Skype recently start the idiotic process of requiring users to sign-in to their Skype accounts before giving them a download link. To get around that, use the links on this page:
http://ptspts.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-download-skype-without-having-to.html
Monday, June 27, 2011
Windows 7 Aero Peek
Here are some useful registry keys for Windows 7 Aero Peek. If you don't know how to edit the registry, you probably shouldn't be messing with it.
These are all 32-bit DWORDs.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
* DesktopLivePreviewHoverTime - 0
- Time between mousing over the bottom right and the desktop appearing
* ThumbnailLivePreviewHoverTime - 4294967295 or 3600000
- time between hovering over the taskbar thumbnail and the preview showing
* ExtendedUIHoverTime - 0
- time between hovering over the taskbar item and the thumbnails showing
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AltTab
* LivePreview_ms
- Alt-tab live preview delay time
DWORD max value 4294967295
Log out, log back in, and you're good to go.
These are all 32-bit DWORDs.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
* DesktopLivePreviewHoverTime - 0
- Time between mousing over the bottom right and the desktop appearing
* ThumbnailLivePreviewHoverTime - 4294967295 or 3600000
- time between hovering over the taskbar thumbnail and the preview showing
* ExtendedUIHoverTime - 0
- time between hovering over the taskbar item and the thumbnails showing
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AltTab
* LivePreview_ms
- Alt-tab live preview delay time
DWORD max value 4294967295
Log out, log back in, and you're good to go.
Friday, June 24, 2011
A Comprehensive Look at Dig
Available here: http://www.madboa.com/geek/dig/
The ones I use most:
dig +short
dig mx
dig any
dig aaaa
dig -x
The ones I use most:
dig
dig mx
dig any
dig aaaa
dig -x
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Wellington Zombie Apocalypse Plan
Wellington's got their shit together:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/5180946/Wellingtons-zombie-apocalypse-plan
Is your town prepared?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/5180946/Wellingtons-zombie-apocalypse-plan
Is your town prepared?
Monday, June 20, 2011
John Stewart on Fox News
John Stewart is awesome. John Stewart on Fox News, is priceless. I'm pretty sure Chris Wallace knew what he was in for, but it's still great to watch.
http://gothamist.com/2011/06/20/video_jon_stewart_says_the_times_bi.php
via Daring Fireball
http://gothamist.com/2011/06/20/video_jon_stewart_says_the_times_bi.php
via Daring Fireball
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Happy Father's Day!
Being a dad is rewarding and joyful and amazing. It's also one of the toughest things I've ever had to do.
Being a dad is being the authoritarian. The disciplinarian. It's laying down the law-and enforcing that law-and all the while praying that your kid doesn't hate you. It's listening to him cry and being firm. And hurting when they do. It's watching them run to their mom, who represents comfort, and doubting that you did the right thing. It's hoping that one day they'll understand.
They probably won't. Not for a long time.
It's wanting to spend time with your kids, and always getting caught up in work or readingthe paper your RSS feeds. It's spending the whole day with them, trying to spend some time with your wife in the evenings, and then hearing them say that you never spend any time with them.
It's tough. It sucks sometimes. And half the time you wonder if you're going insane.
But it's also watching them graduate from Kindergarten and trying not to cry. It's watching them learn how to walk and realizing that the whatever shit task you had at work is nowhere near as hard as that.
It's being the hero in their story and conquering the monster-under-the-bed. It's working a 17-hour shift and knowing that your wife had a harder day than you did.
It's hoping your children will do better in life than you did and at the same time secretly hoping you'll be as great as your dad was.
It's laughter and tears. It's happy and sad. It's hugs and kisses. It's a damn country song on repeat. And I wouldn't trade it for the world.
So this is for all the father's out there. If you've ever wondered whether you're doing a good job or not, you are. You just won't find out for a long time. But the journey is going to be one of the best things you'll ever do with your life.
And this is for my sons, who I hope will one day understand as I did. And who I hope won't hate me when I have to be the bad guy. And who will always want 200% of my time. I love you guys.
This is for my grandfathers, who I miss more than words could say.
Being a grandfather is the reward you get for being a dad. It's spoiling your grandkids, and always being the good guy.
This is also for my Dad.
I didn't really understand my Dad until I had kids of my own. Even now, when I talk about my Dad, it's always a capital 'D'. And while I still think I know everything about life, when he talks, there's always a part of my that immediately says, "Yes, Dad".
