Barack Obama: Unfortunately, you’ve grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that’s at the root of all our problems. Ronald Reagan: In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. Ahem… Nuff said?
Category: Solutions to Problems
Bitcoin Hit $100 USD
Well, Bitcoin just hit $100 in a big way. Massive buying with orders as large as 1,000 BTC and numerous orders filled in the hundreds of BTC. It will roll back a bit, but the next time, it’ll be over $100.
Cheap, Organic Drain Cleaner
Clogged drains are a pain, and nobody really wants to use toxic drain cleaners that are powerful to strip the flesh from your fingers. Having tried an “environmentally friendly” drain cleaner that was $20 for a small container, I can attest to the fact that it didn’t work at all, and I was forced back… Continue reading Cheap, Organic Drain Cleaner
Recover Lost FreeNAS User and Password
“Brute Force FreeNAS” is a simple, quick utility to get back a forgotten user name and password. It works very simply. You must enter a list of possible user names that you had for your FreeNAS and a list of possible passwords. The utility then combines them all (in a Cartesian product) and brute forces… Continue reading Recover Lost FreeNAS User and Password
Robosoft for Beginners
Software Marketing with Robosoft For years RoboSoft has been the single most effective 1-stop way to promote software. If it isn’t already a part of your software marketing, it should be. If it is a part of your software marketing, there are most likely areas where you can squeeze quite a bit more juice out… Continue reading Robosoft for Beginners
Using GitHub in MonoDevelop
So I just started to use GitHub for a tiny project, and wanted to use it from inside of MonoDevelop. After 2 days of looking on and off for the “easy” answer, I never found it. Yes – I’ll do just about anything to avoid dropping down to the command line if possible. Finally I… Continue reading Using GitHub in MonoDevelop
Spanning Columns in a GTK# Table
Coming from working on WinForms, GTK# is a very, very different paradigm for layout. I struggled to figure out just how to span columns in a table as searching for information didn’t really work out very well. Instead of setting properties on the table, you set the properties on the widget as it inherits a… Continue reading Spanning Columns in a GTK# Table
OpenTK, GTK#, GLControl, and GLWidget
Sigh… So I’m banging my head against the wall trying to get a GLControl working in a GTK# project in MonoDevelop… Not gonna work. The GLControl inherits from System.Windows.Forms.UserControl, so you basically end up resorting to exactly what you wanted to avoid in the first place by using GTK#, i.e. Windows Forms. Here’s an image… Continue reading OpenTK, GTK#, GLControl, and GLWidget
A Quick Phishing Tutorial
Phishing is when someone sends you spam that looks like it’s from someone else. The goal is to get you to click a link or open a file. This is what a phishing link in an email looks like (click to zoom): The link there doesn’t go to the right site. All you need to… Continue reading A Quick Phishing Tutorial
Water Quality and Fluoride in Melbourne, Victoria
The quality of water coming out of the taps here in Melbourne is simply abysmal. Melbourne Water Corporation, the organization responsible for the water supply, does its best to fool people into thinking that the water is safe and fit for human consumption. The truth couldn’t be further away. First though, I’d like to start with… Continue reading Water Quality and Fluoride in Melbourne, Victoria