Do you ever get scared your laptop may bite?
Well it had to happen didn’t it? Here’s some details for those who actually want to try this ridiculousness.
IIS 6 doesn’t have a default MIME type for .flv videos, so embedded flash files don’t stream, because IIS does not understand them. It’s easy to fix however: On the Windows 2003 server, open the Internet Information Services Manager. Expand the Local Computer Server. Right-click the local computer server and select Properties. Select the MIME Types tab. Click New and enter the following information: Associated Extension box: .FLV MIME Type box:flv-application/octet-stream Click OK. Restart the World Wide Web Publishing service. […]
For your entertainment some photos of our weekend break in Whitstable, graded to look like we went on holiday in a pop video rather than the somewhat more breezy reality of the Kent coast. Still, the sun did shine and we ate one hell of at lot of oysters.
The quote comes from “Withnail and I” and it would appear that I finally am, in PCPRO no less, commenting on the debacle that is over priced copper wire. Where now you may ask? Comments section of the Guardian? Stern letters to The Times? Pithy comments on the back of public toilet doors? I’m planning my next assault on the public media as we speak. In the interim here’s the whole ranting lot of us ..and should you still be […]
Are you still trusting a large corporate entity with all your stuff? Do you still think they are a benevolent organisation? As I have ranted before, perhaps it’s time to start thinking about reclaiming your media and making it your own again. Stop feeding the monster. It won’t be happy until it has consumed everything! Read what other people are accidentally publishing to the world at large on http://youropenbook.org/ Check what data you are exposing to the world using […]
A top tip for wanna-be-sign writers – always check that your ink is water soluble before hand crafting your latest masterpiece. This is especially true if working in the UK, where sudden torrential downpours are not uncommon at this time of year.
An ongoing instructional series on how to do everyday things. Illustrated in an easy to follow photographic manner.
An ongoing instructional series on how to do everyday things. Illustrated in an easy to follow photographic manner.
