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During the course of the day I encounter lots of challenges, some of which take minutes to solve and others that take much longer. My goal for this section is to keep track of these challenges and their solutions. I will turn the longer ones into articles, while the shorter ones will stay as blog entries. You can expect topics to range from very specific programming challenges to broader topics like life.
Below is a list of the recent blog entries. You can also browse the blog by using the tags on the right side, or if you know what you are looking for then you can use the search box at the top right.
I have a Linux server running all the time so I prefer to turn off my main desktop when I am not using it. Instead what I do is SSH to the server and have it send a WOL packet to wake up the desktop. Previously I would turn off my desktop when I was done, but lately I have been hibernating it because this way I can get working quicker. Anyways, I noticed that when the computer is hibernating it wouldn’t wake up, but when I would shut it down then it would work perfectly. Weird. After some research I realized that Windows has its own setting for allowing a network card to wake up the computer, and this setting is disabled by default.
To allow a card to wake up the computer you have to enable this in the network card settings. To do this go to the device manager: Start Menu > Search for “Device Manager.” In Device Manager right click on your network card under “Network Adapters” and click properties. If your network card has power management features then you should see “Power Management” tab at the top of the properties window. Go to that tab and check “Allow this device to wake the computer.”
From now on you should be able to wake up your computer using the WOL feature even when it is hibernating.
Future of Web Apps – Miami 09 is almost here. Both Jake Lumetta and I are planning on attending. In addition to the conference, we decided to attend the Miami barcamp on Sunday February 22nd. So, let me know if you will be at either of these events. You can also follow me on twitter (@farhanahmad).
After the cold temperatures that we have lately had (<30, generally around 20s) in Madison (WI) I am really looking forward to the warmer Miami weather (65! :))
I have posted a new post on the ShopFiber blog about what to look for when choosing a web development framework and a few pluses for making django your choice. Check it out: http://blog.shopfiber.com/?p=90
I was a little bored so I decided to checkout orkut and saw the following fortune.
Why? I am guessing that because he was fired (as opposed to quitting), he was probably not good at his job? 🙂
First version of our business cards 🙂 What do you think?
Is it just me or Windows is confused when I ping 192.168.6.11 and it complains about 192.168.6.7 not being reachable? (see screenshot below)
I am loving Windows 7 so far, but, unfortunately, SharedView refuses to install. I even tried it under “Windows Vista” compatibility, but no luck.
“This program is not support on this version of Windows.”
To disable the Secure Desktop in UAC elevation prompts in Windows Vista you had to go through group policy editor and dig into several nodes to find it, Windows 7 changes this by making it part of the UAC settings. In Windows 7 you can get to it by…
- Start > type in “UAC”
- Select “Change User Account Control settings
- By default the slider would be at “Default – Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer”
- To disable the Secure Desktop for elevation prompts move this slider down one so you see “Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer (do not dim my computer)”
If you are installing the latest version (0.21) version of TweetDeck and keep getting the following message…
The application could not be installed because the AIR file is damaged. Try obtaining a new AIR file from the application author.
Make sure that you have at least Adobe Air 1.5 installed. After installing AIR 1.5 if TweetDeck installation still gives you the above error then first install TweetDeck 0.20. Afterwards when you run it, it will tell you that an upgrade is available, go ahead and install. The upgrade should work now. Congratulations, you are on the latest version! 🙂
Windows 7 Beta will be available for public download on January 9th on the Windows 7 website. Interestingly, it will only be available to the first 2.5 million people. Let’s see if I will be one of them 🙂 For more information checkout Brandon’s post on the Windows blog.
