mikedopp

I was once a young programmer (ok script kiddie; however those days are over. At least the man thinks so.) I loved writing macro’s, vbscript and jscripts to mostly mess with my friends making their cdrom drives open and close and floppy drives try to read. All good times.

When I started at my first true getting paid to write complex batch, command files, inf scripts as well as long html/xhtml/xml scripting. I was using notepad and had many syntax errors due to lack of syntax outlining like a great IDE that I couldn’t afford. That is when my boss pointed me to a great little application call Program File Editor. I was amazed by the ability of this robust little application.

My favorite part was the little record button that would make what ever I did like line spacing as well as parsing long xml strings easy and very efficient.

Created by Alan Phillips at Lancaster University. Also has not been updated since 1999. As you can see it still works in Vista.

If you need a great little application to write complex macro’s or a great little text editor give Program File Editor a try.

Download Here – From Download.com

 

Tags: program file editor

Found these to be something you should talk to your family about.

Ah Microsoft propaganda.

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As you all know or now know I am a System Administrator at night. So I had to go through some serious tests to get these. Really! The Certifications are also known as “poke in the eye” or “put out the lights” on the Server,Workstation,Desktop or even Laptop. To get these Certifications you need to learn simple things like windows key –> U – S for shutdown or –R for Restart. This works on all Microsoft OS’s except for Vista and Server 2008. I am awaiting the special training on those.

 

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Ah last full week of work before vacation. So. Cal here I come. Of course over time was just approved meaning I will be up late for the next few days writing monster code to fit all the new "bits" in. I will post the prototype sometime after Tuesday.

On another note I was in the server room at my second job on Saturday night doing some serious Unix hacking to get a Solaris 9 cluster back up after a hiccup. The next morning I had a Windows 2003 Web cluster (load balancing) just up and die. It has been a busy weekend.

So here is my question for the week:

 

Everyone says that windows is less stable than Unix(Linux) servers. My opinion is if the server is not configured right what is the difference? I have had very tested and configured windows servers not die for years and Unix boxes crash on a dime. This could become a very heated and deep question. My personal opinion given two boxes(Servers) with the exact same hardware(burned in for a week) with Windows 2003 and Unix(pick a flavor). If the server was configured correctly how long would they last?

 

The Links:

 Free PhotoShop Tutorials

CSS Optical Illusion

Something Designers really need to read(SEO guide for designers)

Open Pandora(Ignore all the warnings of why you shouldn't open the box.)

Messed up CSS Column Tricks. Huh?

SearchEngine for Icons... Have we gone too far?

What is my IP(Up Side down. Vs. Moaning it)

Super Blue Tooth Hack. As if regular Blue tooth hacks weren't cool enough.

Design Web Sites with this guide. Ok I guess.

Another great Sign Generator

Things to do when your a bored developer

Design Tubular Structures (tubular was a term in the 80's Dude)

The Perfect Couple

Free Myspace(Twitter too) backgrounds

Another Great Digital Clock

Japanese Phrases

Like Etch a sketch but cooler. I guess.

MuxTape Stumbler

 Edna the free mp3 player with an old ladies name.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plug o' the week:

Gotta love White and Nerdy!

 

Oh Crap I can't forget http://opendns.com when its up it rocks otherwise your internets go down the series of very non connecting tubes.

 

 

  Have a great Week!

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Ever need a quick and dirty way to check the MD5 Hash on any compressed folder or executable?

At Work: Joe and I have had the occasional corrupt file from Microsoft and had to pull out of installing patches and such. This was a problem and a time waster. So in every deployment of any project we decided to be sticklers on checking the hashes. While yes there is a few utilities on the interweb or ExtraNet (both very bad slang for Internet) I have settled for the non installing executable to do my Hash Checking.

Some have even commented: "If your such a great developer why don't you write your own?" I suppose I could however I have little time to rewrite the wheel.

Have a look and enjoy.

WinMD5 Web Site

winmd5free.zip

Hashes for safety:

WinMD5Free.zip MD5: 73f48840b60ab6da68b03acd322445ee

WinMD5Free.exe MD5: 944a1e869969dd8a4b64ca5e6ebc209a

 

Tags: md5 hashing, windows 9x-200x