I copied over a bunch of photos and the two AVI video files that I recorded during a conference I attended this week to my notebook. This morning I noticed that the Photo screen saver I use displayed the AVI files as well as the JPEG images as part of the rotating photos displayed in the screen saver. The video was played with audio turned off.
Archive for April, 2007
Windows Vista Photo Screen Saver Displays Video Too
Thursday, April 19th, 2007Color-Blind? This Software Might Help You Out
Friday, April 13th, 2007I’m not color-blind, but I know people who are and was interested to read this interview on CNET.
Bringing color to the color-blind
The long (but very interesting interview) eventually leads you to a URL for eyePilot (something you might not guess):
The $35 software runs on Mac OS X or Windows XP (they are apparently still working on a Vista version) and has a 30-day free trial available.
eyePilot is apparently also working on a PDA version that helps a color-blind person decode, say, a color coded train map. The article mentions Palm Pilot. So, I don’t know if the person meant a Palm OS based PDA or a Windows Mobile based one.
Don’t Dual Boot! Use Virtual PC 2007 Instead
Wednesday, April 11th, 2007I just read Edgar’s interesting comments to one of my previous Vista-related posts and took special note of his 3rd and 4th points where he said:
(3) The system does not come with any discs for the installed software; though I think that a boot disc for Vista can be purchased. Perhaps hard discs are more reliable than my diskette fileing system.
(4) The lack of backup discs makes me leery about trying to install Linux, since that involves changing the Windows Vista partition, always a nervous activity.
Edgar: The last time I bought an HP PC (about 5 or 6 years ago), it came with an option to create recovery discs on a series of CD-R discs. Check to see if your HP has that option.
More importantly though, unless you have some special requirements that requires Linux to have native access to your notebook, you should definitely consider installing Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 instead and use it to run the Linux distro of your choosing as a Guest OS on a Virtual Machine. I’ve used it to run Fedora Core, CentOS Linux (another Red Hat variant), SUSE Linux, and Ubuntu. Virtual PC is free. So, the price is right.