Author: John
IIS 6 FTP – When PassivePortRange doesn't work
I’ve been trying to enable the passive port range on an IIS6 FTP server. I did everything. I enabled direct metabase edit, set the range using ADSUTIL and then added the ports to the firewall. It turns out…
Read More »Problems while running the Nokia Software Updater?
If you get the following error while trying to update the firmware on a Nokia Phone… Nokia Software Updater has attempted to connect to the internet but has failed three times. This could be because of a poor-quality,…
Read More »Space Station will now be visible over London on Wednesday
As you may be aware, Space Shuttle Discovery is currently docked to the International Space Station as part of mission STS-128. The shuttle is due to land at 00:09am on Friday 11 September BST (British Summer Time). It…
Read More »Moving emails from Mac Mail back to Outlook on Windows
Although both Apple and Microsoft say it’s easy moving between their platforms, things aren’t as easy as they seem. You can struggle for hours trying to move your data. I’ve tried conversion tools and some emails always fail….
Read More »No more Windows Live Messenger for Windows Server 2003
Microsoft just upgraded Live Messenger. If you happen to use Windows Server 2003 as your operating system of choice – As a lot of web developers do, you are now out of luck using Windows Live Messenger. As…
Read More »C# equivalent to VB val() function
Although VB had it’s limitations, it was damn easy to filter an input string for a numerical value. Here is how to do it in C#. You’ll need to use System.Text.RegularExpressions in the header private static int VBVal(string…
Read More »Radio control interface to CHDK
I’ve previously blogged about CHDK. It is the “Canon Hackers Development Kit” and is alternative firmware for Canon digital cameras. It never actually overwrites the camera firmware and can give a camera many extra features not available in…
Read More »President Nixons undelivered Apollo 11 disaster speech
Forty years ago, Michael Collins was in orbit around the moon and two brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin (Jr) were sitting inside Eagle at Tranquility Base on the moon getting ready to make history and…
Read More »Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photos of Apollo landing sites
NASA has reported that the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has sent back its first images of Apollo lunar landing sites. They say they will be releasing the images at 12 noon EDT (5pm London Time), today, Friday 17th…
Read More »I'm Tweeting the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Live (40 years late)
For those of you that use twitter, I’m going to be tweeting the Moon Landing Live (Well, 40 years late). You can find the twitter feed at www.twitter.com/ApolloEcho.
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