Today I tried to run the following javascript using jQuery 1.4.2 on IE8 under Windows XP Pro SP3: // returns 'pallet' tabname var tab = get_tab(); // returns 'pallet-item' text input field var target_field = get_target_field(tab); // works in firefox and chrome but...
Going Virtual with VMWare and Dell – Part 1
In the Beginning I have been employed in my current role since 2004. When I started, there was a generic PC running Netware 3.11 Server the files on which were soon transfered over to SBS2003 running on a noname server with IDE disks. Within a year I had imaged and...
Notes on The Magic of Part-Time by Jim Rohn
A lot of the Jim Rohn video's on youtube are 1-7minute sound bites but this one over an hour. Here are some notes I made on the the "The Magic of Part-Time by Jim Rohn" Correct the errors of the past and pick up new disciplines for the future. 1. Law of averages...
Rough Dia Shapes for 19″ Optical Fibre Patch Panels
Dia the opensource diagramming programming program. Has a lot of shapes. However I always seem to use ones that aren't in the standard or diashapes repository. So I've created a 2 new shapes for myself using the howto here This is a good site for more technical...
Wakanda HTML 5 Javascript Framework
Another entry to add to my HTML 5 Framework List is Wakanda. My frustration with jQuery UI is that you have to hand code the pages. Wakanda appears to have an IDE that allows drag and drop of widgets onto a canvas and the configuration of datasources and classes that...
How to stop that annoying screen shot window appearing when taking a screenshot and just send it to the clipboard in Gnome 3
On Fedora 16 running Gnome 3 by default if you press ALT+Print Screen or simply Print Screen you get this window: Sometimes I find this really annoying because it adds a step that I don't want. I would rather not see the gnome-screenshot window and simply have the...
Transfer Outlook 2003 Email Address Autocomplete Cache to Outlook 2010
Blogging laziness. Like he said ==> http://clintboessen.blogspot.com.au/2010/05/how-to-import-nk2-files-into-outlook.html This is my instructions (just in case the above doesn't google up for me again) for moving from Windows XP Pro/Outlook 2003 to Windows 7...
BitTorrent Browser Toolbar Removal Triathlon
BitTorrent.com's BitTorrent client installs a browser toolbar in Google Chrome, Internet Explorer & Mozilla Firefox. There isn't an opt-out option to stop the toolbar installation when installing Bittorrent so you need to uninstall the toolbars after installation. To...
Google Zoom Level to Scale Legend Mapping
In the bottom left hand corner of a Google map you usually see a scale with Metres and Feet displayed. Here is a list of what I think are the google zoom level to scale legend conversions.
Long Term Electronic Storage of Purchase Receipts
Bunnings Warehouse an Australian hardware supplier prints purchase receipts that have a tendency to fade to the point of being unreadable. The rate at which they fade seems to depend on how much light they get and how much heat they have to endure. The problem is that...
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