Archive for 'Software'

Samba file synchronization with GoodSync vs Offline Files

Since I’m starting to use a laptop more frequently these days, I decided to reconfigure my home network a bit so as to centralize my work files. Previously I had kept my work files on my desktop PC and used the Offline Files feature built into Windows 2000 and XP to synchronize a small number [...]

More on system-config-network

Now that I’ve been using my linux laptop with its new wireless connection, I wanted a way to switch between configurations for home (specific ESSID with encryption) and school (various ESSIDs with no encryption). I struggled with this for awhile using the system-config-network tool, which shows up in xfce as “Network Device Control” under the [...]

Getting a wireless card working in Fedora Core 3 using ndiswrapper

My (ultimately successful) experiences getting a cheap wireless card working using the ndiswrapper drivers.

Using a preloader with v2 components

I’ve finally nailed down a good way to use a preloader with Flash Player 7 movies that use the v2 component framework.

Using a static initializer in AS2.0

Some design patterns require the use of a static initializer, a block of code that should execute once and only once the first time a class is referred to. The typical use for this pattern in ActionScript programming is when a mix-in class needs to be used, as in the case of the mx.events.EventDispatcher class. [...]