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So I’ve been working on a 3D graphics project for school, and I’ve come across an inconvenience: while g++, the linux compiler, will happily let you declare a new multi-dimensional array with a variable as the size, Visual Studio (the MicroSoft compiler) complains that such a daunting task is too difficult — “I expect a [...]

Last post I detailed how I installed Windows XP Home SP3 on my long-distended Windows installation, only to find a couple rather major issues. Here’s the follow-up.
I successfully removed SP3 (after clearing yet more space – it needs 376MB just to uninstall!). Upon the mandatory reboot, I first attempted to login to my [...]

A couple days ago, I booted into my Windows XP Home installation (yes, blasphemy, I know) in order to pull some pictures off of a Sony Memory Stick, since Ubuntu doesn’t seem to recognize the card when I plug it into my card reader. In the course of performing the Windows Updates that I [...]

Samba has long been the defacto standard for accessing Windows file shares from Linux. However, there is also a Samba daemon (background service) that, if configured correctly, plays the reverse role — sharing Linux directories to Windows machines. Unfortunately, proper setup requires you to edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf file, which, like most configuration [...]

Here it is, the end of March, and I just couldn’t help but notice how little has been said about IE8 lately. When the first beta was publicly released amidst the MIX08 madness, you could almost feel the blogosphere shuddering with the news. The tremors were discernible for what…a week? Maybe two? [...]