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HowTo: microSD Memory Card in Cricket TXTM8 3G Phone
Sep 7th
It should be such a simple thing, but its a minor annoyance to get the job done. Of course you need your microSD memory card (TXTM8 3G supports up to 16GB microSD cards).
Insert/Remove microSD Card in Cricket TXTM8 3G
Inserting the microSD Card
- Turn the phone off (wait till keypad dims to be sure its off)
- Remove back cover
- Remove the battery
- Place the microSD card into the slot at upper left, slide it in until it clicks in place*
- Replace the battery (make sure the pins meet the battery contacts)
- Replace the back cover
- Turn the phone on
Removing the microSD from your TXTM8 3G
- Turn the phone off (wait till keypad dims to be sure its off)
- Remove back cover
- Remove the battery
- Push the microSD until it clicks, then release and slide the card out
- Replace the battery (make sure the pins meet the battery contacts)
- Replace the back cover
- Turn the phone on
Get Dreamweaver 8 Working On Windows 7
Sep 6th
UPDATE: This did NOT get rid of the problem I had with disappearing passwords! However I do seem to be able to edit images properly.
After my last post on Dreamweaver 8 working on Windows 7 
back in January 2011, I’m finally posting an update.
I’ve been using Dreamweaver 8 on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit actively for some months now, but with some minor aggravations. Here are the problems I encountered running Macromedia DW8 on Win7 64-bit (Home Premium):
- cannot change images in Design View by right-click on the image, clicking Source File…, then navigating to the image (more details)
- Dreamweaver seems to randomly lose FTP username and Password, necessitating site definition backup usage for each site (given time and enough usage). You should back up all sites once, but these backups shouldn’t be necessary for regular use
Taken from Microsoft Answers (answer by Shinmila H – Microsoft Support): Dreamweaver 8 (studio 8, 2004) worked for 2 days on my 64-bit Windows 7 system
From your problem description, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with your computer. You just need to install the 8.02 patch to make Dreamweaver work.
Here’s a trick to install 8.02 patch of Dreamweaver on Windows 7 machine.
1. Download the file from the link below.
http://www.adobe.com/support/dreamweaver/ts/documents/kb400150/DW802_unwrapped.zip (link not LIVE any more on Adobe site)
2. Unzip the installer to a folder which can be easily located.
3. Now run a command prompt in elevated mode.
To do so,
a) Go to start and type cmd in the search field.
b) Right click on cmd from the list and choose run as Administrator.
4. Navigate to the saved folder where patchpackage.msp file is located and type in the following.
msiexec /update patchpackage.msp
5. Press Enter.
6. The patch will begin to install.
By now you should have successfully installed 8.02 patch.
Trying the above, I almost ended up giving up, because I was prompted for Macromedia_Dreamweaver_8.msi which is not on my PC or install disks. Let me add more detail, since I’ve probably got an unusual installation … I have Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) and originally I purchased Dreamweaver MX 2004, which I later upgraded with the Dreamweaver 8 upgrade, so I don’t have a “normal” Dreamweaver 8 install to begin with. Next, I searched the DW8 Upgrade CD (the one used to upgrade DW MX 2004 - see details), and my Windows 7 Hard Disk to no avail. There are a number of Sharez and Warez sites that popped up when I searched Google for Macromedia_Dreamweaver_8.msi, but staying LEGAL is not an option for me.
So, I just finished the install with the error message that Macromedia_Dreamweaver_8.msi wasn’t found, but then Dreamweaver worked and now I can edit the images just fine. I’ve backed up all of my site definitions (with login, password and local paths) and hopefully will not need them for regular Dreamweaver use!
In other words, if you have a LEGAL installation of your Dreamweaver 8 and cannot find Macromedia_Dreamweaver_8.msi, then you may be able to get the update installed correctly anyway. Time will tell!
OTHER OPTIONS
I did see other options which included installing Sun VirtualBox, but that would mean uninstalling and re-installing DW8 (and MX 2004 in my case). Then if that didn’t work I’d need to re-install DW MX2004, then upgrade it again to DW8 after uninstalling VirtualBox.
Another option was upgrading for about $80+ to Windows 7 Professional.
Yahoo! Acquires eGroups, Google Acquires Neotonic
Aug 27th
Tech Lead Manager of the Gmail delivery team
“Yahoo! Acquires eGroups” AND “Google Acquires Neotonic”
Those two news flashes are probably two of the more exciting statements Brandon Long has ever read -
real life-changers.
Under What did you do before joining Google? in the latest Faces of Gmail post, Brandon reveals he worked at eGroups, which was acquired by Yahoo! back in 2000. It took a little digging to find out that his statement “I founded Neotonic Software which wrote a web application for email customer support” may indicate a little humility. In fact Google acquired Neotonic back in 2004. So, the latest face of Gmail, Brandon Long was director for a company bought by Yahoo!, then went on to found a company bought by Google. Not only that, Google evidently kept him around – maybe to make sure he didn’t found another spinoff?
What’s Brandon’s typical day like?
My typical day involves catching up on email from our teams in other timezones (Google Engineering never sleeps). I also stay on top of escalations from our support team, keep abreast of the running service with our SREs (Site Reliability Engineers), and make sure my team doesn’t have any blockages. Finally, I still manage to keep my hands in the codebase, working as part of the team. When I have some extra time, I take a peek in the Gmail help forum to see if there’s anything brewing or any help I can offer.
Read the rest of Faces of Gmail: Brandon Long.
Photon 4G, The Future of Mobile Computing?
