You can’t create a folder with following names on Windows. PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9 Source: What is a Software Easter Egg?
Archive for the ‘tech’ Category
Nokia’s Path
Nokia must make a careful decision of what they are going to do next. Whatever decision they make will have impact on the mobile industry (as well as mobile apps industry). Nokia/Microsoft Partnership
PNGGauntlet : PNG Optimization Tool
Recently, I need to take screenshots of several parts of PDF as images to be used on the Internet. I had to take it at 600dpi for some reason and the file size of each image was quite big. Those images merely contain an image and a couple of small paragraphs. Nothing much. I found [...]
Unknown File Type
I’ve received a safe file of unknown file type. The only way I could determine its file type is to read file content. I’ve found this tool called TrIDNet. It’s a portable application which relies on file definitions (something like virus definition for anti-virus software) in XML format. A handful of those XML files are [...]
Cross-page PostBack (PostBackURL) & OnClientClick
If you use cross-page postback and javascript validation together, there is a chance that they can conflict. It is because user-defined validation can breaks the cross-page postback (which uses javascript as well to redirect to next page). Solution can be found here.
Google Prediction API
The Prediction API enables access to Google’s machine learning algorithms to analyze your historic data and predict likely future outcomes. Read more
Google Font API
I love typography. And, I’m quite disappointed with limited availability of beautiful fonts in Windows. (I admit that they introduced many better-looking fonts such as Segoe UI, Calbir and Cambria starting from Vista and Office 2010.) But, I just prefer Mac fonts like Lucida Grande or Helvetica. And, when it comes to web typography, things [...]
Advice on AntiVirus
If you are not tech savvy, at least check this Wikipedia page before you install any antivirus program. Or, check at well-known tech blogs such as LifeHacker and DownloadSquad. Or, just get some advice from your techie pals.
PC Maintenance
Do this at least once a week. Clean your PC with CCleaner. Fix any registry errors as well. Use a third-party defragment tool such as MyDefrag (formerly known as JKDefrag) or Auslogics Disk Defrag. It will keep your system healthy.
iPad: Apple’s newest toy
A couple of days back, my roommate brought back home iPad from work. It belongs to his company. And, his company bought it not for development but just for fun. And, each staff was bring it back home to play with it. I guess, that day was my friend’s turn. It really was an awesome [...]