Eric Bergman-Terrell's Blog

Node.js + Express: How to Block Requests by User-Agent Headers

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:00:00

Node.js, Express, User-Agent, middleware, robots.txt, Robots Exclusion Protocol, spider, Crawl-Delay, internet-measurement.com, internet-measurement, InternetMeasurement, curl, PowerShell

Vault 3 is Now Available for Windows on ARM Machines!

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00

Vault 3, Windows, ARM, aarch64

Vault 3: How to Include Outline Text in Exported Photos

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 00:00:00

Vault 3, Outline, Outliner, Photo Export, Photo Frame

.NET Public-Key (Asymmetric) Cryptography Demo

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00

.NET, Cryptography, Public-Key, Asymmetric, Signature, RSA

Raspberry Pi 3B+ Photo Frame

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00

Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi 3B+, photo frame, feh, raspi-config

EBTCalc (Android) Version 1.53 is now available

Sun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00

EBTCalc, RPN Calculator, Android, Desktop, Javascript, Rhino

Vault 3 Security Enhancements

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 00:00:00

Vault 3, Encryption, AES, 256-bit keys, CBC mode

Vault 3 is now available for Apple OSX M2 Mac Computers!

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 00:00:00

Vault 3, Apple, Mac, M2, OSX, sqlite, sqlite-jdbc

Vault (for Desktop) Version 0.77 Released

Sun, 26 Mar 2023 00:00:00

Vault 3, Outliner, Linux, Desktop, Cross-Platform, Windows, Linux, OSX

EBTCalc (Android) Version 1.44 is now available

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 00:00:00

EBTCalc, RPN Calculator, Android, Desktop, Javascript

Vault (Desktop) Version 0.72 Released

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 00:00:00

Vault 3, Outliner, Desktop, Image Rotation, Cross-Platform, Windows, Linux, OSX

EBT Compass is Now Available for Android Devices

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:00:00

Compass, Android, GPS, magnetic declination, magnetometer, gyroscope, calibration, UTM, Universal Transverse Mercator

Convert a Windows 10 Notebook into a High-Capacity Photo Frame

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 00:00:00

SlideShow, Photo Frame, high-capacity, Windows 10, java, SWT

EBT Music Player Added To Website, Source Code in GitHub

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:00:00

EBT Music Player, Android, Media Player, offline, mp3 player, music player

T-Mobile 5G21-12W-A High-Speed Internet Gateway Monitor

Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:00:00

T-Mobile, 5G21-12W-A High-Speed Internet Gateway Monitor, Python, TrashCanMonitor, Ookla

Vault 3 Source Code in GitHub

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:00:00

Vault 3, Outliner, Information Manager, source code

Vault 3 (Desktop) Version 0.70 Released

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:00:00

Vault 3, Outliner, Personal Information Manager

Vault 3 (Desktop) Version 0.68 Released

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 00:00:00

Vault 3, Mac, OSX, Big Sur

Python Programming Tip: Generate Hash for a File

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:00:00

Python, Hash, Message Digest, Hash Algorithm, SSD, magnetic disk drives, thrashing, with statement, tenacity, retry, SHA256, MD5

Python Programming Tip: Prevent Sleep when Running on Windows

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:00:00

Python, Python 3, Windows, sleep, power plan, SetThreadExecutionState, ES_CONTINUOUS, ES_SYSTEM_REQUIRED

Python Programming Tip: Implement Retries with Ease

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:00:00

Python, Python 3, Retry, tenacity, decorators

Python Programming Tip: Map Windows Volume Label to Corresponding Drive Letter

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:00:00

Python, Python 3, Windows, volume label, drive letter

EBTCalc Users: A Desktop Version is Now Available!

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 00:00:00

EBTCalc, RPN Calculator, Electron, Windows, Linux, OSX, Reverse Polish Notation, Javascript

Python Script to Audit MediaMonkey Transcoding

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:00:00

MediaMonkey, Python, EBT Music Player, EAC, Exact Audio Copy, FLAC, MP3, Polka, PyCharm, Frankie Yancovic, mutagen, transcoding

How to decompile Java code with JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA (2018.2.3, Windows 10)

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 00:00:00

Java, JetBrains, IntelliJ, IDEA

Java Programming Tip: SWT Photo Frame Program

Mon, 31 Oct 2016 00:00:00

Java, SWT, Java 8, Eclipse, Standard Widget Toolkit, Windows, Photo Frame

Vault 3 (Desktop) Version 0.63 Released

Fri, 09 Sep 2016 00:00:00

Vault 3, desktop, delete photo file, delete outline item

"Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016"

