Windows Store Apps: Back to DLL Hell
I was recently tasked with creating a Windows Store (Metro, WinRT) version of an existing app. This is my first WinRT project. Documenting my experience so far: 1. So called […]
Hacker’s diary
MySQL: you get what you're paying for
Long, long time ago in the galaxy not so far away I installed mySql 5.05 on my server. After some time I decided to upgrade to the current version, MySql […]
Capturing unhandled exceptions in a mixed native/CLR environment
Observing Unhandled Exceptions In .NET unhandled exceptions can be observed via AppDomain.UnhandledException event: AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += myHandler; // C# In Win32 unhandled exceptions are observed via SetUnhandledExceptionFilter call: SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(myfilter); // C/C++ […]
Windows: Getting callback on child process exit in C++
In my current capacity I sometimes descend into the virtually forgotten depths of C++ desktop programming. One interesting problem I needed to solve is how to get notified about a […]
Android OS eats the battery
My Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX suddenly started eating the battery much faster than it did just a couple of days ago. I went to System Settings->Battery and discovered that the […]
How to disable secure boot: a play in 14 acts with two intermissions
I have just got a new laptop: it comes with Windows 8, but it does not have a touch screen. So, naturally, I am throwing out Windows 8 and replacing […]
Apache AcceptEx Weirdness
The fun started Saturday morning, when I found a brown box by my door with a new cable modem in it. The paper inside the box said something like “install […]
MZ
After approximately 20 years, I finally found the meaning of ‘MZ’: the string that appears in the beginning of every DOS/Windows/.NET executable. It stands for “Mark Zbikowski“, the architect in […]
Friendly Error Messages
I just accidently gave .EXE extension to a file that was actually a .ZIP archive and tried to run it on Windows 7. What error do I get? Lo and […]
DLL Hell in JQuery Land
I am trying to build a simple web application based on grids. Like, have this widget occupy 1/3 of the screen on bottom, that one one line of large bold […]