Month: May 2006

  • ADODB, PHP and transactions

    I ran into an interesting glitch (and that’s not for lack of a better term) in the ADODB library for PHP today. ADODB is a DB abstraction layer, allowing me to change the underlying DB engine without caring (much) about the code I’ve written. Change the driver name, perhaps the connection string, and everything should…

  • The ongoing DSL saga

    Well, the DSL saga continues.  The call has been escalated by my ISP to BT, and BT have called me for details. This evening, I ran a fresh connection for the DSL modem from the back of the master socket.  The downstream noise margin has gone from 5 to 10, and the ATM sync rate…

  • From Netware to Microsoft

    Years ago (heh), I worked for a .edu in the USA, same place I got my BS degree.  At the time, my boss preferred Microsoft to the campus choice of Novell’s Netware.  We had the odd stealth Linux server, and even an RS/6000 running AIX (as a web server no less), in the web/Internet department,…

  • EVE and Xinerama

    One problem with Xinerama and Cedega – the EVE window showed up right in the middle of the two screens. KDE’s force window positioning to the rescue!

  • Moving the server around

    Well, I woke up at 5 A.M. today – this tends to happen as the days get longer, I wake up when it gets light (so you can imagine what winter is like for me). Decided I was tired of the Dell server humming away in my room, and that it was time to move…