Below are some links for (at the moment of writing) current HDD testing tools from various HDD manufacturers. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for June, 2010
HDD testing tools from their manufacturers
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/08
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Huge Time-Sink ahead: Play Infocom Games Online
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/07
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For a good laugh: Modern computer languages are a bit like people in some ways. – from “The Lounge – CodeProject”
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/07
For a good laugh: read the Modern computer languages are a bit like people in some ways thread in the CodeProject lounge.
–jeroen
Via: The Lounge – CodeProject.
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Forgotten Windows 7 feature: Add the Quick Launch Bar to the Taskbar in Windows 7 (via How-To Geek)
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/07
Sometimes in Windows 7 you miss the quick launch bar with its’ shortcuts.
How-To-Geek explains to Add the Quick Launch Bar to the Taskbar in Windows 7.
–jeroen
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retro: Google Pacman
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/04
Two weeks ago, Google blog celebrated PAC-MAN’s 30th birthday and the Google logo turned into a playable Pac-Man game.
It was supposed to be up only for 48 hours, but due to the popularity, it got its’ own Google Pacman page.
This is like bing at high school again :)
–jeroen
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TFS folder compare in Visual Studio 2005
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/04
Recently I had to do some work in Visual Studio 2005 and TFS 2005.
I missed the “Folder Compare” feature on one of my machines, and I was sure it was on one of my others.
This feature is standard in Visual Studio 2008. A very handy feature indeed :-)
Then this post reminded me to install the Team Foundation System Power Tools. Read the rest of this entry »
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Delete and Remove to Unlock EISA Hidden Recovery or Diagnostic Partition in Vista » My Digital Life
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/03
When you try to delete an EISA Hidden Recovery or Diagnostic partion, some options fail:
- DiskMgmt.msc does not show the “delete” option
(the link is for Windows XP, but the – usually very useful – tool has been almost the same for ages) - DiskPart.exe fails with “Cannot delete a protected partition without the force protected parameter set“
- The free partition managers I tried (Partition Assistant 2.0 Home Edition and EASEUS Partition Master) refuse to install on the x64 editions of Windows (x64 is used more and more at home these days)
Luckily, this thread discusses both problems, and points to this page for a solution with DiskPart.
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Bookmarklets: empower your webbrowser
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/02
Next to Greasemonkey – the script engine that empowers FireFox and Chrome, there is another very powerful way to enhance your browser:
Bookmarklets.
Bookmarklets are like shortcuts, but they don’t point to a static URL: they add action, usually by some JavaScript.
If the bookmarklet returns a string, then the browser will follow that as a URL.
But the since bookmarklet has access to the current page, it can also perform just a local action.
The cool thing is that most bookmarklets work on almost any popular browser.
These are a few bookmarklets that I use on a regular base, most are from bookmarklets.com: Read the rest of this entry »
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Example.[com|net|org] Web Page
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/01
After years of doing web-development, I just stumbled on example.com/example.net/example.org second level domain names.
Those are domains meant for documentation or example purposes.
And there is RFC 2606 that documents them.
There are even these first level domain names:
.test/.example/.invalid/.localhost
You’re never too old to learn something new :-)
–jeroen
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 