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§ Most important things to remember
"Keep It Simple Stupid!" (KISS principle)
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
(Remember, this is mostly for me; I'm not trying to call you stupid.)
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§ Helpful links
When I search google and find myself on the same page... again... I'm putting a link here!
If you're looking at this blog, I hope you are already familiar with these sites...
§ Actiontec M1000 DSL modem security
I used to use an Actiontec GT701 DSL modem. Since my entire livelihood depends on my internet access, I got a little nervous when some odd things started happening. As it happened, a friend was having trials with the phone company getting her DSL to work, and was advised to try the Actiontec M1000. Still no go, so I tested her modem here and it worked nicely. (That was all the phone company's fault, and after getting escalated a few times, I believe they were a bit embarrassed.) So I looked around and found a slightly used M1000 (with wireless) for about $30! (I don't want the wireless - I use Airport. Being an Apple product, it's actually comprehensible to mere mortals like myself.) But after a few days, weird things started happening with the M1000...
§ Don't AJAX an image!
Using AJAX is fine when you need it, but I've used AJAX to simply reload CAPTCHA images. Boy, some people are dumb! Me, in particular.
UPDATE: I'm dumber than I thought...
§ Adventures with Ubuntu 9.10 on G4 Yikes!
I have an Apple G4 Yikes! (or PCI Graphics) that I've loved for years. I ran Jaguar, then Panther, and it currently runs Tiger well enough to suit me. I got a G5 a while back, so this box got sort of retired, until I picked up some contract work doing websites. Since I had a whole new set of emails, chat sessions, VOIP, invoices, etc., etc., I turned on my trusty Yikes! and devoted it to all of that stuff for that job.
When I stopped working that contract, my poor old G4 started getting lonely again. So, the other day I thought maybe I should use it to try Linux again. I've looked at Linux a number of times through the years, for various reasons, including on old Macs, but never quite got sucked in to being a convert.
"I keep hearing good things about Ubuntu," I thought, "so I think I'll try it; this'll be fun!"
That depends on your definition of fun...
§ Software that leaves a mess
The other day, my WinXP machine kept bringing up the "let's clean up your hard drive" wizard, which I kept closing. I finally realized that Explorer claimed that I had 0 bytes available on my system drive! "Impossible," I thought, "what's wrong now?! A virus?" Not quite...
§ Borderless window resizing with WM_NCHITTEST
Want to have a borderless window that can be resized like a normal window? Use WM_NCHITTEST.
§ TWMSizing record for Delphi
One way to control custom window sizing is to use the WM_SIZING message, but Delphi doesn't give you what you need to do so.
§ Avoid email harvesting with javascript
I don't like to put real email addresses on web pages because "harvesters" look for them to add to their spam list. However, harvesters probably don't run javascript before searching.
§ IE App Compat VHD
Download Virtual PC VHD files (virtual hard drive) with XP or Vista and IE6, IE7, or IE8 at:
These expire periodically; the download page tells you when it will expire. Microsoft links change all the time, so you may have to search instead.
You also need Virtual PC, a free download from Microsoft.
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§ External links to new windows
Ok, there's lots of REALLY HEATED discussions about this topic all over the web. I'm not looking for arguments; I'm just posting what I do here in this blog.
§ Format apache directory listing
The default directory listing apache shows is controlled by mod_autoindex and it has some options available.
§ My XP startup items
I have a couple of shortcuts in my startup folder. These are the "Target" lines of the shortcuts.
The first one gets rid of explorer's showing every zip file as a folder. You know how many zip files I've got? The /s at the end makes it not show a dialog box when it's finished.
%windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /u zipfldr.dll /s
The second maps w: to my localhost root. Good ol' DOS commands!
%windir%\system32\subst.exe w: e:\wamp\www
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§ Simple AJAX request
Almost all of my AJAXing is to simply grab the output of a source and stuff it in in a div. In previous posts you can see what I've been using for a long time, but I wanted to make a function I wouldn't have to edit every time I used it in a project.
§ Validating email addresses (it's impossible) (Rant Alert!)
Search google for "validate email address" and you'll get about 303,000 results. I bet all of them are wrong...
Short version:
Why bother? I'm probably going to enter "example@example.com" anyway.
§ Adding & removing element classnames
Ok, these are just dumb. See Simpler adding & removing element classnames instead.
A couple of ways to change classnames of elements.
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