Enable Mouse Scrolling in FreeBSD 6.2
After I installed FreeBSD 6.2, I found out that my wheeled Microsoft Mouse does not support scrolling any more.
Category: Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
BASH Text Coloring Settings for FreeBSD
By default FreeBSD (in my case, the most recent 6.2 version) installs sh as the standard shell.
Flash Drive Stress Test
One of the shortcomings of flash drives is that the read/write cycles are limited and many sources suggest that flash drives are not suitable for frequent reads and writes operations (e.g. using a journaling file system).
LCD Vs. CRT – Dell’s False Advertising
So why should you buy an LCD instead of a CRT monitor? Well, an LCD is flat, lighter, more power efficient, and its viewable screen size is the same as the stated size (as opposed to CRT).
I Thought They Were Foes
Anyone who has recently visited YouTube would most certain have seen Windows Live Ads on it.
A Funny Outlook Reminder
I am still not sure what I did, but this was the reminder I got the other day at work…
Watch Out for Computer Viruses
I was doing some research on authentication the internet the other day.
A Strange URL
I noticed this a while ago. I was using Windows Media Player 10 and clicked “Shop for Music” button, I would end up at Wal Mart’s music store.
How Much Energy do We Use Driving?
Everyone knows that we are so dependent on cars nowadays and everyone knows that we use a lot of energy driving, just to get ourselves around. But exactly how much energy are we talking about here? Here is my simple…
How to Tab Through Controls on a Form With Alternative Keys Using C#
Download AltTab.zip We have taken it for granted that TAB and SHIFT + TAB move the focus from one control to the next depending on the TAB order, and rarely wonder how we would implement such functionalities ourselves.
iWay 350c – A Decent Portable GPS
I got an iWay 350c portable GPS a little more than a month ago.