tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91082726046619983882024-02-21T22:52:25.801+11:00obligatory blogThis blog will be a generous mix of rants and geeky information that I couldn't find a decent web reference for so I had to work it out myself. If you're not interested in something, I'd recommend you subscribe using the categories on the right.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-15638037449809736292011-03-25T14:44:00.003+11:002011-03-25T14:55:43.322+11:00Visual Studio coexistence - avec COMSorry, another boring one about info that's not easily available on the internet.<br /><br />Added an extra version of Visual Studio recently and my COM-based ruby tool-kit for talking to Visual Studio (so I never need to use the (yuch) IDE) started popping the wrong version.<br /><br />The link below has mixed solutions - most other internet references describe the "Microsoft Visual Studio Version Selector" which is registered for .sln files, which should detect the correc version or otherwise ask the user to choose. However this doesn't seem to apply to opening a solution via COM by "connecting" to it.<br /><br />The "top" solution on the link below is probably a bit hacky for general use - Version Selector seems more sensible, however Version Selector doesn't work for COM object lookup.<br /><br />So to summarise - choose your default by writing the registry value at:<br /><blockquote style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">HKLM\Software\Microsft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\devenv.exe</span></blockquote>With thanks to the posters at: <a href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/eu/vssetup/thread/568e32af-d724-4ac6-8e8f-72181c4320b3">http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/eu/vssetup/thread/568e32af-d724-4ac6-8e8f-72181c4320b3</a>Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-14864106393883682582010-01-08T22:37:00.003+11:002010-01-08T22:40:19.140+11:00Does anyone know the word for,...You can say things like "back when I was single,..." or "when I was a bachelor,...". But what's the word for before you had a baby?<br /><br />The best I can come up with is "back when I was free,..."Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-62189462904112637142009-11-24T23:41:00.002+11:002009-11-24T23:47:23.472+11:00My day at work<span style="font-size:180%;">"</span>Uh, Karl,... It says here we don't get to keep Poland <span style="font-style: italic;">or</span> Czechoslovakia. I'm starting to think this whole surrender thing mightn't have worked out as well for us as we'd hoped,...<span style="font-size:180%;">"</span>Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-7524125282727767362009-08-12T21:54:00.004+10:002009-08-12T22:01:03.386+10:00Ahhhh,,... MS Word SanityIt had never occurred to me before, but to bypass the hideous annoyance of word pasting the reformatting for everything you paste simply:<br /><ol><li>Create a macro that does "paste unformatted"</li><li>Assign it to Ctrl-V</li></ol><br />Couldn't be simpler.<br /><pre><br />Sub PasteUnformatted()<br /> Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdFormatPlainText)<br />End Sub<br /></pre>Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-55961252813315619962009-07-27T14:16:00.004+10:002009-07-27T14:28:19.098+10:00Home sweet homeWithin one hour of hitting Brunswick I've had an El Mirage coffee, a Sydney Rd vietnamese pork roll, hit the second-hand bookshop* and am sipping a coffee at Brunetti.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJvVJNPvKFjXxHwiqdYdCzHX3r4oagzFyud5Am1GH3qrQCOUnEIv7HUUa9BDNrghwZ8DO_SuUk7H35UR-pGWWv-ecCCrQhaea03IGKmZPINGwqWyMrFrRdxRAyZNSDTj1srTFry7trfg/s1600-h/Image066.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJvVJNPvKFjXxHwiqdYdCzHX3r4oagzFyud5Am1GH3qrQCOUnEIv7HUUa9BDNrghwZ8DO_SuUk7H35UR-pGWWv-ecCCrQhaea03IGKmZPINGwqWyMrFrRdxRAyZNSDTj1srTFry7trfg/s320/Image066.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362990939043099970" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirkgVfMijMxJkOvgjFnYqD3eYMzSLMUXX65-CUJS6NQj-DnOmlTJzg80Zv9JaeCTAkrgfl_ZTYCN7_uzXUw9bLd00xmg5tRNPP6HwjsUxcuQIfi94vw3KEuPV74hcNPFoPTnFHlXSFdk/s1600-h/Image067.