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Microchip has just moved up a notch with me. Great stuff!

Rare to find a video blog for such a niche audience. Dave's got some other vids worth watching as well. Thanks for the link!

Knoppix and SysRescCd are free Linux distributions that boot from your CDRom. Each comes with "parted" or "gparted" that can be used to create and format NTFS partitions. I would try downloading the ISO for one of them (Knoppix is a fully-functional Linux desktop, SysRescCd is mo...

Ceasar, Still in research mode. So far, I've only managed to experience the continual frustration of not having built a better antenna. I have a modem for data and a Motorola Droid for voice. I'm looking for TNC connectors/adapters at the moment. Surprisingly, given the ubiquity of cellular tech, my...

Ceasar,

Does the Trimble and Thales survey stuff that comes up on eBay all the time even hold a candle to the pricey equipment you're talking about? Any idea what level of accuracy can be had for the $500-1500 range (used) that this stuff seems to sell for?

Tim, I'm writing you this from my 24ft trailer parked in the middle of nowhere with no power lines in sight. It's a comfy 70 degrees, thanks to my LPG force-air furnace. I'm not sure what you have against LP heat, but you couldn't get me to part with mine. My battery bank wouldn't power one of those...

CaeSar,

One of the antennas I have is ~7" long. The calculator you pointed me to shows this must be a 1/2 wave antenna. Pretty cool!

If I buy or build an antenna, will I still need an amplifier to drive it during transmission? Without an amp, only my receive gain will improve, correct?

My mountain place has very limited cellular signal. We can make calls if we're in a certain area, but then only when standing on one leg with one's fingers crossed. Even still, dropped calls are unavoidable. I need a way to make my 1/2 watt device(s) reach further. There are products out there by Wi...

MrAl, I only skimmed the other posts so these may have been mentioned, but take a look at Clamwin and SpyBot. The combo works well for me and doesn't slow the machine down to the degree McAfee and Symantec do. If you do get infected (which happens sometimes no matter what precautions you've taken), ...

Poke around on bleepingcomputer.com. The people there have been a big help with the last few PCs I've had to rid of nasties.

He had no idea somebody thought they were being clever by using Greek letters. He's right, actually, Omega does look like a set of headphones. He'll build rockets someday. My boys make similar mistakes in thinking logically. For instance, when they first learned to speak I would ask, "you're no...

MrAl, Like I said in my post earlier, I've had terrible luck with ECS (Elitegroup) motherboards. I build custom PCs for people 5-10 times per year, mostly for friends and family looking for something custom and cheap. The local Fry's stores advertise them all the time paired with CPUs for a great pr...

I know nothing about these things, but I wonder what the major difference is between the units you're looking at the the Saleae:

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/produc ... ts_id=8938

This has been a staple on Sparkfun's website for a while. Junk?

The MB manufacturers are pretty good about listing the chipsets their boards use specifically. Armed with their names, a web search on linux and the name of the chipset will yield pretty good results. I've looked around for years for a single definitive list of drivers for Linux. The trouble is: the...

MrAl,

I've had good luck with Gigabyte, MSI, Tyan, Supermicro, and Intel. I've had terrible luck with ECS (two separate occasions). Pay special attention to the chipset if you are going to load Linux, drivers usually lag those written for Windows.

HTH