Officially disguised as a Canadian
I implemented changes on NCANE.COM this week. Firstly, I converted the column that stores your IP address from TEXT to INTEGER, dropping the size of the database by 12%. Then I changed the way MySQL connections are working, because I managed to rack up a 40MB error log in the last month because of maximumContinue reading NCANE.COM update
I have an iPhone 3G. I have a Windows 7 machine at home. I have an iMac at home. I have a Windows 7 machine at work. The Windows 7 machine at work runs Outlook with Exchange connectivity, so no MobileMe. How do I keep all of these in sync with one version of theContinue reading How exactly do I do this, then?
Vista sucks. I believe that strongly. We’ve just recently got our Enterprise copy of Windows 7 so I started my upgrade yesterday. After the first reboot during installation, I was told I had a missing operating system. Damn, I forgot to decrypt the TrueCrypt system partition! Did that (back in Vista), restarted installation, and nowContinue reading What I’ve learned from my Windows 7 upgrade
This is the final build that I’m going to do
Turns out Windows 7 RC1 has a nasty little problem when you try running Virtual XP on certain Intel-based machines. Including my home desktop.
New features include:
The source code for this application (written in C#) is available here:
It is done.
Rod Austin asked me in a comment how I've gone about this small application. This is my response. I'm reposting it here for your reference.
ShutOff 2000 works better in Windows 7 than it does in Windows Vista. I think it's awesome. I can even run Visual Basic 6 in Windows 7 without resorting to Virtual XP.