Category Archives: Ordinateurs

Computers and that

WP 2.1

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Arthur

Right: I did a WP 2.1 update on a test site on one of my servers at home and, looking at all these superlative comments how WP 2.1 is going to change your life, I’m going to say it: I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Wordpress | Comments Off on WP 2.1

A bug, you say?

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Arthur

There’s a silly bug in a C# method for the Calendar class, GetWeekOfYear: Its second parameter accepts a CalendarWeekRule enumeration with a choice of FirstDay, FirstFourDayWeek or FirstFullWeek. There’s a great example in the API/documentation, however, the samples don’t seem … Continue reading →

Posted in Programming | Comments Off on A bug, you say?

I can do this too…

Posted on January 11, 2007 by Arthur

Yes, so I needed to get into an older site and I forgot the password, because, well, back in 2000, I used an FTP program (FTP Explorer) that (at that time) was pretty popular. So, late last year, I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Programming | Tagged , | Comments Off on I can do this too…

2.0.6

Posted on January 7, 2007 by Arthur

I just upgraded to the latest recommended WP version and I’m currently sorting the open issues regarding the (installed) plug-ins. For future reference: ‘How to install your online WordPress locally’. (As a reference, my thoughts on upgrading your WordPress the … Continue reading →

Posted in Wordpress | Comments Off on 2.0.6

Frozen Etch

Posted on December 15, 2006 by Arthur

I just noticed that there’s a commit freeze for the Debian Etch branch (Debian admin), meaning that it’s slated to be released really soon now. Or from the Debian mailing list: We just edited the generic freeze file, so that … Continue reading →

Posted in Ordinateurs | Comments Off on Frozen Etch

Lack-an-ODBCy

Posted on December 11, 2006 by Arthur

The silly thing of having out-of-date interface files + up-to-date SDK files is that nothing matches and that (generally) the next step is to ‘duke it out’ with everything, except for the compiler. Here’s what I was fighting out: Using … Continue reading →

Posted in Programming | Comments Off on Lack-an-ODBCy

Dancers.

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Arthur

I‘ve finally figured out what makes Windows XP Media Center unique. Or rather, what you get if you decide to buy Media Center1 instead of (say) Windows XP Home edition: Dancers. I’m not kidding. It’s like the bonzi-buddy but then … Continue reading →

Posted in Ordinateurs | Comments Off on Dancers.

From databases to other bunnies

Posted on December 9, 2006 by Arthur

You may have noticed that the Postgres developers released a new version of the PostgreSQL database server. There are particular reasons why I like working with Postgres: trivial data import and export is one of them. Take for example the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ordinateurs | Comments Off on From databases to other bunnies

Huh. Huh?!?

Posted on December 7, 2006 by Arthur

While returning back to some older ADO/DAO stuff (earlier on xsamplex), I decided to take a look behind the scenes: the ADO/MDAC SDK comes -uh- with a set of tools to help developers find out problems with ODBC drivers and … Continue reading →

Posted in Programming | 2 Comments

Empire at War

Posted on November 24, 2006 by Arthur

This is going to hurt so much, so I might just as well throw it out: LucasArt’s “Empire at Wars” rots. I got the game a couple of months ago and was too embarrassed to mention it earlier. Don’t buy … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Games | Comments Off on Empire at War

You asked: CreatMapFile & Pascal

Posted on November 20, 2006 by Arthur

From the logfile, a Polish person looking for CreateFileMapping, most likely using Delphi. The WIN32 API function is generally used in conjunction with ‘MapViewOfFile’. You’d generally use memory mapped files when you run into a TStringList limitation. At this stage, … Continue reading →

Posted in Programming, You-Asked | 1 Comment

Made in Whereverland

Posted on November 19, 2006 by Arthur

Back in the early Eighties, we used to make jokes about every single electronic product, which always appeared to come with a label ‘Made In Japan’. In the early 90s, production of electronical goods apparantly shifted to Taiwan and Singapore … Continue reading →

Posted in Ordinateurs | Comments Off on Made in Whereverland

I don’t have one.

Posted on November 18, 2006 by Arthur

You may be aware that this weekend it’s The Ultimate Console Bash, but I won’t rehash what happened or predict which console is going to win mass adoption and that. It’s not interesting either: there are plenty of experts and … Continue reading →

Posted in Ordinateurs | Comments Off on I don’t have one.