And duplicate records again...

Once on rainy Monday morning (like there is no better time for the error ;-)
Blackberry Desktop manager 6.0.0.43 gave up synchronizing my tasks with the Intellisync message "Connector specific error" which believed to be the sort of "Hell Knows What Happened" type of error message in the BDM v6.0.

Desktop.log said: "|ERROR|1|Rim.Desktop.Services.Device|0|[IRIMRasConnectionManagerImpl::_get_connection_entries] RasEnumEntries failed. Error: 26D"

And the synchronize.log said: "{0x670} CXLB[CXLBWrapperImpl::TranslateByIndex@902] CXLB_dTranslateByIndex failed with error code 0x80043C0A (ERRH_ENGINE_CONNECTORSPECIFIC)" and "{0xC7C} CXLB[CXLBWrapperImpl::TranslateByIndex@902] CXLB_dTranslateByIndex failed with error code 0x80040FB3 (Unknown error)"

None of that sound relevant to the fix: show completed tasks and kill dupes ;-)

See my previous posting about Blackberry Duplicate tasks

SHARP XL-DK227 annoying demo mode

By default this micro system has the demo mode turned on which is bright enough to mess your sleep. To turn demo mode off you need to turn off unit (it will start to play demo animation) and then press X-BASS/DEMO button on the bottom of the remote control. Unit will click the relay and turn off completely. Power-cycling the audio system will not erase the setting. To turn demo mode on you need to press X-BASS/DEMO button again.

Recommended image size for the Craigslist posts

How To Enhance and Resize Photos for Craigslist recommends monitor-reasonable image size of 800x600 and file no larger 500K.

Actually Craigslist displays just a slightly over sized thumbnail of the uploaded image with the highest dimension not larger than 300 pixels and size about 5K. However <img> and <a> HTML tags can be used to embed links to a bigger image.

Blackberry Tasks Duplicate Record Internal Error #4238 Transaction Cancelled

Mobile Platform: Blackberry 8320 v4.5.0.110 (Platform 2.7.0.90)
Mobile Application: Tasks v4.5.0
Wireless Service Provider: AT&T in Brooklyn, NY

Desktop Platform: Windows 2000 Server v5.00.2195 SP4
Desktop Application: Blackberry Desktop Manager v4.2.2.14

Symptoms: Blackberry Tasks synchronization fails with $subj message.
Solution: Eliminate duplicate task records on the Blackberry Device:
1) Show completed tasks.
2) Sort tasks by subject.
3) Locate first group of tasks with the same subjects and remove all of the duplicates.
4) Attempt synchronization again. If the same error occur - repeat step 3).

Other solution that either did not help me or I never tried them:
Internal Error 4238 Transaction Cancelled for Microsoft Outlook
How to delete the Intellisync folder if synchronization is unsuccessful
How to turn on advanced synchronization logging for Intellisync when BlackBerry smartphone synchronization fails // comprehensive tutorial on how to overwhelm yourself with the useless and obscure log messages ;-)
Sync problem with Microsoft Office // personally preferred, but did not help either

PDF viewer for RIM BlackBerry

CrackBerry people recommend BeamBerry

... www.cerience.com/products/reader/ or Premium Edition of Documents...

say people from BlackBerry Support Forum

Recommended Facebook Photo Resolution

Optimizing for Facebook Albums says:

highest quality JPEG, 604 pixels maximum dimension, 200+ DPI

Also as per Facebook pictures resolution:

30 KB and the resolution of the picture is about 604px × 402px

Maximum Picture Size says:

500 x 655. 498 wide x 604px is max i use. I've had pics cropped if i try wider

Another programmer in his Image Uploader for FB project mentions that:

the maximum Facebook image size, 604x604, which are about 100-150 kilobytes

The best Facebook apps for business and career enhancement | The Social Web | ZDNet.com

The best Facebook apps for business and career enhancement The Social Web ZDNet.com

DIY Aeroponic Unit

http://projects.greenmangardens.net/content/view/25/39/

Optical drive X speed factor

For the CD disks 1X means 150KB.
For the DVD disks 1X mens 1.32MB.

For more info please see the following articles:
Understanding DVD -Recording Speed
Explaining the X Factor of a DVD Burner

disabling shutter sound on samsung sgh-t609

http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1035641&highlight=shutter+noise

I Report

http://www.cnn.com/exchange/ireports/topics/index.html
http://www.ireporter.org/about_i_reporter/index.html

Opening new bank account

This article represents the research on what to consider when looking for the bank account.

Following is the list of articles about industry:
How Free Checking Really Works
3 Reasons Not to Use Online Bank Accounts

To Read:
Open an Account at a Bank or Credit Union

Here is the side-by-side Free Checking Comparison (opens in new window)

Best storage strategies for the multimedia PC

Multimedia archive @home management
Best storage strategies for the multimedia PC | George Ou | ZDNet.com

Choosing drill bits

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=howTo&p=BuyGuide/DrlBtsBul.html
http://www.creativehomeowner.com/index.php?pane=project&projectid=chtls007
http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=19562
http://cottagesmith.com/Articles/BuyingDrillBits.html

red light camera locations

http://www.photoenforced.com/
http://www.geocities.com/jusjih/trafficlightsignals.html

Restoring Windows Password

http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=305
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321305

how to use one iPod with two computers

apple: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61675
Rachael Smithey: http://macs.about.com/od/ipod/a/itunes_dedicate.htm
ipodhacks.com: http://forums.ipodhacks.com/archive/index.php/t-441.html

Conclusion: Set iPod to "manual mode" or use third party soft instead of iTunes

"E32: No file name" vi error upon svn commit (editor-cmd = vi)

Error: When I was configuring svn to use vi editor for commit comments I run into “E32: No file name” vi error upon exiting vi. Also editor showed me the welcome screen instead pre-populated svn message.

Cause: When editing my svn config file I left the default comment at the end of editor-cmd variable so my config string was like this: “editor-cmd = vi #(vi, emacs, notepad, etc.)”. It caused svn to pass all that #garbage to vi followed by space and actual name of the comments file to be edited in vi.

Fix: Remove all the garbage after the editor executable name unless you want it to be passed to editor as an extra parameters before the file name. The config string should look like this: “editor-cmd = vi”

Command Line tool and API for EXIF and IPTC data

Exif and IPTC metadata library and tools

The difference between wide neck and standard neck feeding bottles

Following are the comparison articles:
bottle and teat styles
the difference between the Dr. Brown's regular and wide neck bottles
More Choices for Easier Feeding
A wide or narrow neck
What kind of bottle should I use?
A GUIDE FOR PARENT S WITH DISABILITIES
Another article

Conclusion:
Comparison of wide and normal necked bottles has been performed from parent's point of view while no one mentions the baby-side differences like latching, feeding angle, nipple shape and flexibility. Since all babies are different and do not theoretize as much as we do the trial and error perhaps is most useful research method in this area.