Archive for January 17th, 2006

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My GLOCK 27

In July of 1995 GLOCK introduced two Subcompact Hand Guns, The GLOCK 26 and the 27. GLOCK knew the many problems with pocket guns such as small hard to see sights, limited ammo capacity, and poor design. GLOCK is know for its reliability. Here are some pictures of my Glock 27. It had a 3.5lb trigger installed by a certified GLOCK Armorer at the gun show Jan 9, just over a week ago. I also had night sights installed while I was by the GLOCK Armorer Nick Vigliucci. After having the night sights installed I went to the shooting range. I didn’t shoot 20 rounds down range when my rear sight came off. The set screw that holds the rear sight on came lose and the recoil sent the sight flying when it became loose enough. I emailed Nick and this is what he said

as in any rear sigt we do not secure the sight until is shooting to your satisfaction.
tighen the sight down and shoot 6 rounds, if they are where you want them.
use locktite, blue
one drop under the sight in the dovetail will do it, let it dry for 24 hours and it will
not come off again,
there is nothing wrong with the sight, this is normal procedure for sights.
nick

Anyway I will have to go back to the range and re-adjust my rear sight. Looks like I will get my chance on Thursday. Ben and I plan on meeting up and Midwest Guns.

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Scanning A Document to PDF Format

Best result when you scan a manual?

If you want to scan a manual, schematic or other paper document, I have here small guide that can help you to get the best result with a minimum amount of space.

It is easy to make a very good quality scan, but if you not are using the optimal settings the scanned pages will take up to much space. If you are using the incorrect setting, a document of 40 pages can fill 200 Mb. But if you using the correct setting the file size will be about 5 Mb, and this is without any quality loss.

When you scan a page the best way to save the scanned pages are directly to PDF. This requires a PDF writer like Adobe Acrobat (not Acrobat Reader, this is only a viewer.). Some programs that came with scanners have a built in PDF writer, and this is also OK. But if you do not have the opportunity to save directly in PDF, then the next best format to save in is TIFF or BMP. When you save in TIFF or BMP the paper size will be the same if you scan in 300 dpi or another resolution. Some times when you save in TIFF or BMP the file can be bigger than a GIF or JPG, but when the TIFF or BMP files are converted to PDF the size is reduced (especially when you are using two colours) and the paper size is still the same. If you save in TIFF or BMP you can pack the files with ZIP or RAR to reduce the size, and then you can sent the files to mods.dk.

Before you scan a paper look at the paper to see what the contents are.

If the papers you will scan include only text, scan the paper in two colours with 300 dpi in resolution.

If the papers you will scan include text and drawing or schematic, scan in two colours with 300 dpi in resolution.

If the papers you will scan include schematic with few colours (normal red) scan in 16 colours with 200 dpi in resolution.

If the papers you will scan include schematic with few colours (normal red) scan in 16 colours with 200 dpi in resolution. If you reduce the colours you may increase the resolution to 200 or 300 dpi, depend on the numbers of colours you are using.

If the papers you scan include photos in colours scan in 256 colours with 150 dpi.

If you have a graphics program like Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro or similar and you have saved the scanned pages in TIFF or BMP, it can be an advantage to reduce the colours in pages that are scan in more than two colours. If you have scan a greyscale photo in 256 greyscale colours, many times it can be reduce to 16 colours with a minimum of quality loss, but still the same resolution.

If you are using these setting the result will be good, and with a minimal size of the file. Of course you can use higher setting and this will give a better result, but the size of the file will increase very fast, and mods.dk will in many times recompile the file to reduce the file size.

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Sold my PowerMac G5 Case

I can not believe this and neither may any of you, but in less than 2 hours time (1:59:50 to be exact) I have sold my case. I just got back from Wal-Mart buying mailing tape so that I can tape the box back up that I received it in. Adam S. from Boise Idaho bought my case for $104.00, exactly what I paid for it a month ago. I am taking a loss on it in shipping charges. I do want everyone to know that this is my very FIRST item sold on Ebay. I do not think it will be my last. Ebay and Paypal make this whole internet selling thing very easy. You can still view the G5 Case here and make sure you take note of the auction starting and ending time.

G5 Case SOLD

Track Shipment Here

Thank you EBAY