Yes, I’ve finally changed the theme of Core Dump. It’s been a long, long time since I last changed the look of this site, and I figured it was time for a change.
Category: tech
Speaking of Desktops…
While I’m on the subject of desktops (the visual kind, anyway), I suppose it bears mentioning that I finally upgraded my display.
John’s Background Switcher
The other day I stumbled across this great utility from John’s Adventures called (appropriately enough) John’s Background Switcher. Let me start by saying: this is a great program!
When n<0 won’t do
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen programmers having a difficult time gasping the intricacies of negative numbers. But you’d really think that someone able to program (am I giving too much credit here?), would have a little more sophistication than to distinguish positive and negative numbers with the “little line thing” in prefixing the number.
iTunes Users – Beware of BIOS Updates
Be careful if you update (flash) your computer’s BIOS and you use iTunes – as you may end up resetting iTunes and require a re-authorization of all of your music!