Well, the saga of the broken PC continues. I’ve tried running Windows recovery console from my Windows XP disc, but have not been able to get back up and running. The computer still boots fine and I can see all of my files there at the console, but no login in normal Windows mode. I …
Well my PC took a huge dump this weekend. It’s an odd sort of problem as you can actually boot the computer up. There are a few unknown exception errors that popup as the login screen appears. Then when I try to login it gives me some strange error about validating my Windows license and …
Have you ever needed to quickly process a text file into some other format… say HTML? Well, I run across this problem more frequently than you might suspect and there is one tool that I use quite often to solve the problem. AWK is a general purpose programming language that is designed for processing text-based …
Have writer’s block? Need some fresh ideas for content? These are just a few sources of blog material that you can utilize to get the creative juices flowing. Solving A Problem A lot of what I do as a software engineer includes solving problems. Many of them are small like: Problem) I need to display …
Darren Rowse is running a Birthday Bash Giveaway in celebration of the ProBlogger.net blog’s three year birthday. Congratulations, Darren! Anyway he has acquired giveaway/prize contributions from sponsors of many prizes ranging in value from a few dollars to several thousand dollars. The giveaways are already underway and are happening fast, so you should head over …
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I do not consider myself an artist by any means and so when it comes to picking out color combinations for web work I am usually at a loss. I can generally pick out when something looks really bad, but I’m not that adept at finding subtle color variations that will match another. So what’s …
A lot of times I have to write Bash scripts that get scheduled to run over and over again. These scripts can also take a while to run depending on the task I have for it. There could be a huge problem if I crank up multiple versions of the same script on accident and …
Here’s a hilarious and somewhat scientific look into space, space travel and shooting stars. It’s all about perspective. (Click through to the site if you cannot see the video)
Check this cool video out. It’s a tutorial on how to make a tomato glow. Ooh. This would make a great science project for your kids. (Click through to the site if you cannot see the video) Make A GLOWING TOMATO ! – Click here for this week’s top video clips