Archives for: " 2008"
12/25/08
I have owned a Roomba for some time now. Some time ago, I wrote about my positive experience with the iRobot customer service, which resulted in me getting a new Roomba.
After extensive use, this Roomba now developed some problems: The engine would run… more »
12/18/08
A while back, I reported that the National Federation of the Blind apparently bought email addresses and spams them.
I am saddened to report that they still do that. After a lull, I again got one of their spam emails.
Their members really should put pr… more »
12/06/08
Apple recently seems to have taken a hint from Microsoft, and turns to be evil.
They have sent cease-and-desist letters to people who try to figure out the hash in the iTunesDB database that is part of every iPod.
I have three iPods, a 1st gen Nano, a… more »
12/04/08
An unelected official who represents a European monarch apparently has the power to shut down the democratically elected parliament in Canada.
It was a good move that the US threw out these emperors long ago... more »
11/25/08
Some time back, I wrote about problems with the Windows ShellExecute/ShellExecuteEx functions if the filepath is longer than the predefined value of MAX_PATH.
The workaround I described was to use the short path name instead of the long path.
The Windo… more »
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