Shiv's random musings on computing
Synaptics touchpad drivers and Windows Vista
It seems a number of folks have been having problems finding touchpad drivers for Windows Vista. I...
Date: 08/01/2006
They're putting Li-Ion batteries in cars! Are they nuts?!
At first I thought it was just the random person ... Now it seems there are lots of folks trying to...
Date: 07/24/2006
Get ready or get dragged kicking and screaming into the upcoming Non-Admin world
So you have been spoiled by years of running as an Administrator on Windows and used to being able...
Date: 07/22/2006
A good resource for all your scripting needs
Ever notice how you sometimes write a small batch file to automate something and then it starts...
Date: 07/17/2006
Amazing how fast search engines have made one of my blog posts the top result for "slow notepad"
It's amazing and funny how fast my post about the slow notepad issue has become the top result when...
Date: 07/16/2006
An easy way of doing .Net debugging in production environments
Say you want to debug your .Net application on some production enviroment, customer site/server and...
Date: 07/13/2006
End of the Win9x era and what we should be thankful to Win9x for
So it comes to pass. The beginning of the end of the Win9x era with the (official) end of support...
Date: 07/12/2006
How to get in on the HDTV (r)evolution without breaking your bank
Time for a post related to the division I work in (MSTV). I'm sure most of you would have heard...
Date: 01/22/2006
As guilty as a million abandoned blogs...
Hmm ... So I've fallen into the same trap as so many other bloggers who start something and then it...
Date: 01/22/2006
C# 3.0 finally provides some competition to COBOL/xBase
Well PDC is underway and for all the nice Vista, WinFX and Office 12 news, what really excites me...
Date: 09/13/2005
Why notepad is sometimes slow opening large files and how to make it fast
Ever notice how notepad can be really slow opening large files? Yeah I know why use notepad at all?...
Date: 09/12/2005
Hello blogging world!
So I thought I'd finally start a blog and start sharing some of my views, ideas, tips and tidbits...
Date: 09/09/2005