I’m positing this with the hope that helps someone else avoid frustration. For several months I had overscan issues displaying HDMI from my computer on my Panasonic Vierrra TH-42PZ85U. The TV always cut off the borders of the screen. I searched forever for overscan options for the TV, and even tried to write custom modelines without any success. Many posts in forums were reporting similar frustration. However I finally found a simple solution. On the TV, go to Menu->Picture->Advanced Picture->HD Size. Changing HD Size to 2 fixed the problem!
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Hummingbird
I found a dazed ruby throated hummingbird on the ground in front of the door to the ChemE department, and nursed it back to health.
Today on the way in the front door at work, I looked down and there was a hummingbird on the ground! I almost stepped on it. It was lying on its side and seemed dazed, so I picked it up and moved it out of the way of traffic. It was a cold morning, so I brought it into the sun to warm up. Another postdoc got some sugar water, and we fed it and had plenty of time to take some great pictures while it recuperated. We suspect that it probably flew into the window. After sitting in the sun for a few hours, it flew away. What a neat experience to hold a hummingbird!
Mt Princeton
Dan and Courtney on the Summit of Mt. Princeton
Courtney and I are vacationing in Colorado, and yesterday we climbed Mt. Princeton (14,197′), a 14er in the Sawatch Range. We hiked ~4200′ of vertical, which took us about 8 hours. We underestimated the effect of the altitude, even though we have hiked at higher altitudes before. Headaches and lots of huffing and puffing – coming from sea level a few days earlier did not help. We both agreed it was one of the toughest hikes we’ve done. We took a well-deserved soak in the Mt. Princeton Hot Springs afterward.
The most difficult part was the drive up the Mt. Princeton Road. We took on the Mt Princeton Road in a 2WD Ford Focus and survived, but I wouldn‘t try it again. We had to go extremely slowly to avoid bottoming out on the many large rollers. We scraped several times and spun our tires, but escaped without getting stuck. The road is very narrow and there is no room to pass or turn around – 4WD vehicles were catching up to us and adding to the stress. We parked at a pullout below the radio towers not knowing what was ahead. The whole thing was funny in retrospect once we were safely back at the bottom. We wished we had taken some pictures or a video, but it was too stressful at the time.
The panoramic view from the top of Mt. Princeton was spectacular!