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Reverse polarity -- fixed.
Using this handy testing tool I found eight outlets with reversed polarity this weekend. Fixing it was fairly straightforward -- cut the power and rewire the outlets so the hot and and neutral wires are connected properly.
If you live in an older house I'd highly recommend getting one of these since reversed polarity can harm sensitive electronics and creates a shock hazard.
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Just got an email that Plaxo is discontinuing bare OpenId support and only allowing Google/Yahoo/Hotmail/Facebook for login. Despite OpenId's shortcomings it's sad to see things regress.
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Hello from Plaxo,
In an effort to improve our login experience for users, Plaxo.com is simplifying and standardizing our sign in options. As such, Plaxo will discontinue support of generic OpenID logins as of 08/23/2011. Instead we're offering login via Google, Yahoo, Hotmail, or Facebook oAuth -- or you can, of course, create a Plaxo specific account.
How will this affect me?
If you use a Google, Yahoo, Hotmail or Facebook openid to login, just click the appropriate button when signing in. Plaxo will ask for permission to use your account credentials; click accept/grant and then go on using Plaxo as you normally would.
If you use any other openid to login, please visit our Forgot Password and follow the instructions for Reset Password, which will create you a Plaxo specific password.
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Don't forget Doctor Who this weekend. I'll be buying it off Amazon and watching on the Google TV instead of suffering through Comcast's SD and BBC America's commercial interruptions...
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This is pretty cool.
The images marked for 7th & Howard match some of the photographs currently hanging in Lighthouse Lofts.
Originally shared by Dan Vanderkam
Raven Keller and I just launched oldsf.org. Check it out! 13,000 historical photos of San Francisco on a Google Map.
A few fun ones:
- Dolores Park as a refugee camp: http://bit.ly/rbJxl2
- The second Cliff House: http://bit.ly/r29Dlh
- Woodward's Gardens: http://bit.ly/r9RdMA
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I just linked my MySpace account. Hadn't logged in there for a while. Found out I qualify for the Old School badge, plus I can see Tom Anderson over there too!
Link your account in the usual place:
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Hi current/former hi5ers -- what do you think of the new Google+ games?
Of course anil dharni had a hand in one game, and justin kruger is working for another partner.
Small world!
