March 24, 2005
sourcesafe ss.ini file not found
had some kind of glitch using visual sourcesafe - appears my ss.ini user file was corrupted, or deleted. on trying to log in i got this error message :
File "\\sourcesafe\vss\users\7hz\ss.ini" not found
the fix is to copy another users ss.ini file, remove user or machine specific settings and place that in your folder, and start vss. easy.
read more...March 21, 2005
kenwood d7a gps & data cable
so i picked up a kenwood d7a-g handheld uhf/vhf transceiver. mostly because it has built-in tnc and aprs. with decent reviews from other folks, seems like a versital handheld. that -- and i'm too impatient to build the tinytrak or pockettracker from byonics. i need a radio anyway - should be a good first all around radio.
the d7a is fairly easy to use, reasonably intuitive -- the features are straight foward as long as you read the manual. there are a few complaints : the battery is lame, it's huge and doesn't hold much power. the stock antenna is bad. again, it's the only ht with aprs built-in. not sure why other handhelds aren't coming out with a built-in tnc/aprs.
one other issue... the manual says not to over charge the nicad battery, but i plan to power it permanently attached to 12v power in my car. not sure about that. guess i'll find out.
anyway, after playing with the radio - the first mission was interface to my gps and computer. i decided to build the custom cables (but you can just find them on e-bay for ~$20). rs-232 is still the de facto standard. i have 2 different gps devices already -- wiring up the unique e-trex interface means not being able to use the magellan, or anything else. for my car, i'm thinking it might be wise to get a gps device w/ antenna i can stick on the roof.
read more...iis not running asp.net 1.1
after setting up a new box and installing VS.Net 2003 on XP Pro - i got the error message : "Visual Studio .Net has detected that the specified Web Server is not Running ASP.Net 1.1”.
here's the fix ... you may need to run aspnet_regiis with the -r option to replace the current version of IIS and script maps.
read more...March 20, 2005
tech class radio license
i've had my eye on packet radio for some time. you need a license to use ham radios, and i didn't really know much about the test (used to require morse code!). i found books on the topic are full of acronyms and not well written. so i just put it off.
since i've gotten into mapping and gps, i've come up with a bunch of new geek projects. i've been looking for a way to track my car -- basically just for fun, let friends know where i am, whatever.
March 12, 2005
nasa world wind map viewer
Here's another cool app for rendering satellite photos and more. this one is by NASA lets you zoom, pan and select a wide variety of map overlays. it renders the map image over landscape contours, letting you pan and bank the camera's point of view. maps include whole-earth, landsat7, topo, urban area satellite and more. the map zooms and moves fluidly between perspectives. you can zoom in, from outer space right to your house.
it's certainly a lot of fun to fly & zoom over my house and around the globe. i can see my cooler in the backyard. read more...
March 11, 2005
asp pages do not process
so for some reason ASP pages stopped working on a box here, with pages returning HTTP 500 Internal server error & getting error 10001 in the event log.
all the pages out on the net pointed to resetting user permissions on the entire drive -- turns out the underlying problem & fix was simpler than that.
March 10, 2005
debug vbs/js script in visual studio
here's how you can debug a script in visual studio.
from a command prompt enter
wscript c:\myscript.vbs //x
cscript c:\myscript.js //d
//x will launch the debugger, stopped on the first line.
//d will not stop on the first line.