For Windows users, uninstalling Avast, AVG, or Aura can be like trying to get rid of a drug resistant social disease. Many end up just tossing out the computer because it “don’t work right” anymore. Yes, there are default uninstall tools for each product, but like an ex-girlfriend, they leave an awful lot of shit behind to mark their turf. You have to get your hands dirty with regedit. No other way to do it … Fully Uninstalling Avast AVG and AuraRead more
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DocPad
I stumbled into DocPad recently and just had to share a mention of it. Normally I, and all other professionals, avoid using Microsoft products for anything. Recently I’ve had to do some writing on Windows 10. Normally I only opt to install cross platform editors, typically the same free editors I use on various Linux distros. I could have muddled through with one of those as I have in the past. I was going to … DocPadRead more
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The Death of Commercial Application Frameworks
I was going to title this post “The Death of Qt” but it is really all commercial event driven application frameworks. To understand this you need to take a journey with me. Most of you reading this aren’t as old as me and didn’t live through all of it. What brought this on? Continually getting questions about why things are the way they are in Qt and application frameworks in general has been a big … The Death of Commercial Application FrameworksRead more
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The Current eBay Scam
On 4-15-2018 I received the following email: This was for a Guest order placed on 4-05-2018. I don’t run a virus known as Windows, but, being the only member of the family to ever go to college for computers, I get drafted by family members who “just bought what was pre-packaged and on-sale.” Of course DELL doesn’t ship installation media with their pre-packaged shit and when you order it, years later from customer service, you … The Current eBay ScamRead more
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Qt 5.8.0 – The Microsoft Blues
Microsoft is long known for releasing bug ridden bloatware then charging for the bug fixes. Windows Vista followed by its bug fix Windows 7 and who could ever forget Windows ME? In its defense, Windows ME was not an operating system. It was a task switching GUI running on top of DOS fraudulently sold as an operating system just like 2000, 98, 95, 3.1x, 3.x, 2.x, 1.x and “for workgroups.” Anyone using or writing PC … Qt 5.8.0 – The Microsoft BluesRead more