Archive for October, 2006

links for 2006-10-31

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

MediaCoder - more than a universal audio/video transcoder
Native windows GUI wrapper for a suite of audio and video conversion utilities. A bit unreliable, but it usually gets the job done.
(tags: software tools oss movies mp3)

links for 2006-10-28

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

fat32format - Ridgecrop Consultants Ltd
Tool for formatting a FAT32 FS >32GB. The FS itself supports very large drives, but Windows won’t create one bigger than 32GB because it wants you to use the proprietary NTFS format.
(tags: software tools)

links for 2006-10-27

Friday, October 27th, 2006

SQL Reserved Words Checker
Enter a word or keyword and the checker will check to see if it is in the SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, DB2, ANSI SQL, or ODBC reserved words list
(tags: reference tools databases)

links for 2006-10-21

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

Pen Drive Linux » Boot and run Linux from a USB flash memory stick.
Prepacked distros and easy instructions for linux boots from 64MB-1GB
(tags: linux software usb oss)

Further Proof that NewEgg is the Greatest Ever

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

I ordered an external hardrive and enclosure, and a cheap USB keydrive yesterday, at around noon. Shipping was $4.99 with UPS 3rd day. Here’s the current tracking status:

10/17/2006 05:41:00 OUT FOR DELIVERY[I] SPARKS, MD, US
10/17/2006 05:40:00 ARRIVAL SCAN[I] SPARKS, MD, US
10/17/2006 03:16:00 DEPARTURE SCAN[I] LAWNSIDE, NJ, US
10/17/2006 01:15:00 LOCATION SCAN[I] LAWNSIDE, […]

links for 2006-10-12

Thursday, October 12th, 2006

Single image replacement rollovers with Suckerfish dropdowns — Tyssen Design
A suckerfish dropdown modification that supports image rollovers.
(tags: css development design)

links for 2006-10-11

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

Sun Baked, sustainable solar powered cooking appliances with zero GHG emissions
A solar cooker designed to replace your backyard barbeque. It looks pretty damn slick, but the $350 price tag is a little prohibitive. Until they can bring the price down, you’re better off building your own.
(tags: environment food)

Sun Baked, sustainable solar powered cooking […]

links for 2006-10-06

Friday, October 6th, 2006

Custom Role-Based Security for Reporting Services
Good extension on Microsoft’s example that shows how to use roles
(tags: .net development microsoft programming howto)