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- Erich Remarque
Debugging ASP pages? Then friendly HTTP errors will drive you mad.
Friendly errors will show you something like HTTP error 500 - server error, instead of Active Server Pages error ‘ASP 0126′ Include file not found. Needless to say, the latter is much more helpful.
This is easy to turn off within IEs advanced [...]
Have you ever wondered how you could get involved in ham radio?
It’s easy. There is a wealth of information online including study sites, practices tests, and the complete test question pool for each license class. In addition, many local clubs hold classes. In case you haven’t already heard, learning Morse code is [...]
I was perplexed when I was reading about Baroque music and saw the painting Judith Slaying Holofernes (c. 1613) by Artemisia Gentileschi. The subject of the painting is brutal and bloody, and I had to know the story behind it.
It turns out that Judith is a deuterocanonical book of Bible. It tells the story of [...]
Have you ever copied the contents of a folder and the operation erred out midway because of a permission conflict or corrupt file? How do you determine which files are in the new location, so you can restart the copy operation? File-by-file comparison can be difficult if you’re dealing with a large number of files.
The [...]
Two great tastes that taste great together, KEXP and KCRW. Both radio stations have excellent programs, and both have iTunes syndicated podcasts.
KEXP offers a song of the day and some fantastic in-studio live performances. Check out the Live Performances podcast; the station has fabulous guests weekly and makes most available in MP3 format.
KCRW also offers [...]
I was just looking at the selection of Mozart media files and noticed that my web browser didn’t want to run the java player.
As luck would have it, the selections are also available as downloadable OGG audio files, but neither iTunes nor Windows Media Player will play them.
If your player doesn’t like OGG files, there’s [...]