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Saturday, September 27, 2014

Breaking up Blocks of Wax

Problem: You have a big block of wax that you want to break up so you can melt it.

Solution: 

  1. Prop one end of the block up on something like a stair, a brick, another block of wax, (anything that will create space beneath the block)
  2. Hit the center of the block with a hammer 
  3. Repeat until you get down to desired size
  4. (optional) Once you get down to smaller chunks, you can use a brick set to further reduce each piece

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Fenix PD22 vs Foursevens Quark Tactical QTL

PD22 Quark Tactical QTL
LED Emitter Cree XP-G2 (R5) CREE XP-G2
Battery 3V CR123A CR123A
Rechargables prohibited 0.9V-4.2V
Moonlight .2 lumens (360 hrs)
Output: Low 3 lumens (120 hrs) 6 lumens (60 hrs)
Output: Med 45 lumens (12.5 hrs) 26 lumens (13 hrs)
Output: High 105 lumens (5 hrs) 102 lumens (2.7 hrs)
Output: Turbo 210 lumens (2 hrs) 246 (0.8 hrs)
Output: Strobe 210 lumens 246 lumens (1.6 hrs)
Output: SOS 105 lumens 0-246 lumens (12 hrs)
Distance 113 m 107 m
Impact Resistance 1 m 1 m
Waterproof 2 m 3 m
Length 89 mm 81 mm
Diameter 21.5 mm 21.84 mm
Weight 44 g 34 g

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Droid Razr M: Access Voicemail Without Entering Password

Problem: You're sick of having to enter your password every time you check your voicemail on your Droid Razr M

Solution: Open up your dialer Image → Menu Image → Settings → Voicemail → Setup → Voicemail Number → *# → add a comma (,) then your password, then # (Example: *86,1234#) → OK

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Motorola Razr M Doesn't Notify You When Text Messages Arrive

Problem: Your Motorola Razr M does NOT let you know when text messages arrive.

Solution: Hangouts → Settings → SMS → Uncheck "Turn on SMS"

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Firefox Error: QuickBooks Online is not available. Please try again later.

Problem: When you try to log in to QuickBooks Online (QBO), you get an error message saying "QuickBooks Online is not available.  Please try again later."  You know that it's not actually down, but it still won't let you log in.

Solution: Firefox tab (upper L → Options → Options → Privacy tab → [History] Firefox will: Remember History → OK (Restart Firefox if necessary) → go back to the Privacy tab → clear your recent history → check & delete everything → Advanced tab → [Cached Web Content] Clear Now → Restart Firefox

Friday, December 20, 2013

Quickbooks Online: Editing Customer Names

Problem: You edit the customer and the changes are not displayed on the person's profile.

Solution: After you change the Name → Click on the drop-down menu on "Display Name" and select the one you want.

Quickbooks Online: Merging Customers

Problem: You have 2 accounts for the same person in Quickbooks and you want to merge them together.

Solution: Open the customer you don't want → Change the Display Name to match the Display Name of the customer you DO want (to keep)