Posted by Johan Cyprich on 30 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: How To
If you try to download a file with .ppd extension on a web site hosted by Windows 2008 Server, an error message will be returned to the user. The same problem will occur for any file extension not recognized by the web server.
You can fix this problem by adding a MIME type for PPD [...]
Posted by Johan Cyprich on 22 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: Programming
You may need the IP of your web site for various purposes, such as using it to connect to your web site with FTP or SSH. There are a few utilities which can display your IP, such as the ShowIP extension for Firefox. You can also create a very simple web site which will show [...]
Posted by Johan Cyprich on 22 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: How To
An increasing number of e-mail clients have anti-virus software which deletes executable files from a zip archive attached to an e-mail. The file is typically saved as zero bytes and renamed with a .txt extension. This is a great way to prevent someone from accidentally running a virus, but its not good if your trying [...]
Posted by Johan Cyprich on 17 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: Humour
Tanner Lee Bechtel found a web site for analyzing handwriting. Its good web site to tell you what kind of person you are in case you don’t already know, and it also helps match the best writing tool for your personality as well.
You can take the test at The TUL Pens Graphological Initiative.
Posted by Johan Cyprich on 16 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: General
Seth Godin hit the nail on the head today with his blog post, The small-minded vision of the technology elite. One passage sums it up nicely,
When an engineer has a proven ability to ship stuff, to keep things humming and not crashing, it’s easy to fall into the trap of rejecting anything that hasn’t demonstrated [...]