Monthly Archives: April 2011

VMware VI Client error: Unable to get the window handle for the ‘AxQuickMksAxCtl’ control. Windowless ActiveX controls are not supported. (ALTERNATIVE WORKAROUND)

Posted on April 24, 2011 by steveshomelab

My home lab contains two ESX environments: 3.5 and 4.1i (vSphere). I spend most of my time in vSphere land but do occasionally need to go back to 3.5 for certain work-related activities. I fired up one of my 3.5 … Continue reading →

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Before the Internet #2… “My First PC” featuring “MS-DOS Directory Changer”

Posted on April 21, 2011 by steveshomelab

Following on from my previous post… In 1998, after a few years’ break from computers – give or take the occasional dabble with my Atari ST for nostalgic reasons or to help me with the odd maths problem during my … Continue reading →

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Before the Internet #1… 68000 light cycles

Posted on April 21, 2011 by steveshomelab

“Atari ST Internals – The Authoritative Insider’s Guide” by R Bruckmann, K Gerits & L Englisch (Abacus Software – Jan 1987) I find it crazy now to think that a single paperback enabled me to write a full-blown game for … Continue reading →

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SoundConverter – freedom, power and a little patience

Posted on April 17, 2011 by steveshomelab

The year is 2007. I’ve just bought an Aigo F529 (pictured). I want to squeeze as much music as possible onto its internal memory. I download SoundConverter. It seems to do everything I need. I think that if I could … Continue reading →

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“France 2 News Streaming Script” – gone but not forgotten

Posted on April 16, 2011 by steveshomelab

In 2005, my friend Liam and I wrote a bit of code collaboratively which enabled the French news on the France 2 website to be easily viewed in Linux. As well as the finished product being very useful to us, … Continue reading →

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“Taekwon-Do Theory Assistant” – making money for strangers!

Posted on April 14, 2011 by steveshomelab

After deciding to start this blog, I thought that now would be a good time to tidy up my general online presence. It would seem, however, that not all of it is tidyupable. One of my babies – Taekwon-Do Theory … Continue reading →

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