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Use Google Maps More Easily

Something I've just noticed is that its really easy to zoom in and out on Google maps by double-left clicking the location you want to zoom in on or double right clicking the location to zoom out on. It makes it a lot easier to use, especially on ...

Backup Solution

I've been shocked at how cheap hard drives have become recently and with the cost so low, how could I resist the urge to expand on my my almost full 250GB drive with a new 500GB sata solution for just 0 AUD. Something that I don't do enough of is ...

Drives Mysteriously Disappear in Vista

I recently witnessed a strange occurrence where, without any particular reason, my housemates Vista machine suddenly lost all of its CD and DVD drives and seemed unable to find them. He hadn't made any recent hardware or software changes that coul...

On Disposing of Computers Properly

I love cleanup days in Sydney, because they're a great opportunity for hoarders like me and my housemates to accumulate massive amounts of junk. There's something really exciting about finding some old piece of hardware in amongst the cassette tap...

Editing Registry Files on Other Partitions

Recently, I had a need to make changes to the System entry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, which is not allowed by Windows for the currently running copy. Fortunately for me I have two copies of XP for testing purposes, so in order to make the change I sim...

Extending PHP Execution Time

An interesting misconception I have always had about PHP was that once a request began, the script would continue executing regardless of what happened at the client end. As it turns out, this is not so and in fact the PHP script is stopped immedi...

IIS7, FrontPage 2002 and Windows Server 2008

I was excited to find out that Microsoft were running an open beta test for Windows Server 2008 (aka Longhorn), their latest and greatest in server technology. I've since downloaded and installed my evaluation copy and plonked it on an old Windows...

Output Caching

PHP has become one of the most prolific scripting languages on the internet due to its simple requirements, simple syntax and general ease of use for beginners. It's power is also that it can scale from just a simple website like mine, right up to...

Scheduled Tasks

Scheduling is a fantastic way to structure the operation of Windows and keep everything running smoothly. You can automate practically anything using the built in Windows task-scheduler, which is something I think people tend to forget. Schedul...

Efficiency and MS-SQL

SQL is one of those things I one day found myself using out of necessity, but in the time I've been using it I've found that it's really grown on me. In my time working with it I've learned a bunch of nifty tricks, but something I had to recently ...

Not a bad idea

Over that past few years of using Windows as my primary operating system, I've developed methods of doing everything and organising my life. I like everything to be structured: no icons except the recycle bin on the desktop, everything in my start...