Author Archives: Jeff Fitzsimons
Are Transcend And A-DATA The Same Company?
I have an A-DATA 8GB MicroSDHC card from NewEgg.com. On the back appears: 9A0275 MMAGR08GUDCA-DB S FLH3E6X3 941 If you search for MMAGR08GUDCA-DB, you’ll find posts listing this same product identification number for Transcend cards. Corporate profiles list different CEOs … Continue reading
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Horrible Stack Overflow at Coding Horror
At sometime around 10:40am on December 11th, 2009, both Coding Horror and the Stack Overflow Blog disappeared when their host, CrystalTech, lost the VM on which they run. Coding Horror was immediately replaced with this: Coding Horror experienced 100% data … Continue reading
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Rock Climbing Gyms in Japan
I’ve begun to gather information on rock climbing gyms in Japan and put them into Google Maps. This map is centered on Tokyo, but I’ll add gyms anywhere in Japan as I come across them. My goal is to provide, … Continue reading
SSH Tunneling Windows RDC
This article explains how to securely port-forward Windows Remote Desktop (Terminal Services) over SSH, using standard SSH command line syntax. If you prefer to use GUI SSH tools, such as PuTTY, there are other guides for that. Terminology Notes My … Continue reading
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Rikaichan: Perfect Tool for Japanese Learners
The Rikaichan Project is a Firefox plugin which pops up translations information for Japanese characters. Usage: Install the Rikaichan plugin. Restart your browser. Navigate to a page with Japanese characters. Right-click on the page and select Rikaichan (see image below). … Continue reading
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Run External Application as Another User in C#
An arbitrary external application can be executed from C# using System.Diagnostics.Process. If you want to run as another user, setting the System.Diagnostics.Process.StartInfo.Password field can be a bit confusing. Here is one way using System.Security.SecureString.AppendChar to avoid having to resort to … Continue reading
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Install Trillian 3.1 on Windows 7
Trillian’s installer complains that it cannot create “buddy.dll”. An ugly workaround is to right-click on the installer executable and select “Run As Administrator”.
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Windows 7 Install Freezing at “Starting Windows” Animation
Windows 7 was very troublesome to install on my system. My system specifications: Motherboard: Biostar TF8200 A2+ (nVidia chipset) Processor: AMD 4080e Athlon 64 x2 (45W version) Memory: 4GB Optical: Sony/NEC SATA DVD-RW Hard Disk: Seagate SATA 320GB, 7200RPM Installation … Continue reading
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Cheap Bear Canisters
Harbor Freight, of all places, sells a bear canister for a mere $29.87. It looks an awful lot like the Garcia Bear-Resistant Container at REI, which sells for $69.95. I’ve heard this bear canister isn’t approved for use in the … Continue reading
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Boot from USB Stick on Biostar TF8200 A2+
I was tired of burning perfectly good DVDs repeatedly for Windows 7 beta testing. Instead, I decided to follow these excellent instructions and copy the contents of the ISO image onto a USB stick and boot from that. My Biostar … Continue reading
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Tagged Biostar, conserve, mass storage, pen drive, stick drive, thumb, thumbdrive, usb, usb stick, Windows 7
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