Archive for August, 2004

Want to frustrate (most) e-mail address harvesters out there? Most spam operations get e-mail addresses by scraping them off websites. Using the encoder tool on this webpage, you can potentially stop your e-mail address from being harvested. Go to the tool I made here. How does this work? The encoder basically encodes each character of... »

I recently updated my version control system to Subversion from CVS, and so far I’m loving Subversion. I hated the fact that I couldn’t rename files/directories in CVS without losing my history which made refactoring a pain. And you gotta love the branching/tagging in Subversion, which makes a lightweight “copy” of the current trunk.... »

I dual boot Windows XP Pro (Media Center Edition) with Windows 2000 Server. I use 2000 Server for development (for my contract work), and XP Pro is used for other daily use. Of course, Visual Studio.NET 2003 is installed on both OSes, and I wanted to do some development on the XP system (haven’t... »

Maya Bay was a nice destination for my honeymoon on Phi Phi Island (it’s in Thailand, eh). Excellent snorkeling nearby in the other bays, but not at Maya Bay though. Extremely crowded! Got there by private boat (powered by a longtail prop). Of course, if you must know the bay has been popularized by... »