I like to code websites with a text editor to keep the code thin and retain more control over how things in the page act. I also have need of a good editor for perusing IIS logs. Recently, I needed to view and search through a 1.25GB IIS log and couldn’t get Textpad to open it without the “out of disk space” error. I had over 10gb free on my drive so I knew it was a bug. Here’s my new favorite text editor. Read the rest of this entry »
May, 30 2008
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May, 26 2008
Before anyone gets upset, this article doesn’t describe all computer sellers on eBay. I know there are some that are honest and occasionally just have a problem.
I recently received a call from a lady whose son had purchased a computer on eBay for her and had it shipped to her house. He lives on the other coast and never saw the computer, other than the pictures in the auction. The seller contacted him after the sale and said the case had been tipped over and the plastic on the front cracked and he had to remove the innards, and put it in another case. (hint #1 there was a problem) Read the rest of this entry »
May, 25 2008
I’ve only been planting a garden for a few years now, but we live in a rural area where deer like to get to my crops before I do. Sometimes tomato plants get chewed to the ground before they even get a chance to blossom. One of my relatives passed on a tip to keep deer out of my garden and I can now say 100% positive that it works well. (and no, this tip doesn’t involve a double-barrel 12gauge) Read the rest of this entry »
May, 19 2008
I sat in on a “webinar” (I REALLY hate that word) the other day for a very large company that was presenting its application virtualization product. The salesperson had told us he would even have an engineer on hand to answer questions we may have. Well, they did, but they didn’t mention the engineer would be giving the presentation.
I don’t believe the guy presenting had ever actually been through the set of slides before, since he was constantly correcting himself on what the slides depicted. As an engineer, he may have known how it worked very well, but he couldn’t describe it clearly. I bailed on the presentation after listening to the first thirty minutes of “uh”s and “om”s.
The lesson to learn from this is to be sure the people selling your product are actual salespeople, not the people who designed or manufactured the product. High-level presentations are meant to simply clarify what the product is and why the client needs it. Oh, and make sure the people selling your product aren’t just reading the presentation, the prospective client can do that on their own.
May, 16 2008
Jesper Johansson left Microsoft in 2006 and has taken the lead in fixing a major Service Pack 3 problem for AMD users.
A bug exists in XP SP3 that causes endless rebooting after SP3 is installed if you are using an AMD CPU and the Intel PPM driver is loaded. Johansson’s tool should be run prior to installing SP3 and it will detect and offer to fix the driver problem if it is found. Read the rest of this entry »
NBC broadcast flag reveals another problem with DRM
May 15th, 2008 Posted in miscellaneous
May, 15 2008
Somehow the broadcast flag for several of NBC’s television shows got activated this week. Revealing another problem with DRM, the unintentional activation caused problems for a lot of viewers who wanted to time-shift the shows for later viewing. Messages stating “Recording cancelled. [TV show] cannot be recorded. Restrictions set by the broadcaster and/or originator of the content prohibit recording of this program.” were reported.
Whether accidental or not, this doesn’t help the case of DRM. Just wait until someone manages to inject a broadcast flag of their choice into programming. On a a completely unrelated note, ever wonder why television shows are called “programs”? What is being programmed? :O)
source: Ars Technica
if bathroom tissue were sold like razors
May 14th, 2008 Posted in humor
May, 14 2008
SEE UPDATE AT BOTTOM OF THE PAGE -Now they’re selling 3ply paper
I’m sure refills are next.
A little humor for Wednesday…
The cardboard core is cheap…. but the tissue refills…
I sooooo predicted this.. Now it has happened