheduled misgivings… F.Y.I. This link helped me track things down and get the naughty code outtah...
The new Evernote web application…
… is one smooth piece of software. http://www.evernote.com/
MacBook Air 11″ Internal Display Connector
This is the display connector in the new 11″ MacBook Air. To remove the display clamshell this must be unplugged. Upon re-installation it is very important to note that the machine will not boot with connector installed upside down. There are no clear identifying markings on the connector to indication its orientation. If installed incorrectly the machine will start briefly, fans will spin momentarily, and the computer will return to an off state. I recommend a sharpie dot on the top side of the connector before you remove it, as to reinstall the battery and bottom case as necessary to test it per Apple protocol is quite time consuming. Do yourself a favor and mark...
- @jmathai
@patricksantana Thank you both! I'm still learning my way around github. Sorry to rehash an old issue.2012/02/06 00:51 by web - @jmathai
Looks like it might be an iOS app issue. Those were all uploaded from the app. I'll consult @patricksantana.
http://t.co/L2jUIT492012/02/06 00:02 by web
