My dad was trying to install Adobe Acrobat 7.0 when he got an error saying that he didn’t have sufficient privileges to create C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Adobe PDF, and that he should log into an Administrator account or contact the system administrator. Needless to say, he is the administrator and he was on the administrator…Continue Reading…
I just upgraded Google Community vBulletin. I thought they had better ways to fight spam, but not so: they use image verification, no matter how complex it is. The more weird-looking the images get, the harder it is for real humans to read them. Sometimes, computers can even read images (using OCR) better than humans…Continue Reading…
This is part two in my series on dreams I’ve had this Christmas break. I had my first dream while I was still at school, in Marks Hall. This one I had just last night, here in the comfort of my home. In particular, I slept on the lower bunk of my bunk bed, while…Continue Reading…
Now that the stress of the school year has been lifted, I’ve been having more dreams at night. Here’s one I had a few days ago, while I was still at school. Janice, Theo, and I were sitting around a small table. A mail courier carrying a bag of envelopes came up to us, handed…Continue Reading…
What’s the best way to move a website to a new server? Here’s the method I used, requiring SSH on both servers (which I have). Host A old one with files. Host B new one. Log into A via SSH and create archive with all your data. Code: tar -cf myfiles.tar directory_name_with_your_files (ex. public_html) gzip…Continue Reading…
I have just one final remaining. I really should study all of today and tomorrow until the exam, especially since my grade is on the borderline. For Christmas break, there are a number of things I’m looking forward to: Spending time with family Getting my new ThinkPad Playing DDR: Mario Mix Working on Google Community…Continue Reading…