Making it happen
Archive for January, 2006
VS2005 errors
Jan 13th
In my last post there is “VS2005 runs perfectly fine” … this was not absolutely true. So, if you encounter some of these errors:
Unable to connect to the Microsoft Visual Studio Remote Debugging Monitor named ‘your pc name’.
VS 2005 and Win2003 SP1
Jan 13th
Unfortunately Windows 2003 SP1 was needed for VS2005 so I
ended up installing it first. While afterwards it kept on crashing on half an
hour basis, I managed in the end to install the Visual Studio 2005
successfully. Now, as life with the SP1 was inconceivable I uninstalled it
and – surprise! – VS 2005 runs perfectly fine without the SP1.
Word macro
Jan 13th
Here’s a macro that I have built for Microsoft Word to keep a table from splitting on two pages – now it will move to fit on only one (if it’s now bigger than one, of course). This function was number 1 on my wishlist for MS Word so I’m glad to have it. To apply it select the whole table (by clicking the top-left cross) and apply the macro.
Sub SetTableNoWrap()
7610 stereo hack
Jan 13th
I am thinking seriously about hacking my Nokia 7610 to output mp3s in stereo by multiplexing both channels on the only one wire. While I’m not pretty sure how to split the signal afterwards with a circuit (depending on what multiplexing method I choose – a time-slicing should be fine considering the second channel has an offset value added so it’s easy to split), the processor power may be an impediment – it’s a 123Mhz ARM-based proc. Anyway – a software problem is definitely far easier to solve and I may end up resorting to lower bitrates and such.
2006 Holiday
Jan 13th
Here are some pictures
from me and Pisi ’s New Year’s Eve holiday at the seaside (!), at Vama Veche – actually it was more like a
spring journey not a winter one: no snow at all.
