Firstly if you have problems with Windows Update first thing to do is check your WindowsUpdate.log file. This file is found in your windows folder, usually “c:\WINDOWS”.
I keep having this happen, its a real pain in the arse! So I post this mostly for my own quick reference. This is actually to fix this and another similar problem I keep running into, I figure if you do both you don’t have to waste time looking up the error in WindowsUpdate.log.
I’m building a gezebo, why I’m not sure, however what I do know is that it will be great once completed. The project was designed completley in Google Sketchup, which helped me work out complex angles and otherwise difficult to calculate measurements with ease. The gazebo will be eight sided, with seven sides filled in the a lower wall section and upper window of glass/pvc. The entrance will likley feature a pair of 620 wide 8 pane french doors.
On day 3 I have completed five of eight posts. The first one wasn’t great and took over an hour, the fifth one is somewhat better and took about half the time. Some pics attached.
I have found Avira Free to be quite a decent piece of software and as such have switched over to it from AVG. However the nagware is a pain in the arse! This is a very simple way of disabling it in XP Pro/Vista Ultimate.
Now Avira will function as normal, however you won’t get the annoying nag screen every time it updates.
Finally after a four month delay I’m uploading the rest of my Thailand photos…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jixor/
Personally I’m not exactly blown away by the browser, its an interesting piece of software but I’ll be sticking with Firefox for some time yet.
Really well researched article goes through Googles lead up to releasing the browser:
http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/2008/09/google-chrome.html
Lifehacker’s summary of Chrome’s hidden “about:” pages:
http://lifehacker.com/5045164/google-chromes-full-list-of-special-about-pages
Or Google’s http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/09/google-chromes-about-pages.html
Lifehacker article goes through Firefox plugins to enable some similar functionallity to Chrome:
http://lifehacker.com/5044518/enable-chromes-best-features-in-firefox
Good article for those paranoid about what information Chrome may be sending to Google:
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/google-chrome-communication/
I’ll be releasing the source code for my “personal aggregation engine” once I get enough time to tidy it up and add documentation. It uses xsl translations, caches feeds, reformats dud feeds, and there is a feed masher component.
This is what I use to power the deviantart feed on my ‘Personal Aggregation Engine’. This PHP5 script scrapes your deviantart gallery to generate a simple rss feed, with thumbnails. Read about it and download via the DeviantART Feed page. I must however point out that I’m uncertain of DeviantART’s stance towards the use of this. I have read their ToS and there didn’t seem to be anything specifically forbidding its use, however I’m not responsible if you get banned.
On Jixor Wordpress PluginsRead about it on the Advanced RSS Page.
This plugin I believe is the first of its kind and I would love for as many blogs as possible to use it! Very simple it lists the active plugins on your blog. The output can be customized and plugins hidden if desired.
See the List Installed Plugins page for more information and to download.
I have reworked the plugin, mainly improvements to the code and administrative interface. Inline PHP have been reworked such that it is not backwards compatible. If you follow the rules inline PHP should work quite well. Note that other plugins that work on post content may interfere with inline includes and php. Get the updated plugin at Wordpress Plugins Directory: Static Page eXtended.
Note that at last check the WP directory hadn’t yet updated to the new version.
I have updated the XSLT RSS plugin with improvements to the administrative interface. Get the updated plugin at Wordpress Plugins Directory: XSLT RSS.
I’m currently using the Aeros theme, with a custom background photo of mine. The theme is very slim and well built, very easy to edit.