The Blog of Randy

Robert & Joseph Casson — BBC2 WW2 People’s War

matthew — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:34:12 +0000

I can’t find mention of them in our db, but Cassons from Cumbria, there is a good chance they are related

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/04/a5528504.shtml

Dreamhost PHP max file size

rorrison — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:50:17 +0000

To increase the maximum file upload size for PHP on Dreamhost:

Make sure you’re running PHP5.3, on the Manage Domains page on the panel, then in the shell do:
mkdir -p ~/.php/5.3 cd ~/php/5.3 cat > phprc upload_max_filesize = "100M" post_max_size = "100M" ^D
http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/PHP.ini

Windows 7 Installation Notes

rorrison — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:21:18 +0000

Setting up a new Windows 7 PC at work…

Windows 7 XP Mode
Download from https://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx (works better in Internet Explorer, of course)

Want the VirtualPC to be on the real network? http://www.windowsbbs.com/windows-7/91206-ip-settings-windows-7-xp-mode.html

Want a different user? Create the new user in the control panel, then in the VirtualPC’s Tools / Settings, Logon Credentials, click Delete saved credentials. It will prompt you after restarting

Other useful notes at http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/windows-7-xp-mode-what-you-need-to-know-49303887/

Remember to check the regional settings in the Virtual PC – mine was set to US despite Windows 7 being set to UK.

Other Settings

Want the power button on the start menu to be able to hibernate? Turn off Hybrid Sleep http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/850-power-button-start-menu.html

GnuCash settings folder bug + fix

rorrison — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:46:08 +0000

GnuCash on Windows puts its settings folders in the wrong place.
The fix is to add the line
HOME={APPDATA}/GnuCash
at the end of the file
%ProgramFiles%\GnuCash\etc\gnucash\environment
Here’s the bug report: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503722

Edit: It appears you need to create the %AppData%\GnuCash directory first.

Tumblr

rorrison — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 01:21:32 +0000

Experimenting with Tumblr

Cubemaster Gold

rorrison — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:25:41 +0000

Tetris – with many more options. An old game, but works fine on Windows XP. It doesn’t appear to be available from the author’s site any more, but the about box says “This game doesn’t cost a cent, it’s ABSOLUTE FREEWARE. You are free to use and spread it, but not for profit without our written consent.” So here it is, download away and have fun!

Cubemaster Gold v4.3

Concern Is Voiced Over Religious Intolerance – NYTimes.com

rorrison — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:01:12 +0000

‘Prominent Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders held an extraordinary “emergency summit” meeting in the capital on Tuesday [7 September 2010] to denounce what they called “the derision, misinformation and outright bigotry” aimed at American Muslims during the controversy over the proposed Islamic community center near ground zero.’

via Concern Is Voiced Over Religious Intolerance – NYTimes.com.

Landmark Park

rorrison — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:07:17 +0000

Landmark forest park – we had a great day here

Landmark Park

Tiso Inverness Outdoor Experience – Canoe and Kayak hire

rorrison — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:04:01 +0000

Very helpful and friendly staff.

Tiso Inverness Outdoor Experience – Tiso Outdoor Clothing.

Twitter Updates for 2010-06-28

rorrison — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:21:00 +0000

@doctorow CoOp or smile? Smile has been very good for me, downtimes few and not inconvenient, for more than 2 years. in reply to doctorow #