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirkgVfMijMxJkOvgjFnYqD3eYMzSLMUXX65-CUJS6NQj-DnOmlTJzg80Zv9JaeCTAkrgfl_ZTYCN7_uzXUw9bLd00xmg5tRNPP6HwjsUxcuQIfi94vw3KEuPV74hcNPFoPTnFHlXSFdk/s320/Image067.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362990408929250146" border="0" /></a><br />*Sadly closed today as they are moving from their old fire-damaged labyrinth to some new shmancier digs.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-17680219207732738542009-06-13T23:52:00.002+10:002009-06-14T00:06:15.367+10:00Make a realistic wishSometimes people need to be reminded that for the cost of a trip to Disneyland or meeting a celebrity or sport-star (say $10,000) instead you could sponsor 20 underprivileged children for a year (eg: Plan @ $43/month), or maybe help an indigenous community in northern Australia.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS36ZuCW-7c">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS36ZuCW-7c</a>Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-53159588478309931572009-05-19T00:03:00.001+10:002009-05-19T00:03:31.260+10:00A decadeTo my wife, mother of my child, my best friend, my closest family, my life.<br /><br />My love.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-49165809298433192052009-05-02T14:49:00.001+10:002009-05-02T14:49:12.142+10:00Rockin' the suburbsSaturday afternoon relaxing. "What's that sound?"<br /><br />Oh, yeah. A lawnmower. We aren't in Brunswick anymore.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-38207904340679917302009-04-29T20:49:00.001+10:002009-04-29T20:49:15.355+10:00AproposMaya has a baby toy from a brand called 'nuby'.Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-89207766791897610612009-04-29T20:43:00.001+10:002009-04-29T20:43:55.259+10:00In case no-one else says it."Even pratts are 'top blokes' after death"Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-72250229030756173362009-04-12T20:48:00.001+10:002009-04-12T20:48:33.914+10:00To lose something you don't haveAwwww,... Such a sorry sound to hear Maya with her cold. She sounds like someone who's lost their voice with laryngitis, but she doesn't have a voice to lose yet!Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-2204085464751964572009-02-21T19:31:00.001+11:002009-02-21T19:31:20.863+11:00Maya's Superpower#2 We drove all the way down Eastlink, over the 1001 speed-humps of Yarra Council (including the bizarre speed-hump on top of a speed-hump) past our old Taylor Street place and she didn't wake, but she wakes up when we go over the tiny 'driveway' bump at the entrance to our street!Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-71918013185266435292009-02-07T11:56:00.001+11:002009-02-07T11:58:34.597+11:00To coin a phraseTo describe the little chunky bits from when the baby vomits I propose the term "Chucky Cheese".Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-33762423643069818592008-11-23T22:52:00.002+11:002008-11-23T22:58:02.669+11:00Maya's Superpower#1 - I can freely walk anywhere in the room, and she is quiet, calm, relaxed. Her eyes are closed, face against my chest. Yet get within on step from the bassinette and, bing, the body goes rigid then jerks and suddenly she's all action!Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-29270507691574389742008-11-05T23:16:00.000+11:002008-11-05T23:17:35.921+11:00Words I didn't use before I was a parent<p>#2 - Grump, grumpy, grumpy-bum</p> Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-65993225688088967032008-11-05T23:10:00.001+11:002008-11-05T23:12:34.597+11:00Words I didn't use before I was a parent<p>#1 - Poppet</p>Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-49152616896924583892008-11-01T21:36:00.001+11:002008-11-01T21:37:50.304+11:00There's a little poo on her nappyAnd a little Tigger, and sometimes a little Piglet and Eeyore,...<br /><br />Surely the irony of having pooh on a nappy wasn't lost on the nappy manufacturers,...Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-48853345097746803132008-10-29T22:46:00.000+11:002008-10-29T22:49:03.110+11:00'Baby legs'<p>I've just put Maya down to sleep, but as I stand nearby in case she's not going to settle I find I'm still rocking and swaying.  