Finally, I have (simultaneously) the need and the opportunity to find a perl script to decode the base64 MIME attachments in a set of email. The script is used for GNATS … Continue reading »
Today’s adventures in Oracle land: The following must be performed on the server to get the dbms_lob to read/write files: CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY DIRNAME_IN_ORACLE AS ‘/path’ This creates a handle DIRNAME_IN_ORACLE for … Continue reading »
A poll on useless keys on a keyboard shows the usual /. biases, so the Windows key got nominated. Someone actually put up some useful keystrokes using this key: Win+m … Continue reading »
So, I had to make a bootable CD to redo Grace’s computer, and I created the ISO image as expected from bcd. Given a WinXP installation without buying such … Continue reading »
The ear speaker on my Treo 180 died slowly over several months. I had thought it was a connection issue with T-Mobile, but testing the phone with the hands-free … Continue reading »
Happy, happy. I finally got around to installing the 2.0 version of the Google Toolbar, and two of the new features have been put to immediate use: Next/Previous: if you’ve … Continue reading »
I was doing upgrades on my personal router, and didn’t remember when I installed the last set of RPMs. I found this site that shows how to use the … Continue reading »
To update the story of the new computer I got my parents and in response to the various ValueDisk queries that Google sends my way, I’d like to note that … Continue reading »
Here’s an article I found on Gizmodo. The main thrust of the article (and presumably its followups) is that we’ve been too limited in thinking about digital cameras. … Continue reading »
Just notes to self on setting up an Oracle 9i/Solaris server to do native compilation instead of interpreted PL/SQL, since I spent a couple of hours on it last night, … Continue reading »