SporkBomb

My laptop is 100% “Linux-sized” now. Ubuntu 7.10 Gusty Gibbon it is. I’ve been using it for a couple of days now and I have to say that I really enjoy the compiz effects. My Intel graphics card was on the compiz black list, but the fix for that was easy.

I’m currently sitting on my tower computer, which happens to be my main computing location.  I have 2 USB hard drives attached to it, trying to extract all the valuable data off the NTFS volumes. There are thousands of duplicate files from years of reinstalling, a few months of running a Mac Mini, and them getting back to Windows. The situation is a mess. continue reading »

Ever since 1995 I have been a user of Windows. It all started with my mother bringing a Windows 95 computer into the house. Long story short: I know Windows inside out. I wasn’t satisfied with this. I wanted more toys. There is only so deep you can go with Windows. The innards of the operating system are always hidden from you; you cannot change them in any sensible and easy way. What’s in the NT kernel? Can I read the source code? Legally? Nope, I cannot. continue reading »

For the purpose of this guide I’m going to assume that you own a copy of SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005. I don’t recommend using the MSDE engine due to its severe limitations. Any organization no matter how small has the ability to reach MCDE’s database size limit. Just don’t use it. continue reading »