Archive for November, 2009

Nov 18 2009

QAMplexity

Published by under Technology

In the 34 years or so since I was introduced to computers there have been a few moments that really grabbed my attention, and that formed lasting memories. One was the first time I loaded up buttfish.gif on my 12 mhz. 286 with it’s shiny new Orchid graphics card, and saw 640 x 480 pixels [...]

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Nov 15 2009

7-zip Incorrect Command Line Opening RARs

Published by under Notes & Asides,Technology

Ok, this one has been driving me nuts for a couple of weeks now, ever since I rebuilt my system and installed Windows 7 64-bit. I have been using 7-zip for years, and kept on using it long after Windows gained excellent in-shell support for .ZIP folders, because 7-zip handles RAR, TAR and other formats, and unlike [...]

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