Sat, 09 Apr 2016 00:00:00

Vault 3, Encryption, Privacy, Decryption, "back doors", Security

Disable "Visual Voicemail" on Android / T-Mobile

Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:00:00

Android, Marshmallow, Visual Voicemail, T-Mobile, USA

IPv6 Humor

Thu, 10 Dec 2015 00:00:00

IPv6, Facebook, Humor

Java Programming Tip: Specify the JVM time zone

Mon, 07 Dec 2015 00:00:00

java, vm, virtual machine, time zone, user.timezone

Node.js / Express Programming Tip: Detect and Fix Memory Leaks

Tue, 27 Oct 2015 00:00:00

Node.js, Express, node, memory leak, rss, heapdump, python, Microsoft Visual Studio, JMeter, WebStorm, Chrome, smalloc, log4js, logging, python, Process Explorer, Javascript, closure, garbage collector, garbage collection, inner function

Spider Spins a Web of Deceit?

Mon, 26 Oct 2015 00:00:00

Spiders, logging, scam, botnet, Russian gambling websites, referer urls

Node.js / Express Programming Tip: Logging

Sun, 18 Oct 2015 00:00:00

Node.js, node, Express, Javascript, log, Logging, morgan, troubleshooting security, attack, log4js, x-forwarded-for, IP Address, bot, bots, spiders, User-Agent, line-reader, user-agent, Russian gambling websites

Javascript / HTML Tip: How to Programmatically Copy Text from a Web Page to the Clipboard

Wed, 07 Oct 2015 00:00:00

Javascript, jQuery, clipboard, document.execCommand('copy'), browser support, HTML

Don't Miss the Lunar Eclipse on Sunday & Monday

Sat, 26 Sep 2015 00:00:00

Lunar Eclipse, Astronomy Lab 2, Perigee, Saros, month, synodic month, draconic month, annomalistic month, Solar Eclipse, astronomy

Node.js / Express Programming Tip: How to Implement CAPTCHA

Tue, 22 Sep 2015 00:00:00

Node.js, node, Express, CAPTCHA, reCAPTCHA, robots, bots, Javascript, forms, HTTP, GET, POST, middleware

Node.js / Express Programming Tip: How to Upload Images

Mon, 21 Sep 2015 00:00:00

Node.js, node, Express, graphics, file upload, upload, JPEG, JPG, Image, Upload, filesystem, fs-extra, synchronous and asynchronous calls, async, formidable

Node.js Programming Tip: Keep your Web App Running

Sun, 20 Sep 2015 00:00:00

Node.js, node, Express, forever, cron, Linux, deadlock, Linux, bash, shell script, curl, hung, memory leak, rss

Node.js / Express Programming Tip: How to Minify Web Content

Sat, 19 Sep 2015 00:00:00

Node.js, node, Express, Minification, Minify, yuicompressor, Javascript, CSS, stylesheets, bandwidth, EJS, Content Type, compression, gzip, content-type, HTML

Node.js Programming Tip: How to Pretty-Print XML

Mon, 14 Sep 2015 00:00:00

Node.js, node, Express, JavaScript, XML, pretty print, formatting, pretty-data, comments

Javascript Programming Tip: How to Pretty-Print JSON Text

Fri, 11 Sep 2015 00:00:00

Javascript, JSON, Pretty-Print, Security, JSON, JSON.stringify, JSON.parse, human-readable

Android Programming Tip: How to Target Localhost from the Android Browser

Tue, 01 Sep 2015 00:00:00

Android, localhost, 127.0.0.1, port, web browser, http, AVD, Android Virtual Device

Node.js Programming Tip: Run Shell Commands and Capture Output

Thu, 27 Aug 2015 00:00:00

Node.js, Shell Commands, stdout, stderr, uptime, Linux, Express, server uptime, process uptime, process.uptime(), stdout, stderr

This Website is Now Powered by Node.js and Express

Thu, 27 Aug 2015 00:00:00

Node.js, node, Express, captcha, ASP.NET, Ruby on Rails, Rails, mysql, SQL, MongoDB, A2 Hosting, forever, ejs, ejs-locals, passport, passport-local, authentication, authorization, template engine, WebStorm, fs-extra, Javascript, Scala, functional programming, Scala, line-reader, log parsing, bootstrap, navbar, pagination, glyphicons, xml, xml pretty-printing, minification, compression, gzip, morgan, logging, heapdump

