Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Shan
I wouldn’t be as irritated if I had been told up front, but here’s the story: My wife and I checked in to the RedRoof Inn in Peoria, IL. After patiently waiting for a basketball team to get checked in (it takes awhile for one person behind the desk to get 10 rooms sorted out [...]
Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Shan
I just came across <spellcheck:*>>, a neat replacement for the TextArea and RichTextArea components. It provides client-side or server-side spell checking, along with custom dictionaries. The best part is that it’s donation-ware, so just claim you built it yourself, it took a week, and pass your hourly rate along to the author*. Just don’t send [...]
Posted on March 26th, 2008 by Shan
Before I had my Macs, I used the Microsoft VPN on one of my Windows servers to give myself access to the home network while on the road. It worked smoothly, and required little setup on the client machines. While trying to eliminate physical machines in my house, one of the boxes set to get [...]
Posted on March 25th, 2008 by Shan
So, it turns out that Amazon’s got a great deal on VMWare Fusion… $35 after rebate: Also, two different readers (I have 2 readers?) pointed out a better RDP client, Chord. It’s still a Terminal Services/Remote Desktop client, but with such obvious features as multiple and saved sessions, and the ability to change the screen [...]
Posted on March 25th, 2008 by Shan
Ok, so I’m not 100% off of Windows, nor will I ever be. Unfortunately, some projects (even personal ones) require that I use SQL Server, and most require testing in IE. Combine that with the facts that I don’t consider myself a *NIX expert quite yet, and that I’ve already invested thousands in Windows hardware, [...]
Posted on March 24th, 2008 by Shan
Ok, now every one of you need to do what this article says: http://www.marcandangel.com/2008/02/13/10-handy-numbers-to-save-in-your-mobile-phone/ It all makes perfect sense, and you know you should. Your mom would want you to. Your spouse and kids want you to. Now do it, it’ll only take a few mins.
Posted on March 24th, 2008 by Shan
For all of you following this, keep in mind that I’m considering the baseline standard to be TortoiseSVN. I like how it works, so everything else is being compared to a high standard. So, it turns out that scplugin doesn’t work well. After using it once, it promptly forgot my login information, with no obvious [...]
Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by Shan
Ok, first off… MySQL folks, please get that next release out as soon as possible. It sucks that MySQL won’t start automatically. Now that that’s out the way… The MySQL GUI tools are, well, just like their Windows counterparts. They work, more or less, and get you by. On the PC, I used SQLYog. It’s [...]
Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by Shan
Ok, ok… So this is less of a “moving” post and more of an “introducing” type thing. Aperture has no equal. My apologies to the Photoshop Lightroom team that might be reading this, but Lightroom just doesn’t cut it. Aperture is a great tool for those of us with DSLR cameras, and maybe, but only [...]
Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by Shan
I’ve been hearing about e-ink for awhile now, but I came across my first actual sighting in Walmart here in Janesville. I originally noticed it because it’s a giant ad hanging from the shelf. Then, when it started flipping, I knew exactly what it was… The thing seemed to be powered by a small battery, [...]