Creating New Folder in Windows Explorer
Here’s one I forget every so often. What hot key combination will let you create a new folder in Windows Explorer? In all versions of Windows, with a folder opened in Windows Explorer use Alt + F, W,...
View ArticleJava – Failed to download required installation files
Oracle, you’ve outdone yourself! Still not getting this consumer level software thing are you? I got a call at work that my daughter’s laptop was acting funny. Turns out she got hit by a virus. I have...
View ArticleDisable the Fn + Function Key combo to the use the function keys on HP laptops
Some genius at HP decided the function keys F1 through F12 aren’t important enough and demoted them to second level functions. To access them you now need to pres the Fn + Function key combination to...
View ArticleOpenGL Globe Screensaver (Update)
I’ve been running this OpenGL Globe screensaver I wrote for several years now on various machines without any issues. Until the other night when I installed it on my new laptop. So I did a little...
View ArticleManaging MinGW packages with mingw-get
This isn’t meant to be a comprehensive tutorial on everything you can do with mingw-get but rather a place for me to document some tips that I found Googling and felt I should consolidate here. If...
View ArticleDisabling UAC Prompt for Cygwin run.exe in Windows 7
So, every time I try to start Cygwin (actually, the cygwin XWin server) I get that ugly UAC prompt. Very annoying since this is an application I use quite frequently. Unfortunately, changing the...
View ArticleSecuring WordPress
In light of the latest attacks on WordPress sites everywhere I thought I should probably step up security a bit here. Not that I thought I had a bad password or anything but I still had the default...
View ArticleConvert C++ String to Lower Case (or Upper Case)
I don’t usually need to convert string case in C++ so when the need comes up I’ve usually forgotten how to do it and have to Google. While the Java String class has toLowerCase() and toUpperCase(), C++...
View ArticleReplace Non-Alphanumeric Characters in a C++ String
I needed to replace the non-alphanumeric characters in a std::string. While the Java String class has the replace() and replaceAll() methods for doing this, the std::string class has no such utility...
View ArticlePoor-man’s promo check for Android apps.
When I first created Baby’s First Game for Android I gave away a free promotional version. This promotional version was basically to get feedback from people before the real release. I wanted the app...
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