May/090
Writing programs, but using shared libraries? check with virustotal.com before deploying.
Virustotal allows you to check your binaries against 99% of current AV products. I wrote something with autoit recently, and had problems with it being recognised a s a virus on some client machines. I wish I’d known about this then..
Mar/090
Microsoft Superpreview is actually quite cool
Every web developer today faces the challenge of checking website compatibility across a large pool of browsers and browser versions in the marketplace. Up and until now, either you could install every browser, verify the website via a visual inspection and debug with tools specialized to that browser, or you could send a URL to a third-party screenshotting service like BrowserShots for an all-in-one visual inspection. The former is messy and tedious but gives you more control and an opportunity to diagnose problems, whilst the latter is simple but slow and useless to fix the problem. Needless to say, SuperPreview is the best of both worlds. (via istartedsomething)
Jan/090
Adeona – fOSS mobile IP asset tracking.
Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost
or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service.
This means that you can install Adeona on your laptop and go — there’s no
need to rely on a single third party.
What’s more, Adeona addresses a critical privacy goal different from existing
commercial offerings. It is privacy-preserving.
This means that no one besides the owner (or an agent of the owner’s choosing)
can use Adeona to track a laptop. Unlike other systems, users of Adeona
can rest assured that no one can abuse the system in order to track where
they use their laptop.
Jan/090
DVD mastering software
I have been looking for a decent DVD authoring tool revently. I found ConvertXtoDVD eventually, and I have to say it’s ACE!
Dec/080
Finally, a nice SATA caddy for 3x 5.25 slots that doesn’t cost a fortune.
http://www.xcase.co.uk/p/547267/x-case-ss–500-5-drive-satasas-storage-caddy-fits-in-3-x-525-bays.html
Oct/080
Remotely enable terminal servces on a win5x or 6x box
- connect remote registry
- browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server.
- change fDenyTSConnections to 0
- reboot remote machine with shutdown -r -t 00 -m \\[computername]
- connect: mstsc /{admin or console} /v:[computername]
Oct/080
Aspell PSPELL win32 fastcgi problems
So i had fun with aspell on a win2003 IIS PHP eAccelerator fastCGI PSPELL Aspell setup today.
I was getting a 500 error from fastcgi. phpinfo() showed that pspell was loaded correctly. After pushing a test script through php.exe, and getting an error telling me that a file in the aspell data folder was in the wrong format, i tried DOS2UNIX ing the files in the progra~1\aspell\data folder and all was good!
Jul/081
I’m an idiot. I just bought the wrong type of SCSI disks, again.
Damn it.
I needed SCA, and i bought normal 68pin type. SCA are the top in this image.
Hopefully I’ll remember to come look here next time.
Jul/080
PHP 5.2.5 MSSQL 2005 on server 2003 Unable to connect to server: bug
It appears that there is a bug with the latest version of PHP (5.2.5)(nts on windows) in the ntwdblib.dll file. It ships with version 2000.2.8.0, which won’t connect to SQL 2005.
The solution is to replace the file with version 2000.80.194.0, which can be downloaded from here
Apr/080
Flash drive security
it’s unusual to hear about the loss of portable USB storage devices (thumb drives).
Lumension Security Sanctuary Device Control and Credant Mobile Guardian for External Media are two solutions that can transparently encrypt data that is copied to thumb drives — without any special hardware or interaction from the user.