Comments for The ramblings of a yorkshire tyke http://www.gennard.net/blog Life, Rants and Programming In A Blog Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:57:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Building a better pogoplug. by spgennard http://www.gennard.net/blog/2011/11/building-a-better-pogoplug/comment-page-1/#comment-285 spgennard Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:57:24 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=776#comment-285 That's fair enough, either drop me a line here (stephen at gennard dot net), or place your questions on http://community.microfocus.com and I can answer it the context of the community... That’s fair enough, either drop me a line here (stephen at gennard dot net), or place your questions on http://community.microfocus.com and I can answer it the context of the community…

]]> Comment on Building a better pogoplug. by Franco http://www.gennard.net/blog/2011/11/building-a-better-pogoplug/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Franco Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:33:12 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=776#comment-284 Hi, I found your blog while browsing for info about Microfocus OOCobol on AIX. I'm actually a rookie at the lowest level and my doubts are really awkward... in this case, I used your ExceptionCatcher sample, because I had your same errors, but my doubts are about how I should handle $JAVA$ in the class-control section. I know this is not the proper post, but comments are closed...would you give me a quick hint or direction? Thanks for your time :) Hi,
I found your blog while browsing for info about Microfocus OOCobol on AIX.
I’m actually a rookie at the lowest level and my doubts are really awkward… in this case, I used your ExceptionCatcher sample, because I had your same errors, but my doubts are about how I should handle $JAVA$ in the class-control section.
I know this is not the proper post, but comments are closed…would you give me a quick hint or direction?
Thanks for your time :)

]]> Comment on Heroku add Java support but dumps containers! by hotshot bald cop http://www.gennard.net/blog/2011/08/heroku-add-java-support-but-dumps-containers/comment-page-1/#comment-276 hotshot bald cop Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:11:43 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=790#comment-276 Never considered it that way. Never considered it that way.

]]> Comment on Zero Day – Mark E. Russinovich by Filmy bez limitu http://www.gennard.net/blog/2011/04/zero-day-mark-e-russinovich/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Filmy bez limitu Sun, 24 Apr 2011 04:42:31 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=767#comment-274 Have you ever thought about including a little bit more than just your articles? I mean, what you say is important and everything. Nevertheless think of if you added some great photos or videos to give your posts more, "pop"! Your content is excellent but with images and clips, this blog could definitely be one of the best in its niche. Excellent blog! Have you ever thought about including a little bit more than just your articles? I mean, what you say is important and everything. Nevertheless think of if you added some great photos or videos to give your posts more, “pop”! Your content is excellent but with images and clips, this blog could definitely be one of the best in its niche. Excellent blog!

]]> Comment on Michael’s very own “Getting Started with Visual COBOL” by Robert Collins http://www.gennard.net/blog/2011/01/burgun-getting-started-with-visual-cobol/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Robert Collins Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:51:00 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=733#comment-272 Sweet Sweet

]]> Comment on MacBook keyboard pains and VirtualBox/VMWare by MrCranky http://www.gennard.net/blog/2010/01/macbook-custom-keyboard-virtualbox/comment-page-1/#comment-271 MrCranky Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:12:00 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=456#comment-271 D'oh! There was me getting my hopes up as well. Thanks for the work you did, it's definitely a frustration when the keys are all in the wrong place and with no easy way to do anything about it, and I'm sure your solution will help others. Sadly I wonder if the keyboards differ between the MacBook and the MacBook Pro? My MBP has the ~/` key next to the Z, and the §/± key up next to the 1. It also, annoyingly, doesn't have a right ALT key, which means that I lose the Euro and hash symbols altogether! So it's searching on for another solution for me... :-( D’oh! There was me getting my hopes up as well. Thanks for the work you did, it’s definitely a frustration when the keys are all in the wrong place and with no easy way to do anything about it, and I’m sure your solution will help others.

Sadly I wonder if the keyboards differ between the MacBook and the MacBook Pro? My MBP has the ~/` key next to the Z, and the §/± key up next to the 1. It also, annoyingly, doesn’t have a right ALT key, which means that I lose the Euro and hash symbols altogether! So it’s searching on for another solution for me… :-(

]]> Comment on iRiver Story firmware 1.71 + update by File Cabinets Office http://www.gennard.net/blog/2010/04/iriver-story-firmware-1-71/comment-page-1/#comment-270 File Cabinets Office Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:47:00 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=569#comment-270 That's the great article! I just pass 'n read it, two thumbs up! ;) That’s the great article! I just pass ‘n read it, two thumbs up! ;)

