After spending all week feeding .qif files to GnuCash, I've found out why the bulk job I did Sunday blew up. One of those files is apparently corrupted; it's failed to load on three separate attempts so far ( Read more... )

So, last weekend, while I was fixing the Wi-Fi on my mother's laptop, I got too productive, and deleted a program that was nothing but an extra hassle. Now, after running the Windows uninstall program wizard, I learned that this software was mightier than its uninstall wizard.

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So, I'm working on programming homework the day before it's due (as usual). At the class' beginning (back in January), we were strongly encouraged to download and install the Visual C++ Express 2005, and use it to compile and run our homework ( Read more... )

It has been pointed out that Microsoft has just filed a patent for something called an Advertising services architecture. If you thought you had problems with ads before, they're likely to get worse in the near future. Gems from the patent application:

The advertising manager 312, alone or together in conjunction with the advertising framework 302 ( Read more... )

So, a month or so ago, I tried to install XP SP2 on laureth's PC. The installation failed badly, leaving me to spend the day scrambling to bring her system back from the dead. I carefully noted the cryptic Windowese error message it had crapped out with, she backed up her system, and Life Happened until now ( Read more... )