Blog, page 61
page 61 of 80Continuing through the writing archive.
Default action for vista power button
How to change the Vista Start menu power button from Sleep to Shut Down so a closed laptop stops draining the battery.
Read postWhat time is it
A PHP script that auto-generates 79,206 timezone-comparison pages for cities like Vancouver, Paris, and New York.
Read postWhy is everything so plain?
After 15 redesigns, the 16th strips the site down to a clean simple template that just works.
Read postThe procedure entry point_except_handler4_common could not be located in the dynamic link library msvcrt.dll
Notes on fixing the msvcrt.dll _except_handler4_common error caused by a Vista DLL landing on Windows XP.
Read postYour daily WTF
A code-review WTF: a sleep loop written as for(int i=0; i<PAUSE_LENGTH; i++) { i++; }.
Read postInsert new post in to wordpress from php
PHP snippet that builds a post object and calls wp_insert_post to add a new entry to WordPress 2.5.1.
Read postHow to make a CMinMaxAvg class
A small C++ CMinMaxAvg class that tracks count, total, min, max, and average for a stream of ints.
Read postHow to install PHPBB 3.0.1
Step-by-step install guide for phpBB 3.0.1 on an Apache/MySQL host, written for COMP2920.
Read postAnti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement = BAD
A 2008 rant against ACTA and what it would mean for Canadian travellers, ripped CDs, and border laptop searches.
Read postHow to block spam on a wordpress Blog
Five-step walkthrough for turning on Akismet in WordPress to kill almost all comment spam.
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