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StarCraft 2 Install Error – Solved
I just purchased StartCraft2 and started to install it only to get this error:
“The file “&^%$*\StarCraft II” could not be found. If this problem persists, please contact Blizzard Technical Support. (IsAbsolutePath/path is not absolute)”
Updated Fix:
Open Command Prompt As Administrator
Enter: >net user administrator /active:yes
Start > Switch User
You can now login as administrator
Run install from this account [...]
Creating Your Own PHP Framework?
I spent the past few days fighting over the following battle, do I either use an existing PHP Framework or Build One.
I’ve currently been using my Model 1.5 Framework (ScottWork) for sometime, but have been using CodeIgniter on a few client projects and dabbling with some of the leading PHP Frameworks like Zend, Symfony, DooPHP, [...]
Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Cookies
I had an issue recently where session cookies were not being set in Chrome and Safari but they were fine in Firefox. It turned out to be the time on the server was off. It seems that Firefox does not obey the same cookie setting rules as Chrome and Safari.
I just thought I would mention [...]
Chrome vs. Firefox
I decided top stop using Firefox for my Gmail and other Google Apps yesterday. I’ve instead started using Chrome for those apps. I’ve already noticed a huge difference in memory utilization by Firefox, it’s ran the entire day and is still under 200MB. Chrome’s instance of Gmail is only about 100MB. Usually by this time, [...]
State Of IT 2010
I’ve noticed over the past year the computer book section at just about every Barnes & Noble book store, is getting smaller and smaller. The once thriving programming language section is a mere 3 book cases when a few years ago it was an entire row of 10. Now there’s an entire shelf on digital [...]
A Memory Leak Windows 7 – NVIDIA Drivers!
I have been seeing the memory in my system slowly approach close to 4GB while my Resource Monitory only has about 1GB in use as part of the “Working Set” I then saw a note that talked about the video drivers and I started to connect the two.
It seems that the NVIDIA driver for my [...]
WordPress and CodeMash 2010
I’m actually happy converting back to WordPress, the number of plugins have saved me boat-loads of time. I’ve got an issue with the way it stores data, but I need to let that go so I can focus on adding content to my site.
I’m also heading to CodeMash 2010 in a few days. I admit [...]
Back To WordPress and Laptop Back From Dell
I enjoyed working on my own blog for a bit, but decided it’s better to create content than program something that’s pretty much perfected.
I also got my Dell Latitude E6400 back from dell after only 1 week at the depot. So far, so good. I wish I had sent it in earlier.
Windows, Apache, PHP, MySQL and libmysql.dll
It seems like everytime I install a WAMP (Windows, Apache, PHP, MySQL) environment and I install php via the .zip file, I run into the same problems viewing PHPMyAdmin because it say's “Cannot load mysql extension.” So I did this to help me remember and hopefully help you out.
Configure php.ini
add this to httpd.conf “PHPIniDir “C:/php/php.ini””
un-comment [...]
Top 25 Software Round-Up 2009
I would like to thank the following software & services for 2009. (in no particular order)
Eclipse – All my coding: Java, PHP, Ruby, Groovy. I use this tool just about every single day and can’t imaging a day without it. (unless I’m not coding)
Notepad++ – All the rest of my coding and general text editing.
AVG [...]