The seven versions of Windows PDA operating systems.
DaleWindows PDAs certainly have changed since the days of Pocket PC 2000 (first saw this over at 1800PocketPC.Com) Those versions are: Pocket PC 2000 Pocket PC 2002 Windows Mobile 2003…
Jasc Image Robot
is a great little program I use for doing group conversions of graphics files. Things like, jpg –> png format conversion, image watermarking and image cropping. Image cropping is today’s…
The InstallShield “Temp” Directory trick.
But you can use it with other installers as well. When you click on an Installshield created setup.exe, it will extract it’s contents to your TEMP directory. These contents include…
Measuring your car’s speed.
I’ve not had a speeding ticket since returning to Melbourne. My partner puts this down to luck. I put it down to using GPS software. It’s a fact that your…
The mighty IBM 3800
Laser printers use two types of fusion to fuse toner to paper, hot fusion, and cold fusion. I’ve only seen cold fusion used once. StorageTek used to make mainframe printers…
Everything goes in circles: Cash Dye Bombs
Back when I was a spotty faced bank teller, banks in Australia had stopped using cash dye bombs. “Spoil the prize, and you spoil the crime.” was the theory with…
It’s the ErgoDudes to the rescue!
ErgoMinder, from a support perspective, had it's problems. ErgoMinder described itself as: ErgoMinder is a program with three cartoon characters - called Ergo-Dudes - who remind you in a light-hearted…
There was no TIFF viewer in Windows XP
Which we found out when we were piloting a Windows XP SOE release. It was a serious “show stopper” for the rollout of Windows XP at this customer. We’re talking…
World’s fasting eating dog slowed down by new dog food bowl
Weimaraners can suffer from bloat. Bloat occurs because Weimaraners like Nikki try to stuff as much food down their throats, as quickly as possible. And their stomachs swell up with…
VBscript to uninstall a Microsoft security patch
This is a small script I wrote many years ago to uninstall security patches. I customise it when I need it. In this example, I’ve customised it for MS09-032, but…