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Internet Explorer cannot open the internet site...

I have been receiving the following error when trying to access 43folders.com: Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site http://www.43folders.com/.

Operation aborted

I consistently received the error on separate Vista and XP machines all running IE7 when trying to access the register or contact functions, and home page. I downloaded Mozilla Firefox in order to register and report it...

Real-world 'Mission Statements:' What's yours?

Real-world "Mission Statements:" What's yours?

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TOPICS: Grabass

Paperless on a budget

Been thinking a bit about getting rid of some old paper files I have and want to get them on a pc for the lowest cost possible.

I wanted to kick this idea around a bit and see if it fights back...

The problem: I have a cheap scanner and my budget doesn't stretch to a nice automated scanner like the ScanSnap.

Solution: My idea is this, scan the pages as images and ocr them. Ocr isn't perfect, as you all know, but as long as it can produce valid search text I don't care too much.

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a lot of dead links

Dead link is to http://www.43folders.com/forum/lofi-0 and many more. also Safari says "Taxonomy automoplete error" after entering a Topic.

BWT Is this Drupal 5 ?

Programming; where to start.

Where do I start? I am interested in learning about programming. I have been told perl, python, and other languages are the "best" places to start. I wonder if learning basics of applescript wouldn't be better. Honestly I don't know if that's the same thing. I just curious to see what someone with little time to devote towards this itch should do. Any suggestions?

Catalogue/database/organizational app?

I am an environmental designer (fancy-speak for architecture and related fields) looking to create a database of media - best practices, inspirational photos, links PDFs, text files, video, snippets and so on. 

I am searching for an app to help me do this.

Ideal Criteria:

OS X Must include tagging I would like to add captions/notes to accompany media files Searchable Linkable (internally) Exportable Easy capture/input of media

Any and all help is appreciated.

Cheers,

Freeman

Custom shelves and desks?

Custom shelves and desks?

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TOPICS: Projects

Splitting your trusted system

Splitting your trusted system

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3x5 Tickler file (a la S.H.E)

3x5 Tickler file (a la S.H.E)

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TOPICS: Lofi

Mac Security Question

Mac Security Question

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TOPICS: Grabass
 
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