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Site downtime
Had a bit of a hiccup with the move to the VPS- Seems I had some WordPress plugins that weren’t PHP 7 compatible and still accessed MySQL via the bad [...]
Alpha-Blended Forms revisited
Previously I wrote about implementing a Alpha-blended form with VB.NET. In that implementation, I had an abstract class derive from Form and then the [...]
Old Plastics and you
As anybody knows, there can be a lot of incorrect information on the internet. Internet “Just so” stories can spread like wildfire if they are [...]
UAC: Vista to Now
User Account Control, or UAC, was a feature introduced to Windows in Windows Vista. With earlier versions of Windows, the default user accounts had full [...]
Windows 10 Anniversary Update: Long Path Names
I wrote previously, where I found that the Group Policy added to the insider build of Windows 10 did not have any observable effect. This is merely a quick [...]
Always use Black in designs
Sometimes you hear people say you should never use black. But you should like always use it. Look at the sky? is that black? No, because of the [...]
Shutting up Windows Update once and for all
I like to have control over when and if my system(s) perform Update tasks. As a result, I’ve configured Windows 10 Pro via Group Policy to the option [...]
Unicomp Ultra Classic versus Corsair K70 RGB
Previously, I wrote about my Unicomp Ultra Classic keyboard and my experiences with it. As it happens, that keyboard no longer works; The issues I mention [...]
1891 was not so grand.
In the image, we see a lot of claims about history. Let’s start from each one. In 1891, you didn’t need permission from the government [...]
The Long Saga of Long Path Names
Edit: 06/17/2016: I’ve gotten a few comments that for some reason mention “Long Path Tool”. I’m not clear why that is the case. Any [...]