When I first got my computer and booted my machine, I went go get a cup of coffee from the kitchen here at the office. When I came back, i could use the computer. Now, after a few years, I feel like I could get to Colombia and back with a cup of coffee before…

It is always fun when a new technology comes out because, well, everything is new. And,there are always a lot of choice until Darwin whittles them down to the survivors. Plus you young punks think you know it all but you really missed out on all the fun 🙂 30 Old Computer Ads Take the…

I don't imagine this will help too many sprinkler designers out there, but Autodesk has announced the following program: Free Software License*: Any student license of AutoCAD®, Revit® Architecture, Autodesk® Inventor® Professional, and/or AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software. Free Online Training: On-demand training available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Reduced-Cost Classroom Training:  Many…

If you choose to install the new databases for HydraLIST and HydraCALC – here is where the existing files get backed up to:   Note the two Backup folders, one under each program.   Also note the folders named Standard Data under each. Regardless of whether or not you choose to replace the data, a…

This question was posed by a customer and frequent blog reader. Here's the list HydraLIST: \HES\Hydlist\Ver50\Data\Setup – If you take the whole folder (not subfolders), you will always be safe. If you are the one doing the editing and want to copy these to another machine, then sort by date and just take the ones…

If you are like me, you haven’t had time to upgrade your Microsoft Office to the 2007 version. But that hasn’t stopped people from emailing you 2007 files with extensions like docx and xlsx. What to do? I Googled on a colleague’s recommendation and found this: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint…

Some great Google stuff from Joe Oliver: Google Is a Calculator When you can’t be troubled to reach over and pick up the handheld calculator sitting on your desk, you can use Google as a high-tech web-based calculator. All you have to do is enter your equation or formula into the standard Google search box,…

If you forget which gold keys go with which computers it can be frustrating when it becomes time to uninstall them. There is a way to figure this out, however by using Windows Explorer. First, you must make sure the Hidden Files and Folders are shown in Windows Explorer (its in the Tools->Folder Options-View area).…

Art had a pretty busy week with five posts in five days, so I thought I’d chime in to give him a bit of a break. A question I often get asked, is from users who would like to share their HydraCALC and HydraLIST printouts with non-Hydratec users. HydraVIEW offers the option to save the…

This past weekend was spent splitting and stacking firewood for next year. I was hoping for close to 3 cords, but alas, 2.07 was what we have… I am going to cut some more this week and get to 2.5 cords, which is what we used this past year, more or less. The good news…