SysExporter

October 10th, 2006

Description from the website
(http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/sysexp.html):

“SysExporter utility allows you to grab the data stored in standard list-views, tree-views, list boxes, combo boxes, text-boxes, and WebBrowser/HTML controls from almost any application running on your system, and export it to text, HTML or XML file.”

I love this utility. I use it most often with Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar to extract css styles off web pages.

Hosting

March 4th, 2006

I recommend Bluehost, and have been using them for a while. 10GB is enough for 20 years’ worth of Sunday sermons on MP3. You also get SSH access which I use a lot.

Be warned. I am a Bluehost affiliate and will get a commission if you click on the advert on the right, and actually go on to buy hosting from them. The $6.95/month price is only available on a contract term of 2 years.

Should you not rather use a UK company, if you are in the UK? UK based hosting is generally more expensive, and offer few advantages over US hosting. Download speed is excellent on Bluehost.

Kid’s Programming Language

February 1st, 2006

This looks great for getting kids interested in programming: Kid’s Programming Language

Ricci Adams’ Musictheory.net

January 16th, 2006

This site looks excellent. I hope I have time available soon to work through some of the lessons and use some of the trainers.
Ricci Adams’ Musictheory.net

Ripping sermons to MP3

November 24th, 2005

This only applies to sermons recorded on CD.

I use iTunes to rip to MP3. Previously I used RealPlayer which is faster, but occasionally RealPlayer deletes the track for no reason, or does not pick up an inserted CD. iTunes also lets you downsample existing MP3’s.

If I need to edit the recording, I use mp3DirectCut which lets you edit MP3’s directly. Typical edit operations I perform are to cut sections and to adjust the gain if the volume is too low.

If you have to record from a tape drive via line in I recommend using Audacity. This can export to MP3 using the LAME encoder. LAME is however very slow, so I would recommend saving your recording to a wav, and using iTunes to convert the wav to MP3.

Our heavenly Father knows that we need the things we need.

October 13th, 2005

I read this verse today, and it revealed something of our Father’s heart.

Matthew 6:31-32 (English Standard Version)
31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

We do need things, and our heavenly Father knows that and provides for us.

Freeware replacement for MSComm

October 3rd, 2005

Richard Grier wrote a freeware control that wraps the Microsoft MSComm ActiveX control and provides similar functionality. Visit the XMComm Information Page for more details.

What does MSComm do? The MSDN summary reads:

The MSComm control provides serial communications for your application by allowing the transmission and reception of data through a serial port.

Refer to the MSDN MSComm Control documentation for full details.

Refreshing the project failed.

September 27th, 2005

I started getting this error recently when opening my ASP.NET solution in Visual Studio 2003. I found this solution here which worked for me the first time, but it seems you have to delete the VSWebCache folder every time before launching VS 2003. Perhaps it is just my project, since it contains a folder with a name starting with a period (.), and I’ve read somewhere that this causes VS to misbehave. I’ve solved my problem by launching VS 2003 with a bat file that deletes the folder before launching VS 2003.

@echo off
rd /S /Q "C:\Documents and Settings\chris\VSWebCache"
cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\IDE"
start /MAX devenv.exe

Local History for Visual Studio.NET

September 21st, 2005

Found a great little AddIn for Visual Studio.NET that mimics the Local History feature of Eclipse and other Java editors. View site

Never learned to hack

August 30th, 2005

I’m glad I never learned how to hack. I really feel sorry for this guy.
Hacker defends raids into Pentagon’s heart - vnunet.com