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"mpoai9.dll is not a valid Office add-in" error when opening Excel

posted Monday, September 11, 2006 8:41 AM by andy
I found the solution for this error here:http://forums.techguy.org/business-applications/111009-resolved-mpoai9-dll-error.htmlCopy and paste of the relevant post:After talking at lenght with Microsoft, we did the following to correct the mpoai9.dll error: Read More
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RMA Hell

posted Saturday, February 18, 2006 7:22 AM by andy
I've recently been attempting to install an APC SC 1000 (great for small businesses) at a client site and am beginning to think there is some divine power working against me.  A brief rundown of the situation follows:UPS arrives from CDW, the box Read More
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Streamium MX6000i Reading...

posted Sunday, January 15, 2006 8:49 AM by andy
I've recently been having a hard time getting my Streamium MX6000i to play DVD's.  Before I fixed the issue when I would go to play a DVD the unit would just say "Reading..." while I paced around the room cursing Phillips.  After some long searching Read More
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Jetboil in Winter

posted Saturday, January 14, 2006 8:27 AM by andy
I recently spent the better portion of a week winter camping and ice climbing in Ouray, CO.  One of the many things which makes winter camping a hell of a lot more interesting than summer camping is cooking.  The problem is that depending on Read More
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Printing Directory structures

posted Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:37 AM by andy
We can only hope that eventually MS will add a simple function to Windows Explorer to create a list of subfolders and files in a folder but in the meantime there is YourDir. YourDir is free, simple and scans the directory structure relatively quickly. Read More
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Middle endianess?!

posted Wednesday, June 08, 2005 3:44 PM by andy
I was just doing some quick studying before a final exam later on tonight and it looks like "back in the day" they not only had to deal with big and little endian issues but middle endian. What a pain in the butt!  Excerpt from Wikipedia article on Read More
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Novell Public Service Announcent

posted Sunday, May 29, 2005 1:20 PM by andy
Novell recently released a rather witty  "Public Service Announcement" in its attempt to gain NT users who have recently been left w/o support.  Personally, I don't understand why any IT Manager would (in their right mind) be running NT anymore.  Read More
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iPod Car Adapter

posted Tuesday, May 03, 2005 8:42 AM by andy
I finally purchased my first car on Friday! Wahoo!  I bought a used 2000 Toyota Solara.  Anyways onto the real reason for this post... I've been looking at what my options are for hooking my ipod up to the car's stereo. I need something Read More
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Divesti..what?!

posted Saturday, April 23, 2005 10:06 AM by andy
Here is a great link explaining the history of big bad ma' bell and all it's dealing with the US Government. It's an interesting read for anyone curious about this stuff: Legal History of Telecommunications Read More
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ecto

posted Thursday, March 03, 2005 3:28 AM by andy
This is my first post using ecto. Thanks to Ryan for helping me get it all setup! After using it some more I plan to write a review of it and a guide to getting it to work with .Text Read More
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Microsoft guide to 1337$p34k

posted Sunday, February 20, 2005 8:56 AM by andy
I don't know whether to laugh at this or not.  From the site: Key points for learning leetspeek• Numbers are often used as letters. The term "leet" could be written as "1337," with "1" replacing the letter L, "3" posing as a backwards Read More
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We didn't start the fire...

posted Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:59 AM by andy
X-Box power cords are being recalled due to fire hazards...read more here. Read More
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BlogMap

posted Monday, February 07, 2005 2:25 PM by andy
No use wasting bandwidth with more images...I live in the same place Ryan does :) Read More
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HAPPY WINTER-EEN-MAS!!!

posted Tuesday, January 25, 2005 1:32 PM by andy
A friend just informed me that today is the first day Winter-een-mas. WTF is Winter-een-mas? From the website: " Winter-een-mas is a holiday of sorts. More specifically, it is a celebration of video games and the people that play them. Video games allow Read More
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Suggestions for PVR building

posted Thursday, January 20, 2005 11:14 AM by andy
Ryan and have been looking into building a PVR to act as a jukebox, TiVo solution, DVD player, etc. If anyone has had any experience with this and can provide some feedback or suggestions we'd really appreciate it! Read More
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