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by Peter G Provost.
Original Post: Geek Notes 2004-01-26 Part 2
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So I found an interesting little "feature" with my Motorola MPx200 SmartPhone.
If the phone has been "on" for a while (days), it will suddenly stop being able to
do pass-thru connections for syncronizing email.
I have mine setup to do email and calendar to a server (Exchange 2003 or MIS)
and the rest via Outlook (via the USB cable). When you are connected, however, you
are supposed to be able to use the laptop's internet connection to sync to the server,
and this is what fails.
The only reliable way I've found to repair this is to power cycle the phone.
Very annoying.
Mars Rover Screensaver - Now
that Opportunity is down and Spirit is talking again, you should also download this
screensaver so you can have the news and image updates automatically displayed on
your PC.
To
Write a Book? - Chris Anderson weighs in with his take on whether writing a
technology book is a worthwhile effort. His final analysis says that it is not. My
gut agrees with him, but I am still considering doing it anyway. We'll see. (Aaron
Skonnard agrees with
ChrisAn.)
Simian - Matt Berther points
us to a cool tool for finding duplication in code. Free for open-source or non-commercial
use. Interesting. I wish the tool were free for all use... that would be better. :)
WAMP - If you want to
install Apache, PHP and MySqland phpMyAdmin on a Windows machine, this install
script is for you. It does it all for you. [via Stefano
Demiliani]
Novell
LDAP Library for .NET - In case you don't like System.DirectoryServices, here
is an interesting, open-source alternative from Novell written in C#. (source)
[via Jesse Ezell]
codehaus - an open-source repository (a la sourceforge
or GDN workspaces) that "aims to support commercially useful projects and thus
does not sponsor or assist with projects licensed under the GPL or other business-hostile
licenses." Excellent idea! I'll be keeping an eye on this site. Too bad it doesn't
have an RSS feed. [via Paul
Bartlett]
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