Aug 25th
Back in May the Motorola Atrix 4G caught my attention with its commercials. I think its pretty cool to have a computer that I could put into my pocket and carry around with me, and also use as a phone. 
Of course. Motorola approaches it a bit differently. they picture a phone that can also be used as a computer.
Fast forward to today I’m back writing about Motorola 4G phones, but this time its the Motorola Photon 4G. Watching the commercial, which was slightly reminiscent of the Atrix commercial I just kept waiting, and waiting. For what? I kept waiting to hear (or see) how Motorola had improved upon the Atrix 4G with this new 4G phone. However, it seems they’ve gone the other way and instead of taking the Atrix and improving upon its computing features, its more like they removed most of its computing features, except for the WebTop. More >
Gmail Tip: Stars
Aug 24th
The Gmail Blog yesterday posted a tip on using stars in Gmail. I’ve been using the free version of Active Inbox (AIB) to manage my email for probably over a year now. However, as Gmail makes routine changes that break the Active Inbox interface, and since AIB hasn’t rolled out changes addressing some features that went missing in Firefox 5 (and 6) and since Gmail is evolving nicely to do much of the same, I’m looking at not using AIB any more.
Anyway, I thought these search codes when searching Gmail are very useful, and saw them on this post, so I’m including them below. Later, I am thinking of posting more about searching Gmail:
has:yellow-star
has:red-star
has:orange-star
has:green-star
has:blue-star
has:purple-star
has:red-bang
has:orange-guillemet
has:yellow-bang
has:green-check
has:blue-info
has:purple-question
As mentioned, just added these when searching Gmail to find posts that have stars.
The Increasing Dangers of Facebook – Part 2
Aug 18th
Originally posted from one of my other blogs, George’s Wonder Blog on August, 5, 2008 – and little has really changed in that Facebook is not for the faint of heart. You need to be careful.
MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter attacked by social engineering – fake flash downloads
I’ve recently read about ‘Web worm’ attacks aimed at Facebook and MySpace; and just today I read about social engineering attacks (ploys, tricks) against Twitter. ZDNet’s Ryan Naraine posted Adobe: Beware of fake Flash downloads just today, and Adobe’s David Lenoe posted Verifying Installers on Adobe’s Product Security Incident Response Team blog yesterday. Here’s the skinny from Adobe’s blog, color & formatting added by myself for emphasis:
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Mission 4: Road Rage Walkthrough (Pt. 2)
Aug 15th
SPOILER WARNING: CRYSIS 2: WALKTHROUGH for ROAD RAGE (Part 1)
After the Ceph attacked and sunk the submarine, Alcatraz made his way out and up to the surface of the Hudson. Trying to catch his breath he and his team were trying to and assess losses, only to be attacked by the same Ceph ship that sunk the sub. The Ceph ship fired on him and his buddies and he heard screams and yelling as they were fired upon. Alcatraz was hit and his team mates seemed to be dying all around him. Slowly he was losing consciousness when he heard heavy gunfire on the Ceph ship. Ceph gun fire cracked through the air in response ripping into the nearby pavement. Moments later a suited figure approaches and and drags him off to safety …
Mission 4: Road Rage Walkthrough: Part 1
Time to move safely down to the now fallen road below. Move to the right side of the road and look down for some debris sticking out and walk down onto it. Walk forward until you are prompted to switch to nanovision. Then open your visor again and tag some more CELL. When you are satisfied move forward and stay left, not giving your position away. Drop down to the road below when you get near a raised area to your left. Its a garden walkway path beside the road, and now with all of the dust thrown up in the air it becomes a threat to nanosuited super soldiers. Move up the stairs toward the garden walkway and without being seen (stop when you have to) move to an area off to the left that’s fenced in. There is a place to stand and hide and there’s an ammo crate. You can take about 4-6 CELL operative soldiers out from nearby this area if you are careful. Watch out for an M12 Nova with silencer here. It will be useful.
Mission 4: Road Rage Walkthrough (Part 1)
Aug 15th
SPOILER WARNING: CRYSIS 2: WALKTHROUGH for ROAD RAGE (Part 1)
After the Ceph attacked and sunk the submarine, Alcatraz made his way out and up to the surface of the Hudson. Trying to catch his breath he and his team were trying to and assess losses, only to be attacked by the same Ceph ship that sunk the sub. The Ceph ship fired on him and his buddies and he heard screams and yelling as they were fired upon. Alcatraz was hit and his team mates seemed to be dying all around him. Slowly he was losing consciousness when he heard heavy gunfire on the Ceph ship. Ceph gun fire cracked through the air in response ripping into the nearby pavement. Moments later a suited figure approaches and and drags him off to safety …
Mission 4: Road Rage Walkthrough: Part 1
You start out in the tunnel at the top of the stairs from where you left off in the previous mission. The immediate area in front if you is of no major concern. To get into the action, get upstairs and look for the closed gate with an infected person behind it and an arrow painted on the wall.
Now move froward and kick the fence open to proceed. You’ll end up jumping up into a hallway with a window at the other end. You’ll hear that familiar CELL radio chatter. Move to the window cloaked and you’ll see a cut scene next. After the helicopter flies away take a look around with the visor. You’ll see that the hallway continues around the corner to your left. Open your visor and check your tactical options, tag soldiers, or wait until the scanner IDs them while you scan around.
TIP: Sometimes weapons and other pickups can be found behind you where you wouldn’t normally be looking. Check areas like behind you when ascending stairs for “hidden” rooms.