And this is for all the times when you said someday I'd understand. Because I do. I've understood ever since I had my first son. And I love you for raising me the way you did. And I'm sorry for the times I have be tough on the kids. It's easier being a grandparent, and I hope I make it that far. I'll probably give my son the same stern look you're giving me when he has to be tough on his kids. You probably learned that look from your father.
What I'm saying is, I'm sorry for being such a little shit sometimes when I was a kid. Although, I think we can agree that this is a case where the punishment fits the crime.
I love you, Dad.
Happy Father's Day.
Being a dad is being the authoritarian. The disciplinarian. It's laying down the law-and enforcing that law-and all the while praying that your kid doesn't hate you. It's listening to him cry and being firm. And hurting when they do. It's watching them run to their mom, who represents comfort, and doubting that you did the right thing. It's hoping that one day they'll understand.
They probably won't. Not for a long time.
It's wanting to spend time with your kids, and always getting caught up in work or reading
It's tough. It sucks sometimes. And half the time you wonder if you're going insane.
But it's also watching them graduate from Kindergarten and trying not to cry. It's watching them learn how to walk and realizing that the whatever shit task you had at work is nowhere near as hard as that.
It's being the hero in their story and conquering the monster-under-the-bed. It's working a 17-hour shift and knowing that your wife had a harder day than you did.
It's hoping your children will do better in life than you did and at the same time secretly hoping you'll be as great as your dad was.
It's laughter and tears. It's happy and sad. It's hugs and kisses. It's a damn country song on repeat. And I wouldn't trade it for the world.
So this is for all the father's out there. If you've ever wondered whether you're doing a good job or not, you are. You just won't find out for a long time. But the journey is going to be one of the best things you'll ever do with your life.
And this is for my sons, who I hope will one day understand as I did. And who I hope won't hate me when I have to be the bad guy. And who will always want 200% of my time. I love you guys.
This is for my grandfathers, who I miss more than words could say.
Being a grandfather is the reward you get for being a dad. It's spoiling your grandkids, and always being the good guy.
This is also for my Dad.
I didn't really understand my Dad until I had kids of my own. Even now, when I talk about my Dad, it's always a capital 'D'. And while I still think I know everything about life, when he talks, there's always a part of my that immediately says, "Yes, Dad".
And this is for all the times when you said someday I'd understand. Because I do. I've understood ever since I had my first son. And I love you for raising me the way you did. And I'm sorry for the times I have be tough on the kids. It's easier being a grandparent, and I hope I make it that far. I'll probably give my son the same stern look you're giving me when he has to be tough on his kids. You probably learned that look from your father.
What I'm saying is, I'm sorry for being such a little shit sometimes when I was a kid. Although, I think we can agree that this is a case where the punishment fits the crime.
I love you, Dad.
Happy Father's Day.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Karspersky CTO Tries To Prop His Business
Mac Daily News
“Apple cannot continue to lock down its iOS platform and restrict the types of software developed for it, says security firm Kaspersky’s CTO Nikolay Grebennikov,” Stuart Sumner reports for Computing.
MacDailyNews Take: Kaspersky’s CTO Nikolay Grebennikov. Taking disingenuousness to the next level. Why didn’t he just come right out and say, “We wish Apple would make its platform insecure like Google, so that we can sell ‘security’ to hundreds of millions of iOS users?”Spot on. (emphasis mine)
The State of the Tablet Market
Marco Arment does a nice deconstruction of the Ars Technica review:
And in other news, Acer cuts its table forecast in half.
The most apt description of it all is summed up by Dare Obasanjo on Twitter:
"Android tablets have managed to copy the iPad’s hardware well enough — the easy part — but have failed to provide good software and significant third-party app choice — the hard part."(via Daring Fireball)
And in other news, Acer cuts its table forecast in half.
The most apt description of it all is summed up by Dare Obasanjo on Twitter:
"Acer finds out what I've always said, there isn't a tablet market, there's an iPad market..."
Thursday, June 16, 2011
World IPv6 Day Was A Success - ISOC
Great overview at CircleID.
Also:
Also:
"Based on the encouraging results, we’ve decided to leave our Developer site dual-stacked, supporting both IPv4 and IPv6. And we will continue to adapt our entire code base and tools to support IPv6."
Donn Lee, Facebook Engineering
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