http://garamchai.frivologs.com yet another dude sucked into blogosphere Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:38:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am not going to repeat what the tech world was buzzing with today. What is going unheard in the din is that even current AT&T subscribers need to sign a new two-year contract to get the new iPhone. Are Apple/AT&T trying to keep their users from jumping to Android-powered ... http://garamchai.frivologs.com/2008/technology/iphone-3g-or-android-powered-phone/ Since this past weekend, when I turn on my dual-boot (Windows XP and Fedora Core 7) PC, I get: AMD BootBlock V1.0 BIOS ROM checksum error Reading Drive A: Insert system disk and press Enter I have tried to clear CMOS, tried to load MS DOS (both 5.0 and 6.2.2) from floppy disk but I ... http://garamchai.frivologs.com/2008/technology/bios-rom-checksum-error/ Did you buy an HD-DVD player long before HD-DVD format has been discontinued? Feel you shouldn't have bought it before the winner of Blu-ray vs DH-DVD war was declared? Despair not...but hurry. The return policy on HD DVD players has been extended to six months. Check out http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120742749977492469.html I was excited ... http://garamchai.frivologs.com/2008/technology/return-policy-on-hd-dvd-players-extended-to-six-months/ What qualifications did President (Bill) Clinton have to be commander-in-chief on day one in the office that you think Senator Obama does not have? http://garamchai.frivologs.com/2008/politics/can-someone-please-ask-senator-clinton-a-question/ I may not be the first to see this (bug?). Serves me right for switching from Mail Classic to the latest and greatest Yahoo! Mail. After recent layoffs at Yahoo!, I wonder if they have enough folks left to look at these "minor" issues. http://garamchai.frivologs.com/2008/internet/yahoo-mail-bug/ As a software developer, I sympathize with the 100s of software developers that were laid off at Yahoo! today. While I am sure many of them will not have any difficulty finding another job in silicon valley and/or elsewhere, I hope this serves as a reminder that each of us ... http://garamchai.frivologs.com/2008/technology/yahoo-layoff/ The way economy has been lately, I have decided to be as frugal as possible. I need to save something for the rainy days ahead. Looking back at my spending last month, I am glad I didn't buy any non-essential stuff. I spent only on food, fuel (for my car) ... http://garamchai.frivologs.com/2008/business/frugal-january-2008/ (click on image to see higher resolution image) Lowepro Transporter Camera Strap came free with the purchase of my Nikon D300 at Amazon.com. Reading customer reviews for this strap on Amazon.com, I was a bit concerned about using this strap—couple of reviewers mentioned likelihood of accidental release of the quick release ... http://garamchai.frivologs.com/2008/photography/dslr/securing-nikon-d300-to-lowepro-transporter-camera-strap/ Nothing to be proud of but India and Pakistan have one more thing in common: The first woman prime minister of India, Indira Gandhi, and the first woman prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, were both assassinated. Just as I was sad on Oct 31, 1984, I am sad today. ... http://garamchai.frivologs.com/2007/what-is-going-on/indira-gandhi-in-1984-benazir-bhutto-in-2007/ Photoshop Elements 5 or Photoshop Elements 6 do not read Nikon D300 RAW files without updating the Camera Raw plugin. Searching for "camera raw update" in the search box at adobe.com brings separate links for Adobe Camera Raw and DNG Converter for Macintosh and Windows. The useful results show up ... http://garamchai.frivologs.com/2007/photography/dslr/opening-nikon-d300-raw-files-in-photoshop-elements/