Tech Debug

Today I was using the Windows Transfer Wizard to migrate someone’s old laptop data to their new laptop. This worked perfectly for me the week before on a different system, YET now I got the following error: “The location you specified does not contain stored information. Please enter a valid folder path into the edit box.”. The thing is, that I did enter a valid folder. After much looking (well 5 minutes on google) I found the answer at this site dealing with corrupt Files and Settings Transfer Wizard (F.

I just saw a youtube video over on Slice of Scifi today. It has been around on youtube for a while, but still it is something funny for all Trek and Monty Python fans. Without further ado:

Do you play World of Warcraft? Do you play on a Mac? Do you want to listen to music from the game on your iPod? Jean-François has the solution over at his blog.MPQ Extractor 1.0! Update: Jean-François has suggested that it is easier to use MPQFS. I haven’t test this however.

Looks like I’m officially “on tha interwebs”. I just got hit with my first comment spam. 50 comments in one hit from many IP’s and all about drug/pornography/medicine. How crass.

Nearly ALL windows apps I use are CTRL+F to start a new find… On my mac, APPLE+F . Microsoft apps: Office = F4 for find, SHIFT F4 to find next. Outlook (part of office but yet different!) = CTRL+E What tha?!!!! Just hope in word that you don’t bump ALT+F4 in office or it will close your window!

Watched a video linked from a work memo today. Its a good reminder for people in Australia as we go into winter, with the flu, and all sorts of nasties spread by coughs and sneezes. Why Don’t We Do It In Our Sleeves?. This covers how to sneeze and/or cough into our sleeves. The experts say that germs on cloth die out pretty quickly, whereas coughing into our hands spreads the germs onto everything we then decide to touch….