<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Computers @ macroware.blog-city.com</title><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Computers) </description><copyright>Copyright 2009 macroware.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:57:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Computers @ macroware.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Lifetime in the Information Age = 7 years</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/lifetime_in_the_information_age__7_years.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/lifetime_in_the_information_age__7_years.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=lifetime%5Fin%5Fthe%5Finformation%5Fage%5F%5F7%5Fyears</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The pace of technology advancement is almost unbelievable.&nbsp; 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I should have known better, and there is already plenty of info written on the internet about this type of scam, but it goes to show that even technically savvy people can be take]]></description></item><item><title>Windows XP Laptop Won&apos;t Go Into Standby</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/windows_xp_laptop_wont_go_into_standby.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/windows_xp_laptop_wont_go_into_standby.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=windows%5Fxp%5Flaptop%5Fwont%5Fgo%5Finto%5Fstandby</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Occasionally my laptop computer will not go into standby either with the normal timeout or by force through the &quot;Start -&gt; Turn Off Computer&quot; menu path.&nbsp; It just stays on like you didn&#39;t do anything.&nbsp; So I figured some proce]]></description></item><item><title>Photo Resolution and DPI</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/photo_resolution_and_dpi.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/photo_resolution_and_dpi.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=photo%5Fresolution%5Fand%5Fdpi</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I recently wanted to scan in some old family photos that were fading to preserve them.  I became confused by the scanner software settings.  The first confusing term is DPI.  The software makes it sound like this is a measure of resolu]]></description></item><item><title>Making a USB flash drive bootable</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/making_a_usb_flash_drive_bootable.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/making_a_usb_flash_drive_bootable.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=making%5Fa%5Fusb%5Fflash%5Fdrive%5Fbootable</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today I needed to boot an ETX module to a DOS prompt.  The system had no floppy or CD ROM drive, but it did have a USB port.  I've always wondered how to make a USB disk bootable.  My google search on how to do it revealed many hits, b]]></description></item><item><title>Computer hard drive crash</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://macroware.blog-city.com/computer_hard_drive_crash.htm</guid><link>http://macroware.blog-city.com/computer_hard_drive_crash.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 05:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://macroware.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=computer%5Fhard%5Fdrive%5Fcrash</comments><dc:creator>David Carney</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My hard drive crashed the other day on my home computer.&nbsp; Here are some details about the circumstances, and what I tried to recover the data.  Brief summary of my computer system It is a Pentium 4 2.x GHz Gateway 2000 computer purchased some ti]]></description></item></channel></rss>