404 errors
DaleI was tempted to blog about the history of 404 errors, but some sad git splendid fellows, brave heroes, risking life and limb for Blighty!*, has beaten me to it.…
“Server Error in Andrew Bolt application”
I've always suspected that Andrew Bolt is a BOT, and BlairBoltWatch/An Onymous Lefty might agree. Saw this screen the other day when trying to view Andrew's blog. It explains why…
Hitting the big red switch
Hitting the Big Red Button should be nobodies idea of testing whether something works. But I've worked with computer operators who think that is a way of powering down a…
Disassembling the Microsoft Laser 5000 Mouse
Step 1 - Undo the screw. Using a screwdriver with a security screw bit, unscrew the screw which is located in the battery case, just above the RED DOT in…
Inflatable Leg
A friend had a dog like this, it was a Jack Russell mixed breed doggy. If you took your shoes off so you could walk on the new carpet, "Humpy"…
Logon scripts should always be error trapped.
Post from Whirlpool: when some users log on they get the following message but it is ok for other users PostLogon.vbs file contents are below _____________ Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")…
They don’t make networks hubs anymore
IF you wanted to analyse some network traffic, to see where things were going wrong, you would use a network hub. A network hub is one of the devices you…
Customers like to (re)use the methods of the support team …
I was doing some code cutting the other day for a customer. Indirectly. I had sent a DOS batch file to Customer A, in response for an urgent fix request. …
Why I Blog – Not
(Helen Coonan was our Federal Minister for Communications, and strangely attractive, if you like that sort of look) (cartoon borrowed from The Chaser)
Crusader
Saw this ad for Crusader weed killer in the Weekly Times, which is an agricultural paper published here. No, we don't have many Muslim farmers in Australia, strange that.