Node.js Programming Tip: Use Async to Organize Concurrent (and Serial) Tasks

Wed, 26 Aug 2015 00:00:00

Node.js, node, Express, async, concurrency, callbacks, deeply nested code, async, async.parallel, async.series

Node.js Programming Tip: How to Implement WHOIS

Mon, 24 Aug 2015 00:00:00

Node.js, node, JavaScript, Express, WHOIS, net.Socket, port 43, Ruby on Rails, .NET

Node.js Programming Tip: How to Encode and Decode Base64 Text

Fri, 21 Aug 2015 00:00:00

Node.js, node, Express, Javascript, Base64, Base 64, Encode, Decode

Node.js / Express Programming Tip: How to Determine IP Address from an HTTP Request

Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:00:00

Node.js, Express, IP Address, Javascript

PowerShell Tip - Replace Text in Files that Might Have Square Brackets in Their File Names

Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:00:00

PowerShell, Filenames, Square Brackets, []

EBTCalc is Now Available for Chrome OS Devices!

Tue, 07 Apr 2015 00:00:00

EBTCalc, Programmable Calculator, Javascript, Android, Chrome OS, Chromebook, Chromebit

Vault 3 is Now Available for Chrome OS Devices!

Tue, 07 Apr 2015 00:00:00

Vault 3, Chrome OS, Chromebook, Chromebit, Android

Vault 3 on Mac OSX: Launch Vault 3 from an Icon

Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:00:00

Vault 3, OSX, Mac, Macintosh

Vault 3 for Android v. 1.56 - Important Update

Fri, 20 Mar 2015 00:00:00

Vault 3 for Android, Cloud Synchronization, Synch, Dropbox, Desktop

Java Programming Tip: Copy a File in Windows and Retain Timestamps and Attributes

Thu, 05 Mar 2015 00:00:00

Java, Java 7, Windows, Filesystem, Timestamps, Attributes

Attention Mac OS X Users: Important Vault 3 Update Available (0.61)

Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:00:00

Vault 3, OS X, Mac, OS X 10.9

Fix: Brother Network Laser Printer (HL-2270DW) Keeps Going Offline

Tue, 23 Sep 2014 00:00:00

Brother, Network Laser Printer, Offline, IP Address Changes, Router, DHCP, BRAdmin Light, HL-2270DW

Prevent the Windows 8.X Charm Bar from Displaying Inappropriately

Sun, 24 Aug 2014 00:00:00

Windows 8.x, Windows, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Charm Bar, Trackpad, Synaptics

PowerShell Tip: Using PowerShell to Change the Power Plan

Thu, 26 Jun 2014 00:00:00

PowerShell, Windows 8.1, Power Plan

Vault 0.53 Released

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00

Vault 3, searching, case-insensitive search, Russian, non Western-European languages

Vault 3 (Desktop Version) Updated

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:00:00

Vault 3, Email, SMTP, Port, 25, 587, 465, SSL, Secure Sockets Layer, Authentication

EBTCalc for Android v. 1.12 - Now Runs on Phones and Smaller Tablets

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:00:00

EBTCalc, JavaScript, Android, programmable calculator, RPN, reverse polish notation

Vault 3 (PC Version) v. 0.50 Released

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00

Vault 3, File Synchronization, Sync, SugarSync, DropBox

Android Programming Tip: How to Embed EditText Views in a ListView (Don't!)

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00

Android, ListView, EditText, Focus, TableLayout, Data Binding, Adapter, Spinner

Android Programming Tip: Recycle Views in Adapters

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00

Android, View, Inflate, getView, Adapter, LayoutInflater, performance, layout

EBTCalc for Android

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:00:00

EBTCalc, Programmable Calculator, Calculator, Javascript, RPN, Reverse Polish Notation, Android, Tablet, Rhino

Vault 3 Updates

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:00:00

Vault 3, Nook, Barnes & Noble, Photos, Mobile, ImageIO, ImageIO.read, Java, imscalr, GC

Vault 3 for Android Updated: Got Rid of Most Modal Dialogs

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00

Vault 3, Vault 3 for Android, Modal Dialogs, Tablets, Android

Android Programming Tip: How to React to Enter typed in an EditText Field

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00

Android, EditText, View, performClick, setOnKeyListener, KeyEvent, getVisibility

Vault 3 v. 0.47 Released, Now Has PDF Export

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00

Vault 3, Organizer, Outliner, PDF, Portable Document Format

May 20, 2012 Annular Eclipse, Good Viewing in Albuquerque, NM

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:00:00

Solar Eclipse, Astronomy, Astronomy Lab 2, Albuquerque NM

Old Wine in New, Blue, Tentacled Wineskins?

