If your wireless is failing for no reason on your HP Pavilion DV6000 laptop, call HP before your warranty runs out. An HP tech admitted that 1 in 7 of them require motherboard replacement to fix the problem. Not a BIOS upgrade or drivers. [UPDATE] – It has now been released that the problem was… Read more »
Posts By: David Drake
Javascript – Removing All Select (Drop-Down) Elements from a Page
The greybox effect that we use for our images in the project that I was working on had a small flaw. Unfortunately, in IE6 (go figure), drop-down menus were showing through whenever a user had expanded the image on the screen. This was obviously not desirable. I couldn’t find exactly what I was looking for… Read more »
Albert Hofmann, Inventor of LSD – Dead at 102
[UPDATE] – It has been confirmed. The email from Rick Doblin (head of MAPS) has been published here. In addition, Erowid has updated their site here. Here’s the contents of the message from Mr. Doblin: “Albert died at home at 9 AM Basel time from a myocardial infarction, quick and relatively painless. Two caretakers were… Read more »
Professional Technologist
My name is David Drake. I am a father and technologist who revels in creating things and tackling difficult problems.
Appreciator of the outdoors. Enjoyer of good humans, cooking, aromatic coffee, and plants. Actor for many years. Very fond of science; particularly astronomy and quantum physics. Likes to grow things and travel. Commodore 64 tattoo. Fan of PBS, Apple, and The NY Times. Constantly learning and loves to teach.
Everything I say is my own opinion and not representative of any organization.