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Sometimes, browsing on different entertainment websites often causes windows to popup asking if you want to install a plug-in to your browser.
Many of my colleagues have many of such plug-ins installed, often to the point that their web browser won't start anymore because a plug-in crashes.
For a long time I've tried to find the technical name of these plug-ins so that I could find the location in registry where these objects are listed.
I finally found the answer, and those plug-ins are called Browser Helper Objects or BHOs.
Now, they get registered to the following registry location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects
How come these are under "Explorer", not under "Internet Explorer"? Well, now that I know, it's worth checking this location if your browser won't start anymore.
Recently, CNN had an article about the US government requirement to include wiretaps in networking applications, including software.
This proposal seems to be interesting in the sense that it is very difficult to include such wiretaps in open-source software without a) the taps becoming public knowledge or b) the tapping algorithms getting reverse engineered.
To me, it seems much easier to include such "hidden" wiretap in traditional, commercial software. It remains to be seen how this proposal advanced in the legislation, and how open-source software gets addressed.
If you've studied Java at all, you've most probably aware of the great site named TheServerSide.com.
However, did you know that a similar site exists that focuses on .NET instead of Java? I didn't. Until today, that is!
Here is the site I'm talking about: TheServerSide.NET. Good thinking with the web address, I must say!
After the Konginkangas bus/truck accident, the Finnish Red Cross has put up several good resources on the Internet to help those that grieve.
For instance, there's information about how anxiety can affect you after an accident, how to cope with children in the same situation, and finally when to get outside help.
This is also a good resource on the anniversary of the Iraq war.
Today somebody posted a brochure to our office representing all kinds of music equipment.
One of the things shown was the new Andromeda A6 analog synth from Alesis.
Looks like a dream! I want mine! And only 2995 € from Into-Luthman...
Sometimes one has to listen to classical music as well as pop. For that purpose, a lazy Sunday afternoon and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture are an excellent combination.
The Classical.net web site contains a MIDI version of this classic tune, and if you haven't heard the composition before, it is time to do so now.
Also, the page contains some basic information about the overture. History is always worth reading.
Today was a bright sunny Saturday here in Helsinki, so I decided to wake up early, and take my camera to Ruoholahti.
There's a building complex called the High Tech Center which I especially like.
The orange steel tubes that align with the sea are something I wanted to capture on film.
I found another nice digital prohotgraphy web site, this time in English.
The site, megapixel.net has introductory articles to photography, camera reviews and a good glossary.
Go check it out.
The cold yesterday morning wasn't to my bicycle's liking, it seems. Otherwise, the bike worked well, but then I noticed that pedaling transmitted no torque to the back wheel though the chain was in place.
After a short inspection, I noticed that the freewheel was probably wearing out. And, because it was very cold that morning (-16 centigrade), it didn't want to work.
After moving the pedals, i.e. warming the thing up, torque started to flow again, so the bike was rideable.
I hope this occurrence would just be a one-time only thing, but since it's an old bike, I fear for the worst.
Nonetheless, I need a new bike, but I would only like to buy it in the summer, not in March.
Let us hope that the freewheel lasts for some three months more.
On a recent Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 course I learned about a great command-line tool that is able to lookup error messages based on the error number.
Yes, a rudimentary tool came already with Visual C++ 6.0, but that tool didn't support that many error messages.
Now, the "Exchange 2003 Error Code Look-up Tool" is able to scan many .H files, and return the correct error information.
Also, you don't have to have the .H files available, since all that data has been incorporated into the single 1.6 MB EXE file.
I can heartily suggest downloading this tool, even though the output can be very verbose.
The tool is available here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=BE596899-7BB8-4208-B7FC-09E02A13696C&displaylang=en
Enjoy!
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