I am liking how crazy everyone appears to be over Ted Cruz running for President.
Meffert’s Puzzle missing tiles
I am hoping that even though I purchased these years ago that I will be able to get Meffert’s to send me replacement tiles that I have lost.
PivotalLiving troubleshooting
I was pleasantly surprised to receive my wristband Christmas eve! After having it work like charm once the android app was released, it quit syncing. Now what happens is that the app says it is downloading measurements indefinitely while a Bluetooth symbol does on the wristband. Eventually, the band will stop showing the Bluetooth symbol and the app never stops.
I have already tried re installing the android app, Several rounds of “turn it off and on again” to see if resetting the wristband would help at all. The only real thing left to do is delete my account and re-create.
Any suggestions?
From Pivotal Living Twitter acct:
@haloway13 ahhh, I see. Unfortunately (fortunately?) this is a known issue that we are getting our engineers to fix now. Hang in there!
So after deleting my account from within the app and then re creating the account it appears able to sync again. I will continue to update this post as I experiment with the band.
After successfully syncing 2xs I am back to the unable to sync. I wonder if I need to sync on a daily basis for it to not end up endlessly downloading measurements.
1/20 – Deleting account once again and I will sync 2xs a day and see if I can get it to work for 3 days in a row.
1/21 So far so good. 2nd day now where the band quickly syncs when I do it twice a day. (Probably jinxing the issue now)
1/23 Still no lockups.
1/25 Still going strong on an ~12 hour sync schedule. I wonder if there is some memory issue with the wristband.
2/27 Nearly went a month until I forgot to sync for more than 2 days. I now have to recreate the account.
3/14 I have not had the will to delete my account and recreate it to continue tracking. I don’t think there are any bug fixes to address this. The biggest shortcomings are that there is no heart-rate monitor, just steps.
It would be nice if you could set the band to do an alarm over a period of time of set intervals. For instance: from 6-7AM 10 min intervals.
LifeFitness 95Ri Battery?
You may think that you need to replace your battery because the electronic control panel lights up only briefly and then turns off with only brief flickerings thereafter. Many people on ebay purchase another battery and it solves their problem. The real issue is that most likely the battery has been completely depleted of it’s charge and you need to run the bike for a while (2-3 minutes), let the flywheel come to complete stop, then restart the pedaling and there may be enough charge on the battery to allow the control panel to stay light, if not keep pedaling a little longer since the battery may need more of a charge. Once you get the control panel to light up, do a good workout for a considerable amount of time as it will charge the battery even longer and it will most likely retain enough of a charge for the next time you need to exercise. If on the other hand you fail to get the display to stay on ever even after doing the start, pedal a while, wait for it to stop spinning several times, it may very well be time change the battery.
Also, most of the offerings on EBay are very expensive. Most sell for $40.
Sportsmith has them for a very reasonable $21.00 ea + shipping.
Also on Amazon for a more reasonable price of $24.58, free shipping.
EDIT: Here are some updated photos so that there is no confusion as to which model I am referring to. I have also added Parts manual and operators manual. I am unable to find the service manual except for a a site that wants my CC. Not willing to do that.
Found this T-Sql post useful
Execute SSRS Report Subscriptions Manually
Posted on September 5, 2012 by sqlgirl
Execute SSRS Report Subscriptions Manually. The following code will allow the report developer to manually execute a report subscription if the subscription has failed (or is needed to be run ad-hoc).
1. Open SQL Server Management Studio
2. Connect to the Report Server.
3. Choose ReportServer for the database.
4. Execute the following Query to determine the SQLAgent Job Name (Job ID).
/*Execute SSRS Subscription Manually*/
/*Connect to Database ReportServer*/
SELECT
S.ScheduleID AS SQLAgent_Job_Name
,SUB.Description AS Sub_Desc
,SUB.DeliveryExtension AS Sub_Del_Extension
,C.Name AS ReportName
,C.Path AS ReportPath
FROM ReportSchedule RS
INNER JOIN Schedule S ON (RS.ScheduleID = S.ScheduleID)
INNER JOIN Subscriptions SUB ON (RS.SubscriptionID = SUB.SubscriptionID)
INNER JOIN [Catalog] C ON (RS.ReportID = C.ItemID AND SUB.Report_OID = C.ItemID)
WHERE
C.Name LIKE ” –Enter Report Name to find Job_Name
5. Connect to MSDB Database on the Report Server.
6. Insert the SQLAgent_Job_Name in the following and execute.
/*Connect to Database MSDB on the Reporting Server*/
/*Enter SQLAgent_Job_Name to execute the subscription based on Job ID*/
USE msdb
EXEC sp_start_job @job_name = ” –Enter SQLAgent_Job_Name
I used the exec msdb.dbo.sp_start_job ….. since I was calling it from within a sp.
ESP8266-03 Wifi Board
Day 2 – I have come to the conclusion that I need a level shifter. Ordered 2 from Cali. Hmm, investigating using a usb-serial cable with a 3.3v ps. http://playground.boxtec.ch/doku.php/wireless/esp8266 has German instructions. Giving that a go. Scratch that, I think maybe I blew my ESP8266, I had it hooked to the USB-Serial cable without a level shifter for some time. I did try a resistor voltage divider, but get no response. I will have to try another board, I have to solder it up. I did find some really good beginner instructions here: http://www.esp8266.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=521#p3110
Day 1 – Soldered some resistor legs to the SMT spots. The method I used was to insert the snipped legs from the resistors into a 16 pin dip socket, then wedged the board in place. This had the effect of getting the pins to be held against the board. This is the final result. I have not found any helpful links about this version of the board yet.
Tasker foursquare checkin task
So I was trying to incorporate the new v parameter necessary for a foursquare checking using Tasker. Using https://kristianfreeman.com/automatic-checkins-with-tasker/ I was able to initially get it working but at some point it quit working. Adding the additional parameter with an ampersand was not working. Turns out that the proper format of the data/file field is this:
venueId=%par1
oauth_token=YOUR_TOKEN_HERE
v=20131202
Note: a good way to see the actual response you get back from foursquare is to simulate a post with:
<html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”>
<head><title>Test Post with FourSquareAPI</title>
<script language=”javascript” type=”text/javascript”>
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id=”TestForm” action=”https://api.foursquare.com/v2/checkins/add” method=”post”>
vennueId: <input type=”Text” name=”venueId”<br/>
oauth_token: <input type=”Text” name=”oauth_token”<br/>
v:<input type=”Text” name=”v”<br/><br/>
<input type=”submit” value=”post” />
</form>
</body>
</html>
digiKam and mySQL
ran into an issue that when trying to use MySQL with digiKam photo library software using Ubuntu digiKam reported that the driver was not loaded for MySQL. This took care of it.
sudo apt-get install libqt4-sql-mysql
Buffal TerraStation GMail reports setup
Follow the directions here: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/13287?hl=en
If you have setup 2 step authentication you will have to create an application specific access to your account here: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833
Zynga support forum registration fail
Amazingly, one of the most popular games around, has no ability to login without a facebook account because their captcha registration interface is broken.
Several tweets to support have yielded no satisfaction as of yet.
The latest suggestion as for me to use a different browser…
My words with friends account is: Haloway1313In short the problem I am experiencing with words with friends is that there must be some issue with my account, specifically a corrupt game in progress may be corrupt or some other issue. Regardless of the device that I use to access my account (rooted nook, android phone cyanogenmod 9, stock rom, etc) it crashes everytime. If I re-install the game and register a new account, everything works fine. Can create a new game with no crashes. When I then associate the installation with my original account, the crashes start happening again.Please fix it!
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