How To Repair Scratched CD’s, DVD’s, and Game Discs

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On this past Saturday, I mistakenly moved my XBOX 360 while it was powered on with a disc inside.  My disc scratched to hell!  There was a circular mark covering the circumference of the disc and it was unreadable.  I  purchased the game the week prior and needless to say, I was pissed. (At myself)

I searched the web intensely to find a simple quick fix to take out the scratch.  The toothpaste method caught my attention.  I tried it out  with bad results. Not only did the toothpaste method not repair the disc, it added a multitude of small scratches to the disc.

What did work for me was a solution I purchased from Blockbuster that was essentially car wax labeled ” Scratch Remover”.  With this, you wax the scratched area on the disc and buff it out with a soft cloth. After three applications, I put the disc in and *bam* it worked!

Kudo’s to low-tech solutions to hi-tech problems!

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Adventures In Driving

car-crashEverytime I leave my apartment, my life is in danger! I’m not paranoid! The folks in Greensboro, NC, for the most part, cannot drive. Sure, they can get in a car, start it, and “virtually” drive. However, they seem to lack the ability to sense and react to danger.
Truthfully, every time I approach the Great Stops on West Market, there is some who either hangs out of the exit onto the road or somehow believe their car is able to defy the laws of physics. Two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time.

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Map a Network Drive

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Learning how to map a network drive will make it possible for your computer to access shared network drives on your home or company network.

Here are some basic steps for Windows XP, 7, and Vista:

Open “My Computer”

Select “Tools” from the menu bar

Click on “Map Network Drive”

The network drive window will appear.

The first box specifies the letter of the drive to be mapped. It can be changed to any available letter.

The second box specifies the path of the network drive. eg. (\\servername\sharedfolder)

Click on finish.

There you have it. If done correctly windows explorer open your shared drive.

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Taxation without Compensation

What is it going to take to get Americans angry about how the government( local, state and federal) pimps us. Instead of us getting on one accord and being upset about being pimped, we are getting angry about socialized healthcare.

For example, if you buy an automobile, you pay sales tax, local and county tax, and tags. Local and county taxes as well as tag and inspection fees are assessed anually. Your paycheck which was used to pay for the car was also taxed. Everything you purchase in your daily life is taxed.

If you are reading this and saying “so what”, you are an idiot. If I am not mistaken, the settlers who stole this land were escaping “excessive taxes”,as well as other things. That would make this goverment a contradiction.

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Scare Tactics!

“It just makes me want to SCREAM!!”

I don’t know about you but I am disgusted, sick BEYOND DEATH of being lied to by politician/our government.  Our health care system needs reform…..the same is true for the health insurance industry as a whole but, its kind of…..difficult to make an informed decision if you don’t have all the facts.  I don’t need to be scared or bullied into making a descison.  I just want the FACTS!  People on BOTH sides, (the Right AND the Left), are trying to scare the American people into making potenially rash descisions about our own well-being…  if WE THE PEOPLE have descided that it’s time for a change, (for the better), then WE THE PEOPLE need the FACTS!  We want pure, unadulterated FACTS…..and nothing less!!  Stop the lies!  I do believe that the citizens of the United States of America should be able to express what WE want….espeially if WE THE PEOPLE will end up paying for it anyway!  It’s time to stop playing the school yard bully here – people are dying!

In other words….JUST SAY NO TO SPIN!!

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Use your Blackberry Smartphone as a Modem

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Did you know that your Blackberry Smartphone can be used as a modem. Yes, you can use your Blackberry as a modem.  A lot of you already knew that, and even more do not know where to begin with this task.  You will need Blackberry Desktop Software.

Once you have installed the desktop  software,  click here for instructions

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Welcome to Jim Nerdly.com

Welcome to JimNerdly.com! This is a blog that I will utilize to convey thoughts and share information/data.  First a little about me. My name is James and I am an I.T. Administrator.

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