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:00:00

Opera, Science Fiction, Die Die Zauberflöte, The Fifth Element, Great Moments in Musicology, Mozart, Donizetti, Bel Canto.

Vault 3 v. 0.46 Released

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00

Vault 3

There's a Word for That: Skeuomorph

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00

There's a Word for That, skeuomorph

Android Programming Tip: Light Sensor is Disabled on Kindle Fire

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:00:00

Android, Kindle Fire, Amazon, Sensors, Light Sensor, Sensor.TYPE_LIGHT, 6.2.2_user3205220

Android Programming Tip: Corrupt SQLite Database Files are Automatically Deleted

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00

Android, SQLite, Database, Corrupt, Deleted

Windows 7 Tip: What to Do if Windows 7 is Not Choosing the Fastest Network Connection

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00

Windows 7, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Network, Bandwidth, NAS, Task Manager, Network, Interface metric, Automatic metric, Network and Sharing Center

Vault 3 Updated with Mac Key Chords

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00

Vault 3, Mac, OSX, key chords, key bindings

Using Eclipse for Rails Development

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00

Eclipse, Ruby, Rails, Subversion, IDE, Subversive, Dynamic Languages Toolkit

Vault 3 for Android v. 1.19

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00

Vault 3, Vault 3 for Android, Android, Android Market, Amazon Appstore for Android, Kindle Fire, Amazon, Tablets, e-Readers, over-the-air update

Ruby on Rails: Installing Ruby on Rails on Linux Mint 12

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00

Ruby on Rails, ROR, Linux Mint 12, VirtualBox

Ruby on Rails: Configuring the Email Protocol

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00

Rails, Ruby on Rails, site5, email, mailer, SMTP, sendmail

Well Done, site5

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00

site5, rails, hosting, ruby on rails, Chrome, Page Speed

Ruby on Rails 3.1.1: Creating Custom 404 Pages

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00

Rails, Rails 3.1.1, 404, url not found, custom error pages

Ruby on Rails Versus ASP.NET MVC: WHOIS

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00

Ruby on Rails, ASP.NET MVC, WHOIS, MySQL, MS SQL Server, Windows, Linux

Ruby on Rails: Installing Ruby on Rails on Linux Mint 11

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00

Ruby on Rails, Linux Mint 11, VirtualBox

Ruby on Rails: How to Install Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu 11.04

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:26:00

ruby, ruby on rails, ubuntu 11.04, dismal install experience, windows, OSX, VirtualBox, rvm, gem, sqlite, curl, bash, ROR

PowerShell Tip: Prompt the User for a Key Press

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:43:00

PowerShell, Prompt, Key, Keystroke, Keypress

PowerShell Tip: Determine the Drive Letter Corresponding to a Volume Name

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:14:00

PowerShell, USB Drive, Drive Letter, Volume Name

Vault 3 v. 0.43 Now Available

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 19:54:00

Vault 3, Encryption, Searching

Latest Source Code for Vault 3 Available

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:43:00

source code, java, Vault 3, Vault 3 for Android, open source, GPL 3, Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Android, smart phone, tablet

Vault 3 for Android v. 1.15 Now Available

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:34:00

Vault 3, Android, smart phones, tablets, Google Android Market, Amazon Appstore for Android

32-bit Mac OS X Version of Vault 3 Now Available

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:31:00

Vault 3, Mac, OS X, 32-bit, 64-bit

Android Programming Tip: Kill the Application

Wed, 18 May 2011 08:09:00

Android, Kill Process, Process ID, Process

Android Programming Tip: Catch and Log Uncaught Exceptions

Mon, 16 May 2011 08:56:00

Android, UncaughtExceptionHandler, exceptions, Application, AndroidManifest.xml, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler

Android Programming Tip: Displaying AdMob Ads

Sat, 14 May 2011 09:44:00

Android, AdView, Java, AdMob, Advertisements

Vault 3 is now available for Android

Wed, 11 May 2011 11:58:00

Vault 3, Android, Smart Phones, Android Market

An Android Version of Vault 3 will be Available Soon

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:20:00

Vault 3, Android

Getting AES Encryption/Decryption to Work in the Sun JVM and Android

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:10:00

AES, Encryption, Key Generation, Andriod, Java, Sun JVM, 128, BouncyCastle, Sun JCE, Java Cryptography Extension

Vault 3 v. 0.38 Is Now Available

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:02:00

Vault 3, Mac OS X

Vault 3 Is Now Available for 64-bit Mac OS X!

