Adventures In…

  • Nov.
  • 17.
  • 2011

Internet Explorer and Z-Index and me

I’m sure you’re already aware of this but IE is a pain in the butt. I just spent more time than I like to admit trying to figure out why my dropdown menu would not stay open (on mouse hover) over my stupid slideshow. At first I thought it was because my stupid slideshow had a z-index value that was …
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  • Jun.
  • 09.
  • 2011

No Way, there’s a FIX for this?! Windows 7 – Resolution problem with Intel 915 – Apparently yes!

So I bought the Dell XPS M140 machine that had been upgraded to Windows 7 from XP, took it home and plugged in my monitor. I got the VGA: No signal, Going to sleep message. I rebooted: the same message. Was this really happening? Seemed like I could not use my monitor with this laptop because of the video card driver. There’s a lot of info online about how older Intel video cards
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  • Jan.
  • 03.
  • 2011

In Which Netflix is mean to me and then I write about it

All of a sudden I couldn’t stream any Netflix titles instantly so I called their support line. Found out they put my account on hold December 30th. During our conversation, the operator said I wasn’t being punished and that they were just trying to find a way to make the service work for me because it wasn’t working if so …
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  • Dec.
  • 02.
  • 2010

My New Issue: Falling in Public

Yesterday I went to meet a potential new client with a work colleague and felt so grownup for not wearing ripped jeans and being 15 minutes early instead of 15 minutes late as usual. Thank you taxi cab driver for picking me up on Park or it would not have happened. The meeting went well. My colleague did most of …
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