I must apologise for the lack of updates here lately, life has kind of taking priority. We’re looking for a house (in fact we’ve found one) and are currently in negotiations with the buyer. Normal service may resume at some point.
Just upgraded the site to Wordpress v2.0. Everything seems to be in order so far…
I’m not dead. Just not had a great deal to write about on here. There is another ‘Notes from a Switcher’ article in the works, but my plan is to take my time a bit more on this one. Expect to see it in the next few weeks.
Note: I have noticed that my del.icio.us stuff has stopped working. I’ll get round to fixing it at some point. (Edit: It seems to be working again now)
Relating to my post in August and Michael’s recent post, here is the registry fix in question. The fix prevents Windows Update from automatically restarting your machine if any users are logged in, thus preventing any data loss.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001
Download: aunoreboot.reg
The Optimus Keyboard is a keyboard in which every key has it’s own little LCD display, which means that each key can show exactly which function it will invoke when pressed. It can show any keyboard layout - such as qwerty or Dvorak, Russian or French - or it can show tool shortcuts for Photoshop or key layout for a game. It also has a group of ten configurable buttons to the left of the main keys.
I think it’s a fantastic idea and would probably buy one in an instant.
(from Engadget)