My sea-legs acting up again.</p> Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-83858273139944909462008-10-27T22:04:00.004+11:002008-10-29T22:48:33.008+11:00I'm feeling luckyI can't find a place to make this available - so I'm doing it here. Since I don't have any hosting that lets me control the <header> and <link> tags I can't make this automatically appear in your Firefox search-box just by visiting this page.<br /><br />Instead you can copy the code here into your profile directory as described in the header.<br /><br />Once you're done you should have a Google "I'm Feeling Lucky" search in your search-bar. So if you can't remember if the ruby doc site is rubydoc.com or ruby-doc.org, just do - Ctrl-K, "rubydoc", <enter>, done.<br /><br /><pre><br /><-- Dump this in <profile_dir>/searchplugins/i_m_feeling_lucky.xml --><br /><SearchPlugin xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/"><br /><ShortName>I'm feeling lucky</ShortName><br /><Description>Google "I'm Feeling Lucky" Search</Description><br /><InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding><br /><Image width="16" height="16">data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAYAAACNiR0NAAAABGdBTUEAAAAAiyVgTQAAACBjSFJNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACg5rWnAAAEHUlEQVR4nGJgIA1YAnGfqhH%2FaigbAwAEEAYSluRYldVq%2Fd%2FKV%2BI%2FkLsKSSrMOVD7%2F4K9uf%2BX3Qj8zyfMehybfoAAwkBqxvzH97%2FP%2Fb%2FzXez%2FhjXG%2F%2BW1eJ4AhWVCsvT%2BX%2Fwy7f%2B5z%2F3%2F5162%2B28bBLZQBl0%2FQABhICEJ9uM73kb%2F3%2Fc%2B6%2F%2BiWw7%2FHcIkQRr7auc7%2Fz%2F7uef%2Fzrfx%2F5fcdfzfttUU5gMUrwMEEAyBbAoF4tXpLSb%2FT35q%2BX%2FkY%2Fn%2FxXcc%2F%2BdN0QZp%2FL%2Fqavz%2F4x%2Fr%2F299G%2Fp%2F7UvX%2F6ueuvyfdc7hf%2Bkco%2F%2FeqXIgNUUggwACCIQstUzFnzQu8P5%2F4EPu%2F%2FOfJ4Lxrnfx%2F1c8cv4%2F8YgV2MC979P%2BH%2F1Y8X%2FzW%2F%2F%2F69%2B4%2F9%2F0xvf%2FjnfR%2F3e%2BTgYGjRlIDSiiGAACCIRCC6brAsMs7v%2FhD6VgTbvfp%2Fzf8MYTbqCVnzjQxWVgCze88fq%2F%2FrXb%2F3VAvOqJ2%2F%2BpJ63%2FW%2FqI%2FYd5HSCAwEhJn%2B%2F%2F4ttO%2F5fed%2Fq%2F6pnL%2FzUvXP%2Bvfu7yf8Vj5%2F8zz9n%2B79vm%2Bf%2FUpzaga5L%2BL3%2Fo9H%2FZAydwcEw9Zf0%2FrVMDJTUABBA8SRg4Cv9vWm%2Fyf%2Fppm%2F%2BzL9r%2Bn3ne9v%2BCGw7%2F177w%2BH%2FsY%2B3%2F%2FS%2FK%2F085Yf2%2Fd7%2FF%2F74Dlv%2B7dpn%2FT2pV%2F88jyPoE2SCAAEJGlrxCrKt0rAX%2F69oK%2FdexEfzfvs30%2F9bXEf93vIkDuzRvqs5%2FPTshkIueQMOsDz3pAAQQioFAXKxmwv%2FE0lcMGG6S%2F6fuDAPGeBPQwJj%2F86%2Fb%2F58FdHXlPMv%2FKc36%2F238Zf5bQMIOxbsAAQQ3LLPFCpjOeoERU%2FL%2FADBhH%2FlQBk53oLBb9zTg%2F8onLv%2B3vA4BRloVEFf%2BP%2Fgh%2F%2F%2Fm10H%2Fcydr%2FxcQZTsOcylAAIGRiBTXE5Bh5z9P%2BL%2F%2FQw44iex9n%2FF%2Fx9u4%2F0vvuvyffNwajFc9dQUnle1AvO1tODDp%2BIEjrmyB%2Fn%2Bo9xkAAgjsutQmo%2F%2BbHib%2BX%2FPIHxzDG954AJOGBzjW%2B4EREJSn8F8ZmBLWv%2FIGGhjzfyMw6ax95QqO7YU3HcCRBUuHAAEERvwibMdzJmqDJUCGrAcauOa56%2F9ZF%2Bz%2Bp3aAkwUktwBzB8iFoES95J7j%2FwmHLP83rjP%2B7xYnAzcQIIBQsp%2BRs8jxSUet%2Fm95G%2FR%2F9ROP%2FyC2poUAzMDj%2BdN0gIb5%2F1%2F30hNome3%2FsBIlsDg024HDECCAMAwF5UuQK5bf9f7fsd0MlM5gBhYBvf1kAdCLK584g10PSl7oBgAEEAYy9RB9svKhB7g0cYmWhmUpmJcsg%2FIVwC4HJW5QmkXXDxBAGAgYnn26wMTLJwTOAbCYewLFDFALVkNxEbp%2BgAAiFhFX3AMBQIABAKoYTFWVpxJlAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC</Image><br /><Url type="application/x-suggestions+json" method="GET" template="http://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?output=firefox&amp;client=firefox&amp;hl={moz:locale}&amp;q={searchTerms}"/><br /><Url type="text/html" method="GET" template="http://www.google.com/search"><br /> <Param name="q" value="{searchTerms}"/><br /> <Param name="ie" value="utf-8"/><br /> <Param name="oe" value="utf-8"/><br /> <Param name="aq" value="t"/><br /> <Param name="btnI" value="I'm Feeling Lucky"/><br /> <!