Robert LaThanh
Just sharing my findings, mostly. There's a little bit more about me on my About Me page.-
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- Beware of DVI-I Cables (they are Not Compatible with DVI-D Devices)
- AT&T U-verse for the Curious Consumer - The Residential Gateway and Wiring Options
- AT&T U-verse -- A Network Geek's Perspective
- HTTP Status Codes 401 Unauthorized and 403 Forbidden for Authentication and Authorization (and OAuth)
- Two Subnetworks on One LAN, and Linux arp_filter
Author Archives: Robert
Fixing the Google Android USB driver to work with the NOOK Color ADB on Windows
Symptoms When attaching a Barnes & Noble NOOK Color to a Windows computer for app development, Windows is not able to automatically install a device driver that allows ADB to communicate with the NOOK Color. You may see a message … Continue reading
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GSmartControl for Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T. Information and Tests
It’s surprising how few good tools there are for Windows for hard drive Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) functionality. In addition to providing basic attributes like ‘Power-on Hours’ or ‘Temperature’, SMART can also include self-test ability and logs … Continue reading
Posted in Windows Tech Support
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Error 1327 “Invalid Drive” while installing or updating applications in Windows
Symptoms When trying to install or update an application, you receive an error message similar to the following: Error 1327. Invalid Drive: Z: I’ve encountered this error installing Google Earth and another application, and it also apparently happens with many … Continue reading
Posted in Windows Tech Support
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AT&T U-verse for the Curious Consumer – The Residential Gateway and Wiring Options
AT&T U-verse is an Internet, TV (IPTV), and phone (VOIP) service delivered primarily by fiber and existing copper. This article is targeted at consumers who would like a little bit of light shed on the in-home hardware (what it does, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Technology
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bebooper
bebooper [bee-boo-per]: beep + boop + computer -noun Those things in movies that look like computers, but beep or boop every time something is clicked on, whir whenever there’s a progress bar, or ever show an “ACCESS DENIED” message in … Continue reading
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View Your Google Apps Calendar in Outlook 2007/2010
Microsoft Outlook (2007 and 2010) and Google calendar both support the iCalendar format, which means you can view your Google calendars in Outlook. This is great if you, for example, want to be able to see your Google Apps personal … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Technology, Web Technology
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s3nukem – Delete large Amazon S3 buckets
s3nukem is a slightly improved version of s3nuke, a Ruby script by Steve Eley that relatively quickly deletes an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simple Storage Service (S3) bucket with many objects (millions) by using multiple threads to retrieve and delete … Continue reading
Posted in Web Technology
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WREST (Website REST)
WREST [rest] = Website + REST -noun A RESTful API service that is made available to its own website. The distinguishing behavior from a regular RESTful API is that calls coming from the client are identified the same way as … Continue reading
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haircro
haircro [hair-kroh]: hair + Velcro -noun When hair is cut very short (using, say, #2 on clippers), the hair holds hoodie hoods on like it’s Velcro — but it’s hair!
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Two Subnetworks on One LAN, and Linux arp_filter
It’s a rare situation in a small networking environment that having two subnetworks on one broadcast domain can be an issue. I would normally avoid such a scenario (and it’s usually easy to do so) but I recently got AT&T’s … Continue reading
Posted in Networking
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