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:56:00

Vault 3, Mac, OS X, SWT, Button, setImage

Opera 11 is Now my Default Web Browser

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:57:00

Opera, Opera 11, Web Browser, Firefox, Netflix, Flashblock

Vault 3 v. 0.37 is now available

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:06:00

Vault 3

Troubleshooting Tip: How to determine which programs are listening to which TCP/IP Ports

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:05:00

TCP/IP Ports, netstat

ASP.NET Tip: How to programmatically add tags to .aspx page

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:02:00

Meta Tags, SEO, HtmlMeta, ASP.NET

ASP.NET Tip: How to add an RSS feed to your website

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:58:00

RSS, Really Simple Syndication, ASP.NET

Math Tip: How to Determine the Great Circle Distance Between Two Geographical Locations

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:56:00

Great Circle, Latitude, Longitude

Math Tip: How to Determine the Angle Between Two Geographical Locations

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:54:00

Angle, Latitude, Longitude

.NET Programming Tip: How to Exit from a Console Application

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:51:00

Console Application, Environment.Exit

.NET Programming Tip: How to Restrict a Program to a Single Instance

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:49:00

Mutex, Singleton, Single Instance

.NET Programming Tip: How to send an e-mail via SMTP

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:52:00

SMTP, Email, System.Net.Mail, SmtpClient, MailAddress, SmtpClient.Send, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0

.NET Programming Tip: How to Determine the Encoding of a Unicode File

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:47:00

Unicode, Encoding, StreamReader, StreamWriter, BOM, Byte Order Mark, BigEndianUnicode, Encoding.Default, Encoding.ASCII, Encoding.Default, Encoding.Unicode, GetPreamble

.NET Programming Tip: How can a Class Implement Multiple Interfaces Containing Methods with Identical Signatures?

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:44:00

Interfaces, Explicit Interface Implementation

.NET Programming Tip: How to Attractively Scale Bitmaps

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:36:00

Graphics, Bitmap, Scaling, System.Drawing.2D, SmoothingMode, PixelOffsetMode, CompositingQuality, InterpolationMode, Graphics.DrawImage, aliasing, jaggies

.NET Programming Tip: How to Extract the Timestamp from a JPEG File's EXIF Metadata

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:07:00

JPEG, EXIF, Metadata, ASCIIEncoding

.NET Programming Tip: How to Determine System Uptime Without Overflow Issues

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:02:00

Environment.TickCount, Uptim, Performance Counter

.NET Programming Tip: How to Test Private Methods with NUnit

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:58:00

NUnit, Test-Driven Development, TDD, Reflection, Private Methods

.NET Programming Tip: How to Extract Multiple Items Using One Regular Expression

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:05:00

Regular Expression, Match Multiple Text Patterns, Regex

.NET Programming Tip: How to Programmatically Send Folders and/or Files to the Recycle Bin

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:20:00

Recycle Bin, SHFileOperation, SHFILEOPSTRUCT

.NET Programming Tip: How to Format XML Attractively

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:31:00

XML, Pretty-Print, using System.Xml, C# Programmable Calculator, Indent, XmlTextWriter, Formatting.Indented

.NET Programming Tip: How to Encode XML Strings

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:51:00

XML, Encoding, Ampersand, Escape, <, >, ', ", System.Security.SecurityElement, System.Xml

Vault 3 Version 0.35 Now Available

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:16:00

Vault 3, Eclipse 3.6, Helios, SWT

.NET Programming Tip: How to Display a Busy Cursor While Loading a WPF TextBox with a Large Amount of Text

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:55:00

.NET, WPF, Busy Cursor, TextBox, Background Thread, Thread

.NET Programming Tip: How to Commit CheckBox Changes to a WPF DataGrid Immediately

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:50:00

.NET, WPF, DataGrid, CheckBox, Commit, CommitEdit, Data Binding, .NET 4.0, DataGridCheckBoxColumn

