Adobe Flash Player, MS Windows 8/8.1, and MS IE 10/11
Yeah sure enough, Windows 8/8.1 and IE 10/11 has its own builtin Flash player. This highly potent combination outright refuses you to download the real Adobe Flash Player from Adobe’s website. It hasn’t occured at all to Microsoft that we, the users, might need the real Adobe Flash Player for software other than IE, say […]
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I wish you all a Merry Xmas!
Read More → Merry Xmas!Detecting clang in C code
If you’re looking for a way to detect when your code is being compiled by clang, try the command clang -dM -E -x c /dev/null In the large list presented, you’ll find these macros the most interesting ones:
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Type this in LibreOffice Math: and you’ll get:
Read More → Functions with cases in LibreOffice MathTrouble upgrading older Subversion on recent FreeBSD? You might be missing devel/scons
I upgraded Subversion 1.8.1 to 1.8.5 on some non-critical FreeBSD servers the other day. Normally I would run this command: portupgrade -fprv devel/subversion I noticed www/serf also needed updating, so this time I ran a command like: portupgrade -fprv www/serf
Read More → Trouble upgrading older Subversion on recent FreeBSD? You might be missing devel/sconsObserving leap seconds
I came across a blog post by Emil Mikulic on the leap second introduced by the IERS on 1 July 2012. Inspired by Emil Mikulic’s blog post, I created the following short programme.
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A student’s Toshiba Satellite laptop equipped with Windows 8 and Secure Boot refused to shut down by simply pressing the power button. The solution is to hold down the Fn button prior to holding down the power button. Keep both buttons depressed until you hear the laptop actually shutting down. Boy, do I love Secure […]
Read More → Toshiba Satellite laptop, Windows 8, and Secure Boot – what a combination!Having trouble starting named from dns/bind99 automatically? Here’s how I solved it!
I tried to convince named from dns/bind99, as of r333563, to start automatically at (re)boot on stable/10 and head. My /etc/rc.conf file contains lines like these: named_enable=”YES” named_program=”/usr/local/sbin/named” named_wait=”YES” named_wait_host=”localhost” named_auto_forward=”YES” named_auto_forward_only=”YES” Eventually, I resolved the matter using the following patch: The tabs are missing, so you better apply this patch by hand. It’s not […]
Read More → Having trouble starting named from dns/bind99 automatically? Here’s how I solved it!RIP D.E.
Yesterday turned out to be a sad day. A colleague I continue to hold in high regard was found dead at his home. RIP D.E. :-(
Read More → RIP D.E.Autodesk Inventor Professional 2014: VBA failed to initialize. Please restart Inventor.
If you receive such an error message from Autodesk Inventor Professional 2014, you might need to reinstall the VBA 7 modules. See http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item/print?siteID=123112&id=21910314&linkID=9242018 for more details. The short story is to shut down Inventor and reinstall the VBA 7 modules using either 3rdParty\x64\VBA\Vba7.MSI or 3rdParty\x86\VBA\Vba7.MSI from the installation media or from C:\Autodesk.
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