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Dell Latitude Bluetooth Solution after installing XP service pack 3

Problem:

After installing Windows XP service pack 3 my Dell Latitude D810 lost its Bluetooth . I couldn't switch Bluetooth on using Function F2 (The blue light didn't go on). Since I couldn't switch it on I couldn't use any bluetooth devices.

Fix:

I followed XBoxBrians solution from this thread. Basically downloaded the Toshiba Bluetooth stack from here. I installed it (it firstly uninstalls the existing stack). This updated the bluetooth software and drivers and seemed to fix my problem. I can't promise that it will solve yours but I hope it helps!

Link of the Day Lat - Long Finder

Exactly what it says on the tin, find a Latitude and Longitude using a google maps application. It will give you an answer in decimals and degrees and minutes. If you have an address use the search box to the right of the map.

http://www.satsig.net/maps/lat-long-finder.htm

Recommended text editor: NOTEPAD++

My favourite text editor, not much more to say, try it you might like it...

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Here are the features of Notepad++ :

• Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
• WYSIWYG
• User Defined Syntax Highlighting
• Auto-completion
• Multi-Document
• Multi-View
• Regular Expression Search/Replace supported
• Full Drag ‘N' Drop supported
• Dynamic position of Views
• File Status Auto-detection
• Zoom in and zoom out
• Multi-Language environment supported
• Bookmark
• Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting
• Macro recording and playback

2008 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference, September 29 - October 3, Cape Town, South Africa

2008 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference incorporating GISSA 2008, is coming up soon, in September 29 - October 3, Cape Town, South Africa.

Lots of workshops and talks on all things opensource including GeoNetwork, Mapserver, Geoserver, OpenLayers, GRASS PostGIS and many more.

Check out the website from more details...
http://www.foss4g2008.org

The current line up can be viewed here...
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Workshops_and_Technical_Visits

Monkey Karma

A little more neo-googleography here in its loosest sense. The GISDataMonkey would like to share some good karma and recommend to you all those places that treat me well when I visit, whether its quality or value for money I shall add it to this map. I shall be adding more places from time to as I think of them (or as they earn it)...

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There are restauranrs, cafes, pubs, places to stay and I'm sure I'll be adding things to do too. Leave a comment on either the blog or the map to let me know if you take up any of my recommendations and whether you agree or disagree with me on the service, cheers!