Tech
Steam claiming it is being run in compatibility mode on Vista and Windows 7
Today I had Steam start throwing an error that it is being run in compatibility mode when I had never set such a thing, nor were either the shortcut or EXE itself flagged for compatibility mode. Thanks to a little googling, I found this thread on the Steam forums which finally had a solution.
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Quick Post-Dayton Update
Got back home from the Dayton Hamvention around 8 PM last night. I went there planning on buying an entry-level HT, but I ended up getting attracted to shiny things and bought a Yaesu VX-7R rather than my intended target of something in the FT-60R range. Made a few contacts on the trip […]
VMware ESXi 3.5u4, Intel SATA, and local datastores
This morning I rebooted my test box running VMware ESXi 3.5 to complete the upgrade from Update 3 to Update 4. The hypervisor came back up, but no guests were running and when I popped open the VI Client it indicated that there were no datastores configured and it could not find any of […]
Coming Soon: Comparison of PC-based router/firewall platforms
Over the coming weeks I will be spending one week each with a number of PC-based router/firewall products installed as the primary NAT gateway at my apartment. I will be reviewing them based on overall performance, interoperability with my SIP-based VoIP service, QoS capabilities, VPN capabilities, and any extra features that make them stand […]
Potentially serious vulnerability in a number of SIP endpoints
Sjur Usken and Sandro Gauci have discovered a major flaw in the SIP implementations on a wide range of IP phones. The short explanation is that the phones do not verify where a proxy authentication request is coming from and happily return the SIP authentication information. It is hashed and salted, but the […]
Billy Corgan has the right idea, but in the wrong direction.
According to CNET, Billy Corgan (of Smashing Pumpkins fame) went in front of Congress to argue against the exemption that allows terrestrial radio broadcasters to only pay songwriters and publishers, but not artists, for the right to play their music. Satellite and internet broadcasters by comparison must pay all three.
I’m 100% in favor of making […]
Goodbye ICQ, it’s been a good run
Just a few seconds ago I finally cleared the checkbox in Adium for my ICQ account. It was my longest-lasting instant message service account, having been active since 1998 or so, and I started using multi-service IM clients like Miranda, Trillian, and Adium entirely because I wanted to keep using ICQ even though most […]
Wordpress 2.7 Upgrade Complete
The Subversion install/upgrade method wins again, bumping up to 2.7 was a single command while logged in as www-data on my server and then accesing wp-admin/upgrade.php
Spam spam spam spammity spam.….erm…i mean Ham
I passed the test last weekend, but as of yesterday I have a callsign so I am officially a licensed amateur radio operator in the United States and anywhere else where amateurs are governed by the FCC or where the US has reciprocal licensing agreements.
I don’t have any hardware yet, but I’m now looking for […]
The internet is a hell of a way to pass time…
Since my parents are moving away some time in the next few months, I went with them down to my aunt’s house for Thanksgiving. It has been a fun trip overall, but since we drove the RV down that means in both directions I have a ~9 hour span of counting the mile markers.
For the last […]