Add this calendar to get week numbers in your own Google calendar.
March 21, 2009
February 4, 2009
Disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security
Windows Server 2003
Windows Components -> Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration
Windows Server 2008
Server Manager -> Configure IE ESC
See here for more details.
December 13, 2008
Change XP power configuration as non-admin
Since normal users (or non-admins) are “less powerful” compared to admins, they cannot change the XP power configuration.
You can assign “Create value”, “Create Subkey” and “Delete” rights to the following registry key for the users on your computer:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Controls Folder\PowerCfg
Then normal users are able to adjust the power configuration as well.
Fix JPG file timestamp from eXIF metadata
If your JPG file timestamps got screwed up you can recreate them from the JPG EXIF metadata:
c:\folder_with_jpgs\exiv2.exe -T mv *.jpg
November 19, 2008
“What to do in an emergency”
Found this funny one http://www.safenow.org/ in the Paint.NET blog. They should provide the option to add your own comments to the drawings also.
Sample from http://www.safenow.org/
If the weather is overcast with dark skies, look for worms in the grass.
October 24, 2008
Download pictures from flickr with Flickr Downloader
Ever wanted to batch download pictures from flickr? The Flickr Downloader works quite well.
It helps filling your hard disk faster:
October 22, 2008
New free books from O’Reilly
There are 2 new free books from O’Reilly. Unfortunately they are in German. But they also offer free English OpenBooks here.
Do you remember the physical experience of a real book?
