Paul's space

I recently purchased a new laptop with the only option was Vista, and it hasn't been to bad, but there are some things today that is really pissing me off.

 

I needed to copy a program into my program files directory from another computer from a zip file.  Why does it take a milllenium to extract a dozen files from a zip file when winrar can do it in a fraction of a second?

 

I'm not sure what happened next, but windows explorer stopped responding, and I eventually had to pull the power plug and the battery and start over.

meanwhile, my xp machine is doing some actual work.  I need to do some things in parallel here, but Vista is preventing me from doing so.

 

I also use my laptop for presentations.  I had to disable the user access control because if you try to run a program and it feels like it needs to prompt you, it blacks out the screen on the primary AND secondary screen.  So if I'm playing a live video feed, I just killed my software  on that screen, and I have to re-enable the video output of my software.

 

Speaking of screens, this dualview thing is a real pain.  XP was so simple, right click, properties, 2 screens, setup easily.  Now when I hook it up to a TV  output, the primary display now sets it's resolution to the  TV.  That's what the 2nd display is for.  Why does it have to try to second guess me.  XP always knew what I wanted.

 

That's all i have time for today, I will have more later.  I'm sure of that one.

Well, I was able to register for the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 installfest, and I'm here now in Tulsa, and look forward to installing VS2008!

I just heard a commercial for Michelin wiper blades, and how great they are.

 

Last year, I was getting blades for our 2002 Saturn VUE, and I usually get the cheapest blades, which I think is either ANCO or PYLON standard blades, but the store didn't have both sizes that fit my vehicle which requires a different size for the passenger side vs the driver side.  I decided to do a little test.  I bought a Michelin blade, and I was going to see how each blade worked out.  The Michelin blade was on the driver side, the Anco or Pylon on the passenger side.

 

When Rainy day came, the passenger side was much clearer.  The Michelin side seemed to leave a film at every wipe, so I was very disappointed in the Michelin.

 

So, when it comes to wiper blades, buy the cheapest you can get, replace the inserts twice a year and you'll have fresh blades for 1/2 the price.

You'll want to replace your inserts twice a year.  Once before spring because of all the wear from ice, and another before winter because the summer heat has toasted them.

 

And the kicker... Michelin blades are made by Pylon. http://www.pylonhq.com/

Ok, so here where I'm working, someone write a function you can call in asp.net to set focust to a control on the web form.

Well, since there isn't a thing called a "common code library"  I apparently have one out of hundreds of versions of this function.  The one I have spits out some javascript on the page to set focus to that control.  It has about 50 lines of code to get the exact name of the control, and write out some javascript.

 

This function, originally written in asp.Net 1.1 used a few Page functions that .Net 2.0 suggested using some newer functions to replace the current ones.  The new functions reduce the entire code down to 2 lines, AWESOME!  Same functionality for less, right?

 

WTF #1:

 

 

 

 

At the end of July I got a different vehicle, and I finally got the letter from the leinholder.  The letter was addressed to me and Holly Barnes.

I was curious to know who Holly Barnes is, and more importantly, so did my wife!

 

A call to the bank today reveals that Holly Barnes is having affairs with numerous other customers at the bank, as at least 3 other wifes called the bank wanting to know the same thing.

 

They've assured me that Miss/Mrs? Barnes is not listed on the note.  I guess since a co-applicant was not present at the time, they decided to provide one for me.