I recently just built a new PC using the Antec 900 gaming case, and a Gigabyte EP45-UD3P motherboard. Audio was configured to utilize HD audio (as opposed to AC 97). After the build was complete, I noticed that the front audio jack on the case was not working. The audio jack on the back of the case works fine. This seems to be a common issue with this case.
Here are the steps I took to get this working properly:
- Open the Realtek HD Audio Manager, which was probably installed at the same time the motherboard drivers were installed.
- Navigate to the Audio I/O tab.
- Click the “Connector Settings” button (a small circular button with a wrench icon).
- Put a check mark next to the option “Disable front panel jack detection”.
Other than this small issue, the case was a breeze to work with.
Here are some pictures from the building process:
September 18th, 2008
shyam
I was recently doing a small JavaScript/XML project. Everything was working fine locally, but when I tried to test it out on my server, I got a “Permission denied to get property Element.childNodes” error in Firefox. Internet Explorer had no problems.
Turns out I had the Firebug add-on installed in Firefox. I had to disable this, and everything worked.
You will also have a problem on the w3schools site, if you try to use their “Tryit Editor” to view any code. You will need to disable the add-on in order to get the output of the right-side box to display correctly.
Spent the evening in Santa Monica, and stumbled across this on the beach:
Oh, and here’s the sunset:
Today I accomplished something that seemed nearly impossible when I first stepped on the Dance Dance Revolution stage back in January. After 6 months of intense training (and probably hundreds of dollars spent at the game center near Suidobashi), I have finally beaten Xepher on Expert. 
BEHOLD:
I was recently playing Final Fantasy 2 (the real #2) for Game Boy Advanced. The skill system in the game is horrible. The more you use a particular skill, the better you get at that skill. This sounds reasonable, but in practice it is not fun and too repetitive, partly due to the random nature of the skill increase.
I basically avoided this by creating a setup shown below. I set the abilities/spells that I wanted my characters to use, then I found an enemy (usually something of the Flan variety), and did something productive for 20 minutes or so. The weight of the stereo speaker was enough to hold the button down, so my characters executed the same moves every turn. This yielded large skill increases without taking any of my time. Yay for productivity.
