After being known for about 9 months, Microsoft is finally trying to do something about the security-hole in ActiveX, for IIS 5.0 users known as Download.Ject.
The change means that ActiveX will not be allowed to write to the system’s disk. Wasn’t that one of the things that developers did NOT like about first versions of Java?
Ever since a friend of mine had lent my Microdrive for his holiday, my camera counter was screwed up. It was set to an incorrect number, so I resetted the camera to start with 0 again. Every since, I renumbered the pictures on the PC.
I can’t remember who told me this procedure, but somebody told me: why don’t you put a picture on the memorycard with a correct number, then take a picture and see what the resulting filename will be. I can’t see any reason why I haven’t tried this very simple solution before, but it works. No more renaming files!
My S2 Pro counter has surpassed the 5000 mark. End of this month, I will have this camera for two years. My goodness, that’s a lot of pictures. You can see some pictures (albums will be filled slowly) here.
Yesterday I watched The Life of David Gale on DVD. We had heard about it, and we remembered that it was rated rather high. But we could not remember ever seeing it in the cinemas here, but hey, memory is volatile, so perhaps that was just a glitch.
I you even remotely like drama, or the thriller-genre, or a good detective-story, then this movie is a must. No, let me rephrase that. I you like movies, this one is a must. No no, not right. Rephrase. This movie is must. There.
Tom has an (again) excellent article about a very affordable NAS-solution. It plugs right into you controller and in about 5 minutes you have yourself a NAS.
The system is based on Open-E’s license-free NAS operating system, and comes in an Enterprise (NAS Enterprise), a normal (NAS 2.0) and in a small (in features) version (NAS SOHO). With prices ranging from approx. 200 euro to about 600 euro, the solution is much more cost-effective than a real NAS, since you would have to buy an extra disc for the operating system, the operating system itself and perhaps some client licenses as well! The concept of Open-E’s NAS is to buy the hardware, and you’re done buying.