LED Flashlights
I’ve never had good vision, particularly at night, so I’m a big fan of great flashlights. In recent years, we’ve seen a surge in LED technology improvements accompanied by a drop in prices. A Light Emitting Diode, or LED for short, is made up of semiconductors that light up when you apply a voltage to them. Manufacturers have […]
I lost my Nz() !!!
Today I was working on a macro-enabled Excel workbook and tried to use the old familiar Nz() function and got Compile error: Sub or Function not defined. That means the reference isn’t added into the Excel project by default. To fix this, add the reference for “Microsoft Access 15.0 Object Library” if using Office 2013 […]
File transfer stops halfway
I reinstalled my Windows 7 operating system a week ago and have been slowly getting everything back to the way I liked it before my hard drive crashed. One of the luxuries I enjoyed on my old machine was file transfers that didn’t stop suddenly for no apparent reason. As it turns out, Windows has […]
Folding@home
Folding@home is a distributed computing project hosted by Stanford University where you can use your personal computer to contribute to science and studies that work toward curing diseases such as cancer. Here are my contributions to date: http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&username=Guntherman12 And the contributions of my team: http://fah-web2.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=80178
VAG-COM, also known as VCDS
There is a wonderful tool out there for diagnosing problems and reprogramming options in your Volkswagen. It’s called VAG-COM or VCDS, made by Ross-Tech. It comes in two parts – the adapter that connects to your vehicle, and the software application you run on your PC. The VCDS adapter plugs in to the diagnostic port […]
NMS Passat Headlight Voltage Mod
From the factory, the 2013 Passat headlights are kind of dim. I thought my perception was off because I’d driven a pickup previously and the headlights tend to go a bit further because they’re higher off the ground. Turns out there is some consensus in the online VW community about Passat headlights being dim. A […]