Today I was one of about 6 people in my organization to win a UNC-Chapel Hill Unsung Hero award. This is some nice recognition for me. I have been working a lot of overtime to meet the demanding need of the ERP project that is wrapping up in a few weeks.
I have mainly been in charge of the Shibboleth Single Signon implementation at UNC. I was in charge of integrating Shibboleth with PeopleSoft and all of the other companion projects. This task had some challenges. I had to educate developers on what Shibboleth is, how they can go about integrating it into there environment, and coordinating work between the groups.
This is the second time that I have won a award at the University. It is always a good feeling to be recognized for your hard work. I know that things are not going to be slowing down, but at least my hard work is not going unnoticed.
I have been looking for a way to connect my computer to a old JVC TV that I have. I wanted to do this so that I can stream Netflix videos and not have to watch them on the laptop. Since my JVC TV is at least 10 years old, the only connection I have on the back of it are for S-Video and Component. This right there causes a immediate problem, because I only have a VGA Port on the back of my computer.
Well I did some searching on the web, and tried to find a way to convert my VGA signal to S-Video. Doing some Google searches showed me that there are some solutions, but they can run you anywhere from $100 to $250 dollars. This was way more than I wanted to spend. Finally I found my answer at Sewell Direct .
For $35.00, you can purchase the Sewell PC to TV Converter which they claim will convert any PC signal to a TV signal. Well that is just so hard to believe, especially at that price. So I decided to look for more information out there on the internet and ran into this video, which had me sold.
Now that I have this nice little toy, all I can say is that it works great. It is very easy to setup. There are no device drivers to install, you just hook it up to your computer and your TV. It comes will all wires necessary to use the device, which is really nice. I always hate having to run out and get some cable to make my new toy work. It is also powered by USB, which is a great plus.
I have been using it for a couple of months now, and I will have to say, that displaying video through it looks really nice. Since I have purchased it, I am always watching online content through my TV, and can hardly notice any issues with the video quality. Sometimes I will have to say that there does seem to be a little refresh lag, but I think that has to do with the online stream more than the video device.
One of the first things that I install on any new Windows machine that I get is VIM . I have been using VI for years, and love having it integrated into my Windows Environment. One of my favorite features is the ability to view a file by right clicking on it and selecting the “Edit with VIM” option from the Contextual Menu.
When I installed VIM on Windows Vista 64, everything worked great except that there was no “Edit with VIM” menu option. Well off I went and found the following solution on the Vim on Vista - VIM Tips Wiki . All you have to do is the following:
Open regedit
Navigate to and expand: Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell Note: Literally a * ; should be first in list
Right click on shell
Select New -> Key
Right Click on the new key, and rename it to: Open with gVIm
Left click on Open with gVIm
In the right hand side, Right Click on (Default) and select Modify
In the Value Data field type: Edit with Vim
Right Click on Open with gVIm
Select New -> Key
Right Click on the new key, and rename it to Command
Left click on Command
In the right hand side, Right Click on (Default) and select Modify
In the Value Data field type: “C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\vim72\gvim.exe” “%1” Note: quotes (") are important!
