Tweaking Words NumPages Field
How to change the number of pages (NumPages) displayed in Word documents. Edit those field codes.
China Moon Picture
China has published pictures from its first moon orbiter.
google apps gmail smtp pop quirks
Google Apps is a marv thing. And free too. Since looping our email through Google we’ve been getting much less spam. But I’ve noticed the following quirks:
1. smtp.gmail.com is clever about the From field. The user I authenticate as is the one that shows up in the From field when the message is received. So even if I set the From field to be info@..., if I login as simonb@… The receiver sees email From simonb@… Once you’ve authenticated most services let you set the From field to whatever you like.
2. Mail from me to me is invisible to POP. I was emailing error messages to myself which appeared to come from me rather than the from the From field I’d set (see above). These messages appear in the GMail online Inbox but when I try to download via POP they are invisible.
The above is solved easily enough by creating a new user to represent my test box and have the email sent as the test-box-user. Proceed.
Stephen Fry’s Got A Blog
China’s Cyber Pigeons
A researcher has embedded electrodes in a pigeons brain that can be used to remotely influence the bird’s flight. Pictures here.
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China’s RMB1000 PC
According to this article, Sichuan Sinomanic Technology LLC in Chengdu have developed a MIPS based PC that will sell for RMB1000. This is admirable and I wish them lots of luck. The ComputerWorld article says the PC is based on a chip from Raza but another article from Pacific Epoch (translating from qq.com) says it is based on the Dragon (also MIPS). Time and a screwdriver will tell. I would guess it is based on the Raza Alchemy family. If so, it could also be a DVD player and IP STB - which would be pretty cool.
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Three Key Notes
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Mozilla Makes A Profit
The audited 2005 financial statements for the Mozilla foundation are online. Income from search kick-backs was USD 50 M. Profits after tax where about USD 26 M. Wonder if any of this money will find its way back to the unpaid volunteers… See also Mitchell’s blog.
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Portable Digital Audio Recorders
A list of portable digital audio recorders.
- Edirol R-1 (oddly not on edirol.com)
- Edirol R-4 Pro
- Fostex FR-2
- M-Audio MicroTrack
- Marantz PMD660
- Marantz PMD671
- Sony MZ-M200
- Sound Devices 702
- Tascam HD-P2
- Zoom H4
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