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Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

Michael Pardee — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:02:11 -0000

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Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

Michael Pardee — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 00:22:51 -0000

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Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

Michael Pardee — Sun, 10 Nov 2013 19:48:50 -0000

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Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

Michael Pardee — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 22:39:47 -0000

Glad this still helps people years after I posted it.

Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

Michael Pardee — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:32:16 -0000

The button is on the side of the shifter handle.

Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

Michael Pardee — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 21:36:08 -0000

Glad to see this post is still helping people years later.

Re: 3 Sleeper Smartphones You Should Buy - TheStreet

Michael Pardee — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:24:32 -0000

"One warning: The Pro may produce snafus -- many Droids do -- when interfacing with larger corporate mail networks: You may not get "pushed" email without manually updating your inbox during a sync. For the average small firm using basic email services, the phone can provide robust results. "

This should not be taken lightly. This is a big deal for many as Exchange push just stops. Nothing. No new email period. This is not the Blackberry replacement that we thought it would be. It feels great and has a ton of promise, but with basic push email functionality so broken it is not a phone we can recommend for our own users. Great for consumers and gmail, which works perfectly, but it suffers the same issues as the Droid X. check the support forums at Moto.

Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

Michael Pardee — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:07:00 -0000

Larry, I did say how to fix it in the post. Put the car in park and press the shifted button a few times and the fob will release.

Re: Firefox, Outlook Web Access, and cursor position

Michael Pardee — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:33:52 -0000

By the way, I just tested FF 3.1 alpha and it behaves the same way.

http://developer.mozilla.or...

Re: Firefox, Outlook Web Access, and cursor position

Michael Pardee — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:20:25 -0000

Unfortunately , no. I am in the same boat where all I can find is the question. The Mozilla forums gave me a glimmer of hop, but it ended up being a solution on how to do this for their mail client. Making the same changes in FF did not eliminate the issue. It is frustrating. I ended up back with WebKit for now, but would like to be able to use Firefox as it works better for me when I use Citrix.

Re: Microsoft: We ain’t gonna tell you about Windows 7

Michael Pardee — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:06:45 -0000

Sorry robert, looks like I introduced further comment fragmentation by commenting on your post on FriendFeed.

Re: Key stuck on your Passat ignition?

Michael Pardee — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:43:27 -0000

Michael, I can definitely see how that can happen, but in my case at least, I must have moved that shifter 100 times and it never made a difference. It wasn't until I hit that button a couple of times that it finally released.

What's interesting is that this happened a few times and has not happened since.

Re: iTunes, you have a problem

Michael Pardee — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:27:13 -0000

Dr G, you were so close, but no conspiracy intended. My point was actually the opposite; I was stating that if a share holder won't use the product, what chance do they have with a regular consumer?

No Walmart stock - I'm one of the guys that thinks Walmart's practices helped make China the economic power house it is today, all at the expense of the American economy. Remember the days when Walmart used to advertise "Made In America?"

Re: Will the Scobles wait in line for 3G iPhone?

Michael Pardee — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:48:02 -0000

I'm betting you'll still be in line. The build up will eventually get to you. I've read your stuff for a long time now and you just don't seem like someone that is built to wait for anything. It won't be just about 3G. Won't we see 2.0 of the software then as well?

I predict you'll not only be in line, but you'll stream it live on Qik, send at least 80 tweets, keep a friendfeed going, and post a few pics on flickr. ;p

Re: Burned by DST and a formerly great thin client

Michael Pardee — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:50:52 -0000

We'll never find a solution. We made the decision to replace them all over a couple of years. What a shame. Changing the timezone isn't the big deal, but any Outlook appointments that people make during the extended period end up wrong when we change the timezones back. Frustrating. We decided to go with Wyse and end it.

Re: iPhone and Outlook Web Access

Michael Pardee — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:26:35 -0000

Let's say your OWA site is http://OWA.yoursite.com. What happens when you go to http://OWA.yoursite.com/Exc... or https://OWA.yoursite.com/Ex... (not sure if you have a cert, etc.)

Re: iPhone and Outlook Web Access

Michael Pardee — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:12:13 -0000

Yes! I connect to an Exchange2003 OWA server just about every day with the Touch.

Re: Make your MacMini sound much better

Michael Pardee — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:56:30 -0000

I have the original non intel Mac Mini and recently added a small device from M-Audio (Transit, maybe?) that allowed me to take the Mini running Leopard to my optical input of my home theater. The Mini had already allowed me to remove the CD player from my shelves and thanks to the M-Audio I got to remove the DVD player as well. The Mini has been fantastic connected to my 60" Sony and it's funny watching my 12 year old getting her homework done on the TV using a bluetooth mouse and keyboard.

Owning the Mini has been what stops me from owning an AppleTV. Long live the Mini.

Re: PowerBook G4 hard drive upgrade – so close

Michael Pardee — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:30:58 -0000

Yes. It's been a while, but I don't think I ever got it to boot from the external enclosure but I put it in the PowerBook and it ended up working.

http://blindsquirrel.org/20...

Re: The feuding over my Facebook fetish

Michael Pardee — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:10:47 -0000

I definitely wasn't knocking Robert and have always felt I was a pretty quick learner. It was more about hearing about it so much. The guy's definitely passionate about it! I understand. It's exciting. He's excited.

I'm hoping the lightbulb does go off for me at some point, but I'm not so sure I have the proper time to give to FB like I probably need to. The key to me seems to be all of the applications, as it seems FB is a framework - a platform.

Now where did I leave that blinder removal kit? ;p

Re: Firefox on Macs giving people fits

Michael Pardee — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:25:44 -0000

I used to have problems with FF, Camino and Safari on Google Reader all the time. I usually have Reader running as one of 3 table that I use all day and I never shut my MacBook Pro down, just put it to sleep as I go back and forth between place. I just figured that having it open forever was causing the issue and would just close the Reader tab, reopen it, and I'd be good for a couple more days. I tried the Safari Beta and have not seen this at all and have had pretty much nothing but positive things to say about the beta, so I now use the Webkit nightlies and life has been pretty sweet.

I think Apple finally nailed it.

Re: Note to self – don’t check bags when flying USAirways

Michael Pardee — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:07:51 -0000

Wow, I went to your site to read about the costumes. What a mess. Thanks for sharing your story.

Re: Note to self – don’t check bags when flying USAirways

Michael Pardee — Sat, 05 May 2007 22:53:35 -0000

Thanks "Pat," this is good information to know. I do know her husband and can neither confirm nor deny your claim.

Re: New Aquarium Up And Running

Michael Pardee — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:35:43 -0000

I'll get some pictures up in a week or so. Thanks for reading.

Re: An open letter to the old Microsoft UltimateTV developers

Michael Pardee — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:34:30 -0000

Looks like they did some work to it in Vista, so I'll start learning what I can about it first. Thanks for reading.