TAB DUMP! Hello random reader! As you can likely tell from a quick look, I am far less active on this blog than I likely should be to justify its continued maintenance… This said, I’ve had it up for many years and so I don’t see it going away anytime soon… In this spirit of… Continue reading Tab Dump
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Who’s Myspace?: Dear, Future. By the time you are reading this, this will be your present (but it will read ‘facebook’) and you will know that this was now your future. in the past…
Today I found myself up to my eyeballs in long forgotten backups – bad, I know… I should really do some spring cleaning – but odds are that won’t be happening… Sites and projects from nearly a decade ago in some cases – nothing more than 404s or the sort today for the most part…… Continue reading Who’s Myspace?: Dear, Future. By the time you are reading this, this will be your present (but it will read ‘facebook’) and you will know that this was now your future. in the past…
It sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays…
Things that went wrong today: – Spilled cup of coffee in mouse, keyboard and lap – Router died – Poked self in eye taking a drink of water – Poured (a significant amount of) water in my lap – No towel in the bathroom (discovered post-shower, naturally) – Got yelled at by a school bus… Continue reading It sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays…
Recording your desktop in Windows 8 using VLC
I recently encountered a situation where I wished to record my desktop – specifically, to document a discovered security vulnerability in a 3rd party system to assist the authors in resolving the problem… I tried a few desktop recording applications that I had previously used without issue, but Windows 8, being the ‘new beast’ that… Continue reading Recording your desktop in Windows 8 using VLC
NTFS File System Tunneling (…is stupid …and wrong)
I will keep this short… I’ve already spent far too much time on this easy to work around peculiarity of NTFS and how it associates file meta information under the hood… Consider this console app: http://pastebin.com/66QABWS3 If you were to actually read this (don’t feel too bad if you didn’t – the last link will explain… Continue reading NTFS File System Tunneling (…is stupid …and wrong)
The Practical Alternative To Work
Festive Results – Google 2012 Holiday Easter Eggs
I stumbled across something that caught my eye a few minutes ago, so I thought that I would share… in the spirit of giving and all 🙂 Browse to http://google.com and search for something… Anything… Heck, it can be ‘something’… Notice… Oh, look! Results… Oh, wait… yeah.. that’s normal… Now, navigate to http://google.com and Google… Continue reading Festive Results – Google 2012 Holiday Easter Eggs
The loss of a friend – Rest in peace, Diamond (1998-2012)
On August 27, 2012 my wife and I lost one of our most cherished and beloved friends – our 14yr old Chihuahua. Diamond is and will always be loved and missed. We now have a hole where this friend of over a decade provided us with unconditional support and love. Diamond was our little tank… Continue reading The loss of a friend – Rest in peace, Diamond (1998-2012)
The Lenovo Nightmare – An adventure with customer service of the worse kind
tl;dr – Lenovo has decided that customer support and functional support systems are not important. If you are a masochist, by all means, go buy from lenovo.com. If you don’t like abuse and wasting time, go find another vendor as Lenovo has a long way to come before I or anyone should do business with… Continue reading The Lenovo Nightmare – An adventure with customer service of the worse kind