Thursday, April 30, 2009

Setting up 51mike in dual monitor mode

After two nights of trial and error, i finally set up my online KaraOK system to play one dual monitor - one monitor shows the video playing and the other monitor shows the playlist.

PS. The KaraOK system I use is from www.51mike.com. It cost less than $20 to become a life time member!

To enable the dual monitor mode, you first need your video card support. In my case, i have an ati card, so you need to enable its theater mode - download its control center and under video category, enable theater mode.
also, you need to enable your windows media player's overlay mode, since 51mike software uses that internally. In my case, i am using windows media player 10. Go to tools -> option, performance , advanced , video acceleration and check use overlay.

Monday, April 6, 2009

Trip to Santa Cruz



Last weekend, went to santa cruz beach.
Went to the beach close to the town, which seemed to be quite crowded, since there was an amusement park there.

Then i went to the light house beach, where there is a light house and many people were surfing there.

Finally, I went to the natural bridge beach, where there is a big piece of rock shaped like a bridge.

The west cliff drive was a nice drive with good view and it would be ideal for a walk/biking as well.