Emery Fletcher doesn't think much of all the overwrought iPad hype, nor the device itself, saying it is not a real computer, but a PAD-- "Passive Amusement Device."
Google I/O 2010 - Moving beyond markers: Advanced Maps API customization
Google I/O 2010 - Moving beyond markers: Advanced Maps API customization Geo 301 Jez Fletcher, David Day With such a large number of Google Maps API sites online, it can be hard to make your site stand out from the crowd. This session covers ways in which you can enhance your…
Emery Fletcher wonders if Microsoft has not emulated the IBM of old a bit too well, becoming a slow, bloated engine of intimidation, rather than a lean mean innovator.
Emery Fletcher has been exploring small-footprint Linux distributions like Damn Small Linux, SliTaz, and Puppy. Since even small mobile devices have lots of RAM and storage these days, and cloud apps are everywhere, are these small Linuxes still worthwhile?
Tasks need to open a CMD window and pass net use commands, then do a DIR command, pipping the output to a file on the server.
Log in as either me (Sysadmin) or with one of the system accounts and task will only run if I'm physically logged into the server.
Run as batch file is set in security properties for both users (me and service account),…
I've read the manual on snort.org for installing snort on Debian but am still having an issue. Does anyone know how to resolve this? I've tried installing the libpcre3 amd libpcre3-dev packages by using apt-get and also manually installing by downloading the latest version off the tcpdump website. Any ideas?
Checking for pcre-compile in -l…
I apologize in advance for using tag names in title, it seemed it would be clearer this way
I just purchased a Lenovo A720 and they have a more expensive version than what I purchased that has a SSD. I figured to buy the SSD separately and save myself a little money and install it myself.
I've taken off the base cover but there doesn't…
My curiosity pushes me to ask this question.
If I were to have a series of functions that referenced a different column in a worksheet but all ended on the same row of data is there a way to point the 'row' part of a cell reference to a blank cell and use it has a variable to show the results of the functions up to a desired row…
So I recently started using a Das keyboard ultimate with my mac and after installing the key re-mapping, it basically works ok.
I have a couple of issues with the set up involving boot camp.
When I start up the computer, which key maps to option in order to let me pick which operating system to boot into? I think the bios…
I came across this post today, arguably debatable/wrong somewhat, but worth a shot looking over:
http://andyharglesiscodebase.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/why-programmers-shouldnt-worry-about-memory-leaks/
The poster claims that modern OSes automatically have garbage collection implemented in the kernel memory, and that any unfreed…
In IIS 5 files in the url: http://acme.com/_cache/cache-www.acme.com/v3.css are not accessible.
All files below "cache-www.acme.com" are unreachable. I've verified that the files exists. Permissions are not a problem. I've assigned "Everyone" to the files and give "Everyone" full rights.
What I have determined is in IIS 5 if…
I have an Alienware computer with one of the optical DVD drives that does not have a manual tray, just a slot to insert the disk. I recently inserted a disk that was apparently bad. It is unreadable does not show up in Windows Explorer. I tried right clicking on the Drive letter and hitting eject, but get an error message…
We're playing a going-away prank on a coworker, and would like to use a rule in our internal DNS server to redirect techcrunch.com to point at one of our internal development servers. Basically, I'd like to accomplish the same thing as adding a line to a Linux /etc/hosts file, only for the entire network.
I have access to…
The guy that built and setup this system left rather abruptly and I've taken over.
My current issues are
I have several change requests that are stuck at New. They do not move to Pending or In Progress.
The system is not sending emails when incidents are getting assigned to people. This used to work on this system.
I…
Using Libre Office Calc (3.5) and have a question.
When copying a formula that references cells into multiple empty cells the default is to increment each cell reference by one column or row, depending on the direction that the formula is being drug.
A formula '= 1 + A1' drug horizontally changes to '= 1 + B1' when…
Upon requesting some daily/hourly sales data from a coworker who is responsible for such requests, I was given a series of PDF files. The point of sale program that is used, for some reason, answers requests for this type of information in the form of PDF files.
The issue:
The PDF files look to be in a format…
In Google Chrome's extension developer section, it says
The HTML pages inside an extension
have complete access to each other's
DOMs, and they can invoke functions on
each other. ... The popup's contents
are a web page defined by an HTML file
(popup.html). The popup doesn't need
to duplicate code…
Essentially I want to have a script execute when the contents of a DIV change. Since the scripts are separate (content script in chrome extension & webpage script), I need a way simply observe changes in DOM state. I could set up polling but that seems sloppy.
Can I configure mod_php, XDebug, or Eclipse (or some other free program) to print to file the code that is executed? And if so can I limit it to function calls to keep it somewhat readable?
Over the past week, my Windows 7 Home Premium computer (8gb RAM, 64bit) has been running slowly. When I look at my processes, there are always 2 rundll32.exe's running taking up 3 & 25% CPU power, memory slowly creeping upwards from around 115mb to 160mb each in the time it has taken me to right this message,…
You have a sequence of functions to execute. Case A: They do not depend on each other. Which of these is better?
function main() {
a();
b();
c();
}
or
function main() {
a();
}
function a() {
...
b();
}
function b() {
...
c();
}
Case B: They do depend on successful completion of the…
When you use
git rm --cached myfile
it doesn't delete from the local filesystem, which is my goal. But once you commit the changes, push them to a central repository, then pull them into another yet another repository it still deletes the file from that system.
Is there a way to just remove the file…
Getting started with Nexus S NFC/RFID. Can anyone provide any guidance?
I'm interested in creating some home brew demos using the nexus s NFC/RFID hardware.
I think I need to find the appropriate tags and how to encode urls into tags that the nexus s can read by it's tags app.
Not sure about iso 14443…
I've started to use Javascript a lot more, and as a result I am writing things complex enough that organization is becoming a concern. However, this question applies to any language that allows you to nest functions. Essentially, when should you use an anonymous function over a named global or inner…