Get Control Key Chords to Work in VirtualBox

Wed, 05 May 2010 22:54:00

VirtualBox, Control Key, Host Key, Key Chords, Ctrl

Time and Tide Wait for No Man

Sun, 02 May 2010 09:11:00

Mercury Pendulum, Antique Clocks

Vault 3 v. 0.33 - Maximum Password Length Restriction Removed

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:37:00

Vault 3, Password

Old Windows 7 Tree Icons Never Die, They Just Fade Away

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:29:00

Windows 7, Tree, Icons, Fading, Input Focus, Vault 3

Essential Tools for Source Code Control

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:56:00

source code control, svn, subversion, Visual SVN Server, Tortoise SVN, SourceSafe, eclipse, Visual Studio, PowerShell, Vault 3, SVN Scripting, Windows 7, DropBox

FileZilla Versus the Windows 7 FTP Client

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:18:00

FileZilla, FTP, File Transfer Protocol, Windows 7, security

The Global Busy Signal Alliance

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:04:00

Telephony, Busy Signal, text messages, IMs, Vonage, T-Mobile, Skype, IMs

Vault 3 Version 0.21 Released

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:11:00

Vault 3, Edit Photo File, External Photo Editing Program, paint.net, GIMP, SWT, Program, ProcessBuilder

Running Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0d on Windows 7

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:27:00

SourceSafe, Windows 7, Source Code Control, Administrator, UAC, User Account Control

How to Create an ODBC Data Source in 64-bit Windows XP

Mon, 11 May 2009 09:58:00

ODBC, Access, Windows XP, x64, 64-bit, Microsoft Access

VirtualBox 2.2.2 Fixes USB Issues

Sun, 03 May 2009 07:11:00

VirtualBox, Virtualization, USB

Vault 3 is Out of Beta!

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:37:00

Vault 3, Personal Information Manager, PIM, Windows, Linux, Open Source

Run Vault 3 from a Flash Drive

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:32:00

Vault 3, Flash Drive, Java, Java Runtime Environment, JRE, Windows

I'd Like to Thank the Academy... (or, Vault 3 Promotional Video on YouTube)

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:58:00

Vault 3, Open Source, Personal Information Manager, PIM, YouTube, Video, Windows Media Encoder 9, VirtualBox, Virtual Machine, VM

Vault 3 Can Now Export Photos to Devices Such as Photo Frames and USB Drives

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:24:00

Vault 3, Photo Frames, Scaling, Preserve Aspect Ratio

Java Programming Tip: How to Speed Up SWT Image Scaling

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:28:00

SWT, Image Scaling, Graphics, Windows, Linux, Ubuntu, Anti-Aliasing, Jaggies, Intel Atom, Acer Aspire One, Java, Java 2d API, Vault 3

Vault 3 v. 0.08 - Feature Complete?

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:09:00

Vault 3, Beta, Personal Information Managers, Personal Information Management Software, PIMs

VirtualBox versus VMWare Server

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:48:00

VirtualBox, VMWare, VMWare Server, Virtualization, Windows, Vista, Linux, Linpus Linux Lite, Vault 3

Extreme Portability (Software, Hardware, Data, and Source Code)

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:12:00

Vault 3, Windows, Linux, Netbook, PDA, Windows CE, Eclipse, SWT, JFace, Open Source

Vault 3

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:03:00

Vault 3, Vault, The Photo Program, Windows, Ubuntu, Linux, Apple, Mac, Eclipse, Java, SWT, JFace

Java Programming Tip: How to correctly position the cursor when a context menu is requested on a StyledText widget

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:45:00

Java, SWT, JFace, Open Office, Context Menus, TextViewer, Eclipse, IllegalArgumentException

Java Programming Tip: Get the Application Folder

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:22:00

Java, Application Folder, Directory, Windows, URL Decoding

Java Programming Tip: Avoid Automatically Selecting the First Item in a Context Menu on Ubuntu

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:42:00

SWT, JFace, Java, Eclipse, TreeViewer, TextViewer, Context Menu

Java Programming Tip: Enable your SWT/JFace Application to Prompt to Save Changes during Windows Shutdown

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:45:00

Eclipse, SWT, JFace, Java, Shutdown, WM_QUERYENDSESSION, Display, SWT.Close, Windows

