Woo! Work computer is down again... this time I just went to reboot since c# was not being consistent (sometimes worked correctly, sometimes didn't, break points fixed it all as I stepped through -- guess - a sleep would fix it, it seemed to... so tried a lock. That sorta fixed it then it stopped working again). Having not rebooted in a while, I ( Read more... )

Yet again, I hate computers. But polystyrene_man is my hero... is not only letting me use his laptop, but also helped me get it set up so that my computer's backups are on here and hopefully safe. Now to hope it doesn't catch the computer doom I seem to be spreading ;-)

So I woke up this morning to what sounded like someone hammering. At 5am. Uggg... my day I'd claimed for sleeping in... so I closed my window. And it continue. And I traced the sound to my laptop ( Read more... )

OK computer people... if you are a C++ developer on Unix (Solaris or Linux), and you are using an API to extend the software of another group, what kind of API help do you expect? For example, you are programming in emacs and need to know the parameters of one of the APIs methods, do you want to go to html pages? man pages? a help system like the ( Read more... )

When charging a device through a USB cable, what is the voltage it is at? I want to get a battery pack USB charger type thing (like this one) to power my GPS since it only lasts 12-13 hours and I'll need it longer for the Ironman. However, I don't want to ruin the device by plugging it into something... Do you think one like that would work with a ( Read more... )

hahaha

I just got an email about a webpage I should go look at for work. It's a *.shtm page... and I first read it as ending with "SHUN" hehe... damn people poluting my brain! I blame it all on you, Marc!

"A computer keyboard does, in fact, harbor more germs than a toilet seat. According to a University of Arizona study, office workstations are much dirtier than bathrooms. A computer keyboard can harbor up to 3,295 microbes per square inch, a computer mouse 1,676. Telephones were the worst culprit, with 25,127 microbes. By contrast, the average ( Read more... )

Remember a while back when I was talking about wanting more programs tabbed? Well a big one for me was the Window's Explorer. The file browser thing. I'm trying out a new app, ExplorerXP today. So far... I'm not sure what I think. Seems a bit slow, but my comp has in general lately. I like that I was able to customize the shortcuts so that now Cntl ( Read more... )

why is my gaim pink? oh why has it turned so pink???

andthespacebarbecomesobsolete! Well, at least for somethings! I win! I finally have a winzip license! No more sitting and hitting space for over 2000 times as things compile! :-)