Alex Scoble's IT Notes - An Information Technology Blog

In honor of my mother, Maria Scoble, who died three years ago today

While you take a moment to thank those who are serving in the military today, also take a moment to give love and thanks to your friends and family that are still alive. Life is tenuous, so take every opportunity to enjoy your loved ones.

https://friendfeed.com/itblogger/02be6c80/in-honor-of-my-mother-maria-scoble-who-died-three

http://itmanager.blogs.com/notes/2006/05/_in_memory_of_m.html

Friendfeed: Or one example of why it's so awesome and what you are missing

I've been on friendfeed for almost a year now and have been fairly active on it.

For those on Twitter and other media sites, here's what you are missing.

http://friendfeed.com/e/ef6c06a2-9a9b-448c-ad0b-334437b0ffdf/The-Alex-Scoble-Yo-Dawg-Meme/

The conversations that you have on friendfeed just aren't possible with Twitter. Twitter is ok if you just want to talk about what you are doing, but beyond that it's pretty much useless.

friendfeed is about having conversations with as many people as possible.

Anyhow, the thread I linked to is just one example of why I like it better than sliced bread.

Transferring data from old 20GB Xbox 360 drive to new 120GB drive

Got my new 120GB Xbox 360 drive today. Ordered it from Amazon on Thursday, 27 November 2008 and received it promptly today. Cost was $135 and shipping was free. Can't say enough how much I love Amazon.  

Before I did the transfer, I wrote down all the Xbox Live Arcade games and 360 theme packs I had downloaded to the old hard drive.

The transfer process went pretty smooth. Basically you turn on the 360, hook the transfer cable to the new drive, connect the other end to the USB port on the back (must be the back USB port) of the 360, insert the transfer CD and start up the CD (I have CD autorun turned off on my 360). The software runs you through some prompts and then begins.

Remember that this process is irreversible. You can't move the games and data from the larger drive back to the smaller one, once the transfer has completed.

Once the transfer was done, I did a check and found that all my Live Arcade games were still there as well as the themes I had downloaded or purchased.

The only other cleanup I had to do was to get rid of a bunch of demos and videos that Microsoft preloaded on to the larger hard drive.

Total time for transfer was about 1 hour 20 minutes or so for 16GB worth of content including cleanup.

No additional steps were required to transfer licenses or anything. The whole process was about as easy as it gets.

The big garage sale begins today!

As I wrote here last night we are doing a garage sale for the next two days.

Also created an updated ad for the sale in Craigslist. You can click here to go to the new ad.

Here's a pic of the sale:

As you can see we have a lot of good stuff. So bring your cash and come on down!

Beaverton Garage Sale - Tomorrow, Thursday 7 Aug and Friday 8 Aug

In Beaverton and looking for a good deal on Barbies, household items, a bed, computer items, electronics, etc.?

Come by my house tomorrow, Thursday, Aug 7 from 9am to 6pm or Friday, Aug 8 from 9am to 4pm.

Any reasonable offer will be accepted.

All sales are FINAL!

Garage sale is at:

1464 SW 179th Court
Beaverton, OR 97006

You can also view details on this sale at:

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/gms/786449606.html

Other items for sale:

Epson R300 printer

17" Compaq LCD monitor

Lovan 22" speaker stands

Apple eMac with OS X 10.4 and Office 2004

Kenwood Ultra THX 6 channel x 100 watt per channel amp

Epson R300 photo inkjet printer for sale

Lastly, I'm selling my mom's Epson R300 photo inkjet printer. It's in excellent condition and comes with a USB cable.

You will have to buy a replacement set of inkjet cartridges, most likely.

This is a hi-res photo inkjet printer that uses 6 cartridges for better color and lower cost.

Asking price for the printer is $95.

Any reasonable offer will be accepted.

All sales are FINAL!

Please click on the following link to find more details on this item:

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/sys/786415342.htm

Apple eMac with OS X 10.4 and Office 2004 for sale

My fiance is selling her Apple eMac. It's in excellent shape. System has an 80GB hard drive.

Comes with boxed license of Office 2004 and OS X 10.4.

We are asking $250 for this system but any reasonable offer will be accepted.

All sales are FINAL!

You can read more about this item by using this link:

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/sys/786441129.html

Selling 17" Compaq LCD monitor

I'm selling a 17" Compaq LCD in excellent shape.

Asking $100 for the monitor but will take any reasonable offer.

You can see details of this item at this link:

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/sys/786418171.html

Lovan 22" speaker stands for sale

It's garage sale time. Time for me to get rid of some home theater and computer related items I've been holding for a while.

Selling a pair of Lovan 22" speaker stands that I no longer have a use for.

These are very well made tri-tube steel stands with leveling spikes for stability.

Asking price is $100 but willing to listen to any credible offer.

All sales are FINAL!

You can view further details of this item here at this link:

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/ele/786426933.html

Selling Kenwood THX 6 channel amp

I'm selling my Kenwood THX 6 channel 100 watt per channel amp. Anyone looking to get better sound out of their receiver (must have pre-outs on the receiver) would be wise to grab this item.

Asking price is $200 but I will accept any reasonable offer.

To get an amp of similar quality new will cost you at least $1000.

Only reason why I'm getting rid of it is because I upgraded to a more powerful 7 channel 200 watt amp last year.

You can see the details of the sale here at this link:

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/ele/786447670.html

All sales are FINAL!