http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog He who controls the spice controls the universe Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:44:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you have a laptop with some kind of Windows Vista version on it and you would like for your laptop to actually function you might have been considering an upgrade to Windows XP. If you have SATA hard drives and no floppy, here is some good advice regarding drivers you ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2008/06/11/upgrading-to-windows-xp/ We kinda had a direction change at work and the business objects were put on hold.  It's hard to write about high tech stuff when I am not actually doing any high tech stuff. Seems like business is picking up a bit though I don't think the business objects are ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2008/05/13/detours-os-instrumentation/ I'm trolling through some old tech forum archives trying to track down the signatures of rogue malware programs when I came across this jewel from Ziff-Davis' Neil J. Rubenking: So, after reading that the big warning window is a fake, and that clicking the links on it will install programs that ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/12/09/no-matter-what-dont-push-the-red-button/ Although abstraction is crucial in any effort to build a class library of re-usable business objects it is important to not get carried away and become what is known in my book as a "purist". Physical patterns don't always match logical patterns. Something beautiful on paper may be a clusterduck ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/12/03/building-business-objects-part-iii/ So I've pitched building a library of business objects as the solution to transform about a million lines of VB code sitting in a hundred or so 7- to 10-year-old Access database applications into a valuable corporate asset of reusable code objects built using current technology. The director of the IT ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/12/01/business-objects-contd/ Some interesting stuff here, a cornucopia actually, including a circular periodic chart.Share This http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/11/27/the-vocational-exile/ 6:00 AM, The Garage -- I don't have much time to write this morning but I have been busy in the tech world so It's time to start a new series. I am still working on sortin gout the VB6 code base for the guys I am currently working for. ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/11/27/303/ Where I work they have over a hundred Microsoft Access databases that act as interfaces into their corporate SQL data. These databases range from Access 97 to Access 2003. My client would like to get away from this code base but so much of their business rules are embedded ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/11/09/analyzing-access-databases/ Everyone who works professionally with computers or software has at least heard about Daylight Saving Time issues and has likely grappled with them at one time or another. Incorrectly accounting for DST can wreak havoc with date sensitive processes like payroll, logging, and synchronizing systems. Well, at the J.O. B. there ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/11/06/dst/ I noticed over the weekend that my domain dcdo isn't working. The tip off was that I wasn't getting any spam in my inbox. How likely is that not to happen, really? Ping returns the new IP address but doesn't reply. Probably some further adjustment to the DNS records ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/08/27/296/ And don't we know to whose advantage Windows Genuine Advantage is. But what happens when Windows Genuine Advantage doesn't work? Late last night we started receiving reports from readers experiencing problems with Windows Genuine Advantage authentication. Users of both Windows XP and Windows Vista were writing to say that ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/08/26/windows-genuine-advantage/ I still have some work to do on the infrastructure changes I've been making over the last several weeks. First, let me recap what I've done so far. I bought a hosted account where I have ample space on a Linux server. I can use the provider's packaged services or I ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/08/25/managing-a-vast-media-empire/ It's snappy, that's for sure. CMA never did correct the problem. I'm sure once they get it corrected my gear wont work anymore. Turns out they bind the MAC address of the device connected to the cable modem with an IP address and even though I purchased a static IP that ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/08/24/hi-speed-cable-internet/ The Internet is Dead. So says Dallas Mavericks owner and erstwhile internet tycoon Mark Cuban. We have reached a point of diminishing returns with today’s internet. The speed of broadband to your home won’t increase much more in the next five years than it has in the last five years. That ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/08/24/the-internet-is-dead/ It was all just a wet dream. What was I thinking; it's August, not December. The cable guy finally showed at about noon yesterday for the "easy install". He did a good job hooking me up from the pole but left me hangin' three hours later with me waiting for a ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/08/23/291/ It seems me SSI is not working properly on cgwwff. Suddenly my footer with all the nav buttons and sitemeter and whatnot isn't showing. Dammit it's always something. UPDATE: It was the old XBitHack trick. My .htaccess file was"renewed" somehow in the process of all the domain changes and blog ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/08/22/server-side-includes/ ...only better! Waitin' for the cable guy, my heart pining away for what he is bringing for me. I can hardly wait. I know it is going to be sooo good. I have been on his schedule for over a week now and he is finally coming to my house; ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/08/22/its-like-christmas/ Microsoft shill and PC Magazine's editor-in-chief Jim Louderback says about Windows Vista: I've been a big proponent of the new OS over the past few months, even going so far as loading it onto most of my computers and spending hours tweaking and optimizing it. So why, nine months after launch, ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/08/20/287/ This seems like a big deal.Share This http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/08/15/a-world-without-cancer/ A couple of months ago when I built this new computer system for under a $1,000, I splurged and bought myself one of those ergonomic keyboards because, well, because my hands hurt quite a bit of the time. Why else would anyone get one of those? I liked it ... http://www.computergeniuswwff.com/blog/2007/04/02/good-grief-charlie-brown/