http://www.atterberry.net Having nothing to say has never stopped me before... Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:10:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Homebuilder- When installing an exterior door, don't worry about using shims between the door frame and the rough opening for proper support. Three drywall screws on the hinge side only should be more than enough to attach the door into the opening. If not, the load-bearing ability of ... http://www.atterberry.net/dear-homebuilder/ Previously, I posted about using ScheduleWorld for synchronizing my calendar to my Windows Mobile phone. Due to some problems I experienced, I withdrew my recommendation, but I've got something that's working pretty well for me now. I'm using the free version of GooSync, and in my testing it's been very ... http://www.atterberry.net/windows-mobile-phone-setup-part-5-goosync/ Some people say that you don't take as many pictures of your second child, but I don't think that's true in our case. What is true, however, is that it takes me nearly six months to share them. Visit the gallery to see many pictures of Mia. http://www.atterberry.net/new-pictures-of-mia-posted/ In part 1, I described how I got email syncing to my new smartphone. In part 2, I addressed tasks, and in part 3, I struggled through syncing with my Google Calendar. Finally, in this installment, I finish up with synchronizing my contacts. I keep my contacts in Gmail, ... http://www.atterberry.net/windows-mobile-phone-setup-part-4-contacts/ In part 1, I described how I got email syncing to my new smartphone. In part 2, I pretty easily got tasks syncing properly. In this installment I'll tell you what it took to get my Google Calendar synchronizing to my smartphone. As I described earlier, I ... http://www.atterberry.net/windows-mobile-phone-setup-part-3-calendar/ In part 1, I described what I was hoping to accomplish with my new smart phone. In this installment I'll describe what I had to do to get my tasks synchronized to my phone. The well-established way to synchronize contacts on a Windows Mobile device seems to be to use ... http://www.atterberry.net/windows-mobile-phone-setup-part-2-tasks/ Since my contract was up, I replaced my cellphone with an SMT5800 smartphone, which runs Windows Mobile 6.0. I've spent the last few days getting it all configured and syncing with my calendar, tasks, email and contacts. Frankly, I'm surprised how difficult this has been. I already ... http://www.atterberry.net/windows-mobile-phone-setup-part-1-email/ In a previous post, I discussed the virtues of having an automated backup process. I gave the advice of having an external drive or file server as well as some offsite backups. I've since changed my mind. I had some troubles configuring my file server to properly ... http://www.atterberry.net/backups-revisited-mozy/ Spurred on by a related post from wyoming_1, I've decided to finally post the results of an experiment I tried recently to improve the gas mileage of my truck on my daily commute. I drive a 2007 Toyota Tundra 4-door pickup with a 5.7L V8, so as you can imagine, my ... http://www.atterberry.net/gas-mileage-improvement/ I'm in the middle of a rather large project, so I decided that I'd go for a "quick win" (as they say at work) to get something posted here. I wrote up a quick page about the DIY drying rack I threw together. It literally took longer to ... http://www.atterberry.net/drying-rack-for-cloth-diapers/