-- Dynamic parameters --><br /> <Param name="rls" value="{moz:distributionID}:{moz:locale}:{moz:official}"/><br /> <MozParam name="client" condition="defaultEngine" trueValue="firefox-a" falseValue="firefox"/><br /></Url><br /><SearchForm>http://www.google.com/firefox</SearchForm><br /></SearchPlugin><br /></pre>Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-2286978220065489162008-10-26T21:13:00.003+11:002008-10-26T21:19:56.030+11:00I just tripled my outputYou probably know this but in GMail you can set up keyboard shortcuts for operating without the mouse. And I always forget which keys are mapped to what (for the more obscure things). I then found out you can bring up key help at any time by hitting '?' (hint, not while you're writing an email - that would just put a ? in :-)<br /><br />Ok, not that interesting, but if you hit '?' in Google Reader you get an equivalent help overlay. Give it a try - I get about 300 new articles a day and using the shortcuts allows me to get through the ones that don't interest me to the gold in seconds.<br /><br />Eg scan all the Age newspaper articles for the interesting headlines in about 20 seconds.<br /> j,j,j, (skip over some articles),<br /> m (ooh, i'll read that later)<br /> j,j,... (keep skimming)<br /><br />EnjoyGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-57237131013350503172008-10-26T20:47:00.004+11:002008-10-26T21:12:55.423+11:006th-photo challenge<span style="font-family:courier new;">ls | head -6 | tail -1 | xargs cd && ls | head -6 | tail -1 | xargs gnome-open</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iGrtvMXVt7EKY3YNGbg_gtOoFVfgd4cfzd0HKemqIGnii_D1aInhYAf9v96g-wTHmDZrd7YNgHQvYagq6fmTN68oViZcBLjCsK0HmXyNG-KhJlNrvUxtvZ-gHEd5ZlhTZNH8H6oiZxI/s1600-h/IMG_0096.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iGrtvMXVt7EKY3YNGbg_gtOoFVfgd4cfzd0HKemqIGnii_D1aInhYAf9v96g-wTHmDZrd7YNgHQvYagq6fmTN68oViZcBLjCsK0HmXyNG-KhJlNrvUxtvZ-gHEd5ZlhTZNH8H6oiZxI/s320/IMG_0096.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261402941784969010" border="0" /></a>Ok, not very interesting - its our cat, in a box of beer. She climbed in - I thought it was cute. I took some photos.<br /><br />25th September 2005 - (Tanya got the camera for her birthday on the 15th of same)Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-72249860773873978422008-08-07T00:08:00.006+10:002008-08-07T00:12:05.057+10:00Trinity BeachStreetView has just been added for Australia in google-maps and google-earth<br /><br /><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=-16.783952,145.700474&spn=0.002748,0.005418&z=18&layer=c&cbll=-16.785287,145.699728&panoid=_12blQIzTSP2C3p39jXbzw&cbp=1,0,,0,5">http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=-16.783952,145.700474&spn=0.002748,0.005418&z=18&layer=c&cbll=-16.785287,145.699728&panoid=_12blQIzTSP2C3p39jXbzw&cbp=1,0,,0,5</a><br /><br />This is where Tanya and I spent the start of our Winter.<br /><br />Suffer in ya jocks!Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-24146955099136151862008-06-14T15:35:00.002+10:002008-06-14T15:41:23.976+10:00Flash audio in Hardy HeronGrr,... Adobe Flash gives no audio when using default installation in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron.<br /><br />You need to install the package 'libflashsupport' - ala:<br /><blockquote><span style="font-family: courier new;">sudo aptitude install libflashsupport</span><br /></blockquote>Apparently part of the problems with the move to Pulse Audio. More details at.<br /><br /><a href="http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com/2008/03/playing-music-not-getting-sound-in.html">http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com/2008/03/playing-music-not-getting-sound-in.html</a>Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-72176429012687944112008-05-02T23:46:00.000+10:002008-05-02T23:48:30.642+10:00The Right StuffHow can I be becoming a father, when I just cut my mouth licking a knife!Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9108272604661998388.post-69271115522347428762007-12-26T19:46:00.001+11:002007-12-26T19:51:34.528+11:00I don't rock!Tanya got me Guitar Hero III for wii for chrissie!<br /><br />While I love playing it it goes to show that:<br /><ul><li>I'm <span style="font-style: italic;">mono</span>dextrous</li><li>I lack rhythm</li><li>I have zero hand-eye co-ordination</li></ul>But none of that stops me playing until the world feels like its moving upward when I look away from the screen. (anyone who's ever played it for an hour or two will know what I mean)Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612167082988121948noreply@blogger.com2