I got the Netflix Wii streaming disc today and it's swell. So now I've got the Roku in the bedroom (and Steve has my old Roku at his place in Boston, with which he watches my Netflix queueue and my Amazon Unbox purchases - totally legally). Not bad.
Giles, help! He's going to scold me!
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
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javachik - Mar 26, 2010 8:47:06 pm PDT #13381 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
SuziQ - Mar 27, 2010 2:49:00 pm PDT #13382 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I just realized that my fairly new laptop doesn't have a good scanning application. The one it has will only scan at 300 dpi tops, and I need to be able to scan at a higher dpi for the photo book I'm trying to put together.
Any ideas on a free/cheap scanning application?
Gudanov - Mar 27, 2010 6:10:21 pm PDT #13383 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
You could check the website of the company that makes the scanner, they might have free software for scanning.
SuziQ - Mar 28, 2010 2:19:01 pm PDT #13384 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I can't find the disk that came with the printer. It is a Dell 942. I have a scanning interface loaded, but I can't scan at higher than 300 dpi.
Does anyone know if this is due to the scanner itself? Or do I need to find different software?
DCJensen - Mar 28, 2010 4:03:58 pm PDT #13385 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
This [link] is the download page form Dell of the software for your printer. I don't know if it'll help the scanning functions.
Direct download link, if it works: [link]
Owner's manual and guides, in case it helps:
SuziQ - Mar 28, 2010 6:07:43 pm PDT #13386 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Thanks DC. I think there is an issue with Vista. I found a patch, but I am still having issues. I need to find a block of time when I can call Dell and have them figure this out.
tommyrot - Mar 29, 2010 4:27:18 am PDT #13387 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If Web Browsers Were Modes of Transportion
Cartoonist Caldwell Tanner of College Humor suggests that web browsers can be compared to modes of transportion. Are his descriptions accurate?
Personally, I can' see ita driving one of those little cars....
Gudanov - Mar 29, 2010 5:54:46 am PDT #13388 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
I don't think IE is all that bad since version 8, but I still don't like it well enough to actually use it. I'm vacillating between Chrome and Firefox right now. Like both.
I'll be curious to see what Microsoft will do with IE 9, it's supposed to support standards better and take advantage of the GPU for rendering.
tommyrot - Mar 29, 2010 5:57:33 am PDT #13389 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The web-based time sheet program we wrote for a client requires IE. I've heard IE 9 will have much faster Javascript, which would be really cool as I think we've done all the easy Javascript optimization we can, and there are still things that should be faster.
tommyrot - Mar 29, 2010 7:57:10 am PDT #13390 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
MacUpdate Spring Bundle: Parallels and 9 Other Mac Apps for $49.99
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Hydra ($79.95) - Compose high dynamic range photographs with ease
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Hyperspaces ($12.95) - Take Mac OS X's Spaces to the next level
Web Snapper ($15) - Capture entire Web pages with a single click
MacDVDRipper Pro ($9.95) - Copy DVDs to your Mac
MacScan ($29.99) - Identify and remove malware, spyware, tracking cookies, and more