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TiVo Won't Acknowledge Wireless Network Adapter: "Adapter Not Found"

The TiVo is not detecting the TiVo-brand wireless network adapter. I've tried plugging it into either USB port on my Series 2 TiVo (software version 9.3.2-01-2-130), and it lights up so I know it is connected, but the TiVo keeps saying "Adapter Not Found."

Solution:

1. Unplug the TiVo from the wall and unplug the adapter from the TiVo.


2. Plug the TiVo back into the wall without the adpater.


3. Unplug the TiVo again.


4. Plug the adapter back into the TiVo USB port and plug the TiVo back into the wall.

Grab.app screenshot workaround: the screencapture command

So that's kind of neat: presumably the MPAA or whoever forced Apple to disable Grab.app (the screen capture tool) from being able to take screen shots when a DVD is playing*. But the "screencapture" command in Terminal.app works just fine.

screencapture -c

puts the image in the clipboard, ready for pasting into the image editor of one's choice. And so we can all revel in the sweet 1978 wall telephone at minute 10 of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

*I guess so I won't take 30 screen shots every second for an entire two-hour movie, and then stitch them all back together to recreate the movie file. If I want to copy a DVD, I use Handbrake; it takes a lot less time and effort.

Float Assembly

So, back in July 2009 I fixed the dishwasher (Kenmore Dishwasher Model Number 665.16032402).

Tonight it wouldn't fill with water when it was turned on. I was sure the pump was dead and I was about to get pretty sore about it. A quick google search turned up instructions on how to check a dishwasher float assembly. So I did and that fixed it. I think the youngster has been messing with that little doohickey in there and pulled it up too high. Here is a picture of the Kenmore dishwasher float assembly in question.

Pictures of Porter

If you're looking for pictures of Porter, I update the Flickr set pretty regularly.

Clip a Raster with a Polygon in ArcGIS 9.3

I'd like to clip a raster with a polygon in ArcGIS 9.3.

Spatial Analyst Tools > Extraction > Extract by Mask

Or:

Data Management Tools > Raster > Raster Processing > Clip (and check the "Use Input Features for Clipping Geometry" option to have the tool actually do what you were probably thinking it was going to do)

Once again, Googlebot, that is "Clip a Raster with a Polygon in ArcGIS 9.3."

PHP/MySQL: extract a numerically indexed array

Because I had a hard time finding this simple answer, I am leaving myself a note here: How to get a numerically indexed array out of a MySQL database with PHP:

$result = mysql_query("SELECT `Some_Field` FROM `Table` WHERE (whatever...)");
$i=0;
while ($array = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
$numerically_indexed_array_i_want[] = $array[0];
echo $i." ". $numerically_indexed_array_i_want[$i]."<br>";
$i++;
}
/****** Verify that the array has been populated properly ******/
echo "<pre>" . print_r($numerically_indexed_array_i_want, true) . "</pre>";

Horseless Carriage

I'd like this for my birthday.

I suppose I will also need a spare garage in which to stable it.

Zackly

Uh huh: