Tag: answers

Revert to old version of Google Chrome (OS X)

The latest version of Chrome (39) introduced some annoying behavior when revealing and hiding the top bar, so annoying that I wrote up a bug report, and decided to keep using the previous version (37). But I kept getting this warning when starting the application:

Your profile can not be used because it is from a newer version of Google Chrome. Some features may be unavailable. Please specify a different profile directory or use a newer version of Chrome.

And my search settings (for which I have a lot of nifty shortcuts) were vaporized every time.

Here’s how I solved that problem:

cd ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default
mv Web\ Data Web\ Data.old

The warning is gone, and upon signing in to Chrome, my search settings were restored.

by stephen

Apple EarPods pin-out

Today I soldered a new jack onto my Apple EarPods. I have the EarPods with remote and mic. They’d been stretched and yanked too many times and were randomly pausing or advancing my podcasts. I bought a 50 peso knock-off pair (which worked but sounded like 50 peso earphones), and I cut off the jack. There are tear-downs online but they don’t mention the pin-out, so I had to work it out for myself. For future reference, here it is:

Pinout for the Apple EarPods with Remote and Mic
Tip – Left – Green
Ring1 – Right – Red
Ring2 – Ground – Green/Gold & Red/Gold & Red/Green*
Ring3 – Mic – Gold*

  • There’s a wire that has red and green strands wrapped around gold strands. Separate them. The red/green is ground. The gold is for the microphone.

(By gold, I mean the color of the insulation, not the metal.)

by stephen

apostille

apostille

Phone:  202-485-8000

  9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and  1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST

Monday through Friday

http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english/legal-considerations/judicial/authentication-of-documents/requesting-authentication-services.html#Fees

  • The authentication fee is $8.00 per document.
  • Checks should be made payable to the U.S. Department of State.

When requesting Mail Authentication Services, please be sure to include the following:

  • A completed Request of Authentications Service DS-4194 form – Be sure to specify the document’s country of use in Section 4
  • Documents
  • Fees
  • A self-addressed prepaid envelope

Mail your complete packet to the following address:

Office of Authentications
U.S. Department of State
CA/PPT/S/TO/AUT
1st Floor
1150 Passport Services PL
Dulles, VA 20189-1150

by stephen