]]> Comment on Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch by spgennard http://www.gennard.net/blog/2010/08/msvs2010-lightswitch/comment-page-1/#comment-262 spgennard Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:00:51 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=635#comment-262 I get the feeling this is aimed at I.T. developer than wants to create in house applications. The Visual Studio LightSwitch approach is a little different to the normal template + wizard approach that previously existed in VS. The approach from what I can gather is along the lines of: - ability to consume multiple different types as one pseudo data source and extend/redefine the new source - meta language for creating and customising a UI, can even be customised during execution/debugging - eco system in place to provide UI skins, customisations and data providers - resulting application can be used on the desktop, web hosted and Azure rather than being forced to choose a UI model up front - user created customisations provide via C# and VB.NET This could be a good step forward for the I.T. developer that is trying to knit together different types of systems/data sources into one unified system. However, I guess we will know more when the beta is available... I get the feeling this is aimed at I.T. developer than wants to create in house applications.

The Visual Studio LightSwitch approach is a little different to the normal template + wizard approach that previously existed in VS.

The approach from what I can gather is along the lines of:
– ability to consume multiple different types as one pseudo data source and extend/redefine the new source
– meta language for creating and customising a UI, can even be customised during execution/debugging
– eco system in place to provide UI skins, customisations and data providers
– resulting application can be used on the desktop, web hosted and Azure rather than being forced to choose a UI model up front
– user created customisations provide via C# and VB.NET

This could be a good step forward for the I.T. developer that is trying to knit together different types of systems/data sources into one unified system.

However, I guess we will know more when the beta is available…

]]> Comment on Extending Visual COBOL 2010 by VMAX guy http://www.gennard.net/blog/2010/07/extending-visual-cobol-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-254 VMAX guy Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:09:25 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=610#comment-254 Great information, I just bookmarked you. Sent via Blackberry Great information, I just bookmarked you.

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]]> Comment on iRiver Story firmware 1.71 + update by Del http://www.gennard.net/blog/2010/04/iriver-story-firmware-1-71/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Del Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:44:30 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=569#comment-178 can someone please tell me if there will be an upgrade to make the iStory into a wifi or do we have to buy a completely new iStory????? I do like this machine but seems a lot a problems if they not going to fix them... I do not understand technology but I take it somewhere there are upgrades for it but not through their website, from other people making them... is this correct and should I use them?? many thanks D can someone please tell me if there will be an upgrade to make the iStory into a wifi or do we have to buy a completely new iStory?????
I do like this machine but seems a lot a problems if they not going to fix them…
I do not understand technology but I take it somewhere there are upgrades for it but not through their website, from other people making them… is this correct and should I use them??
many thanks
D

]]> Comment on iRiver Story firmware 1.71 + update by spgennard http://www.gennard.net/blog/2010/04/iriver-story-firmware-1-71/comment-page-1/#comment-152 spgennard Wed, 19 May 2010 21:51:38 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=569#comment-152 True, at least the kernel code is being merged and out of this we may well get a true open source version available. True, at least the kernel code is being merged and out of this we may well get a true open source version available.

]]> Comment on iRiver Story firmware 1.71 + update by spgennard http://www.gennard.net/blog/2010/04/iriver-story-firmware-1-71/comment-page-1/#comment-151 spgennard Wed, 19 May 2010 21:50:23 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=569#comment-151 My experiences have been far from perfect... they simply did not reply when I had a pdf that crashed the machine! My experiences have been far from perfect… they simply did not reply when I had a pdf that crashed the machine!

]]> Comment on iRiver Story firmware 1.71 + update by Ben Kyneswood http://www.gennard.net/blog/2010/04/iriver-story-firmware-1-71/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Ben Kyneswood Wed, 19 May 2010 21:21:22 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=569#comment-150 Hi I wonder what experience anyone has had with iriver customer support. My Story's screen started blinking then went blank. It wouldn't come back on. I emailed iriver who sent me an RMA (return)authority code, and the address to send it to. I sent it, but heard nothing. Ten days later I emailed them, and they apologised for giving me the wrong address, and told me if it turns up they'll send it back. Follow up emails have been ignored. This is terrible, no? What can I do? Just before anyone states the obvious, I bought it from play.com, big mistake, with Jersey's 28 day return policy, not the UK 1 year policy. I'm still though covered by iriver, so I invoked my warranty. Hi
I wonder what experience anyone has had with iriver customer support. My Story’s screen started blinking then went blank. It wouldn’t come back on. I emailed iriver who sent me an RMA (return)authority code, and the address to send it to. I sent it, but heard nothing. Ten days later I emailed them, and they apologised for giving me the wrong address, and told me if it turns up they’ll send it back. Follow up emails have been ignored. This is terrible, no? What can I do?

Just before anyone states the obvious, I bought it from play.com, big mistake, with Jersey’s 28 day return policy, not the UK 1 year policy. I’m still though covered by iriver, so I invoked my warranty.