Java Programming Tip: Make a JFace Dialog remember its size and position

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:35:00

Java, Eclipse, JFace, Dialog, SWT

.NET Development on Linux

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:24:00

.NET, Linux, Mono, MonoDevelop, C#

Java Programming Tip: Parsing an XML File with Embedded Spaces with SAX

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:13:00

Java, XML, SAX, parsing, SAXParser, FileInputStream

Java Programming Tip: How to read a file and automatically specify the correct encoding

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:38:00

Java, file, encoding, Unicode, UTF8, UTF-8, UTF16, UTF-16, file I/O, FileInputStream, InputStreamReader, BufferedReader

Getting VMware Server 2.0 to Install and Run

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:57:00

VMware Server 2.0, virtualization, 64-bit Windows, login, Firefox 3, System Event Log

Upgraded to Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:47:00

XP, Windows, 64-bit

"Embed Custom GUIs in WPF" article published in Dr. Dobb's

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:58:00

Windows Presentation Framework, WPF, XAML, FlowDocument, deserialization, clipboard operations, printing

Firefox 3.0 + Flashblock = Bliss

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:55:00

Firefox, Flashblock, Flash, Browsing, Annoyance Reduction, Caching, Musical Chairs, Joaquin Moraga Junior High School

Help! My SanDisk Sansa e280 FM Radio Doesn't Work!

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:30:00

SanDisk, Sansa, e280, Radio, FM, MP3 Player

Transfer Tivo Recordings to your SanDisk Sansa e280 with Free Software

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:20:00

SanDisk Sansa e280, mp4, video

Getting WinAmp to not crash when managing content on a Sandisk Sansa e280 Player

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:35:00

WinAmp, MP3, Music, Sandisk Sansa e280, MSC, MTP

Blurry Text in WPF

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:35:00

WPF, Windows Presentation Foundation, Text, Fonts, Blur, Typography, ClearType, ClearType Tuner, PowerToy, sub-pixel text rendering, Flash, Mac OS, DPI, LCD

Transfer Tivo Recordings to your Zune in 4 Easy (?) Steps

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:24:00

Tivo, Zune, MPEG, mpg, Windows Media Encoder, Windows Movie Maker, DirectShow Dump

How to Programmatically Read a Locked Log4Net Log File

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:53:00

Log4Net, logging, software development, .NET, file locking

How to Back Up an SQL Server 2005 Database Hosted on a Shared Server?

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:49:00

SQL Server 2005

Added WHOIS Domain Registration Information Utility

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:47:00

CAPTCHA, ASP.NET 2.0, website image manipulation, security, WHOIS, DNS, website registration information

What's my IP Address?

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:02:00

Internet utilities, Internet Protocol, IP, IP address, HTTP, headers

7-Zip Rules!

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:28:00

compression utility, .ZIP

Norton Save & Restore 2.0 Review

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:46:00

backup software

The Photo Frame Program

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00

Digital Photo Frames, digital photography, graphics, bitmap manipulation, scaling, C#, source code

Smooth Graphical Image Scaling in Internet Explorer 7

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:00:00

Internet Explorer, graphics, image scaling, IMG

Updated C# Programmable Calculator

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 00:00:00

C#, calculator, programmable calculator, .NET, development tools, software development

(Not) Stupid Javascript Trick

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:00:00

Javascript, JScript

Show Me the GAC!

Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:00:00

.NET, GAC, global assembly cache, assemblies, software development

Paint.NET is a Winner!

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:00:00

graphics tools, .NET

Let Sleeping Laser Printers Lie

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00

printers, laser printers, energy cost, sleep mode, Kill-A-Watt

XML Notepad 2007 v. 2.1 Released

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 00:00:00

XML, development tools

Replacing .BAT Files with PowerShell Scripts

Sun, 19 Nov 2006 00:00:00

PowerShell, command shell, .NET, .BAT files, scripts, scripting

Good Reasons to Download Firefox 2.0

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 00:00:00

Firefox, web browser

PowerShell RTMs, and I've Written My Last .BAT Command File

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 00:00:00

PowerShell, command shell, .NET, scripts, scripting

SharpDevelop 2 Released

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:00:00

C#, .NET, .NET development tools

Lady and the Stamp

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00

custom US postage, stamps, digital photography

Lutz Roeder's Reflector is an Essential .NET Develoment Tool

Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:00:00

.NET development tools, disassembler, C#, Visual Basic

Why I Love Firefox

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00

Firefox, web browser, animated graphics

Articles are Now On-Line

Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:58:00

.NET, C#, articles

New Web Host

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:03:00

web hosting, SQL Server 2005