Computing
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Plagued By Vista Crashes
I love my Dell E6400, but under Vista it’s been giving me fits. It’s either my video driver, the Vodacom phone driver or both. I have not had a crash free day after installing the data card. It makes me wonder about Windows7’s stability. I think that it is going to be largely dependent on [...]
Wondering About Computer Use
I have been wondering if I am the only one that works on multiple computers, so I decided to create a poll. How many computers do you work with (desktop,laptops,servers,etc.)? ( surveys)
Java Media Framework on Ubuntu Linux
It’s been years bug I have finally figured out how to solve my Java Media Framework issues on Linux/Ubuntu. Basically it requires an X11 environment/framebuffer to work. To get things to work I installed the following: sudo apt-get install xvfb Xvfb :1 -screen 0 800x600x24& export DISPLAY=localhost:1.0 run your java program. So if you want [...]
Preventing Software Rot – Part 1
In my years of working with large systems and complicated architectures I have found the following to be true: any system architecture will eventually become out dated programmers will continue to extend a system beyond it’s architecture the system will eventually end up in disarray because it is held together with rubber bands and duct [...]
Just used GotoMyPC
My mother-in-law in South Africa was having computer problems this morning. She called and I was not able to use Remote Desktop because their ISP blocks those ports, but I had her login and install GotoMyPC and she was able to install it without a problem. Then I logged in and took control over her [...]