]]> Comment on iRiver Story firmware 1.71 + update by Hugh Stewart http://www.gennard.net/blog/2010/04/iriver-story-firmware-1-71/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Hugh Stewart Mon, 17 May 2010 17:32:59 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=569#comment-141 iriver have not (so far as I know) made the Story firmware open-source; they have simply made available the GPL software they have used in the Story (as required by the GPL) In fact they are fairly honest in that the source they have published is as-edited by them, not as released by the original developers. On the other hand they have left out their own debug header file, so you might not actually be able to compile this "source". iriver have not (so far as I know) made the Story firmware open-source; they have simply made available the GPL software they have used in the Story (as required by the GPL)

In fact they are fairly honest in that the source they have published is as-edited by them, not as released by the original developers. On the other hand they have left out their own debug header file, so you might not actually be able to compile this “source”.

]]> Comment on MacBook keyboard pains and VirtualBox/VMWare by greg http://www.gennard.net/blog/2010/01/macbook-custom-keyboard-virtualbox/comment-page-1/#comment-138 greg Sat, 15 May 2010 16:04:02 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=456#comment-138 Thank you ! Works a treat. Thank you ! Works a treat.

]]> Comment on Converting .chm’s for reading on the iriver story by Dmitry Teslenko http://www.gennard.net/blog/2009/12/chms-iriver-story/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Dmitry Teslenko Wed, 12 May 2010 10:33:48 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=446#comment-129 There's chm2pdf tool. It's bash script that extracts stuff from chm file and prints html with htmldoc. There’s chm2pdf tool. It’s bash script that extracts stuff from chm file and prints html with htmldoc.

]]> Comment on iRiver Story firmware 1.71 + update by spgennard http://www.gennard.net/blog/2010/04/iriver-story-firmware-1-71/comment-page-1/#comment-127 spgennard Tue, 11 May 2010 21:08:02 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=569#comment-127 I have two thoughts... I think it could well be positive way of trying to promote it or does it spell the end of it? I have two thoughts…

I think it could well be positive way of trying to promote it or does it spell the end of it?

]]> Comment on iRiver Story firmware 1.71 + update by Lesley http://www.gennard.net/blog/2010/04/iriver-story-firmware-1-71/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Lesley Tue, 11 May 2010 20:11:55 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=569#comment-126 News from GoodEReader forums: Iriver Story firmware to go opensource According to Iriver's site, iRiver has made Story's firmware open source: http://www.iriver.com/opensource.html Implications: Pros: We may finally see some real improvements made to the firmware by the community of users. BUT given the fact that it is not a product that has a wide audience, I doubt we are going to see any changes soon. Besides, where do we find the non-official upgrades? Cons: iRiver may be taking a less active approach in upgrading the firmware from this point on, leaving the upgrades to the community. The promise by iRiver's management that there would be an English dictionary is probably not going to be fulfilled. Comments, anyone? News from GoodEReader forums:

Iriver Story firmware to go opensource
According to Iriver’s site, iRiver has made Story’s firmware open source: http://www.iriver.com/opensource.html

Implications:

Pros:
We may finally see some real improvements made to the firmware by the community of users. BUT given the fact that it is not a product that has a wide audience, I doubt we are going to see any changes soon. Besides, where do we find the non-official upgrades?

Cons:
iRiver may be taking a less active approach in upgrading the firmware from this point on, leaving the upgrades to the community. The promise by iRiver’s management that there would be an English dictionary is probably not going to be fulfilled.

Comments, anyone?

]]> Comment on iRiver Story firmware 1.71 + update by rai come http://www.gennard.net/blog/2010/04/iriver-story-firmware-1-71/comment-page-1/#comment-118 rai come Mon, 03 May 2010 12:43:21 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=569#comment-118 @baka, sorry know nothing about any dictionary. @lesley send it back, reupdate to the old version, so you dont get any warranty problems. this company is not really interested in the costumer, wifi is cool but if you cant read a pdf probably, then....i dont know, i will buy another ereader since the update probably wont come in my or the devices lifetime. @baka, sorry know nothing about any dictionary. @lesley send it back, reupdate to the old version, so you dont get any warranty problems.

this company is not really interested in the costumer, wifi is cool but if you cant read a pdf probably, then….i dont know, i will buy another ereader since the update probably wont come in my or the devices lifetime.

]]> Comment on iRiver Story Firmware upgrade v1.6.1 (update) by spgennard http://www.gennard.net/blog/2010/01/iriver-story-firmware-v1-6/comment-page-1/#comment-108 spgennard Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:18:46 +0000 http://www.gennard.net/blog/?p=486#comment-108 I would consider returning it, as you could always go somewhere else to buy another... or even another whsmith! I would consider returning it, as you could always go somewhere else to buy another… or even another whsmith!

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