by Jason Prahl | May 1, 2006 | Blog, Computer Tips
For some strange reason one of my VB6 applications began giving me fits when I tried to open it in the Visual Studio Editor. It started complaining that ieframe.dll was missing. So, after a brief panic, I began to investigate. This application has a webbrowser control in it that is used to view HTML content. What on earth would cause this? What changes have I made to cause this? I had installed Visual Studio 2005 recently but I’d used both VB6 and VB2005 side by side for a couple of weeks with no problems.
Think, think, think…oh yeah, I did install IE7 beta. Could that have done it? It makes sense. So I uninstalled the beta version (I wasn’t caring that much for it anyways).
Sure enough my VB6 app came back to life after removing IE7 beta.
by Jason Prahl | Apr 30, 2006 | Photo - CityStuff, Photo - Misc, Photoblog
Take a step back from your monitor and tilt your head to the right a bit.
by Jason Prahl | Apr 29, 2006 | Blog, Websites
Here’s something a bit different…while Stumbling on the internet I ran across this site called Sand Fantasy. According to the website, “Ilana Yahav draws on sand, using only her fingers. As she weaves together sand, lighting and music, Ilana creates incredible three dimensional images.”
Watch the video clips to get a better idea of what she does. It’s quite impressive. The “Just Imagine” clip really shows her talent.
by Jason Prahl | Apr 28, 2006 | Blog, Miscellaneous
Awhile back I did a piece on the Razr cell phone and part of that article talked about getting wallpapers to the phone by bluetooth. I also had some sample wallpapers that I made at the default size for the razr which is 176×220. As I’ve looked through the stats for our site I noticed alot of people coming to from searches for 176×220 wallpapers, so I thought I’d post some more. I always want new wallpapers for my phone or computer becuase I just can’t stand it to look the same very long. Feel free to download these and use them on your devices, don’t feel free to post them elsewhere without giving proper credit. With the exception of the Narnia wallpaper the rest are all from my photoblog Jasonspix.com
by Jason Prahl | Apr 28, 2006 | Blog, Miscellaneous
If you read back in some of my earlier posts you’ll see where I talked about going 3 months without pop. I ended up going 9 weeks before I gave up. The hardest part of going without pop was the initial week. The reason I gave up wasn’t necessarily because I just had to have pop, but because the results weren’t as dramatic as I had expected.
I figured I’d lose more weight than I did (not that I really need to lose a lot) and my energy level after 2 months was not much higher than before. So I decided I was done with that experiment and decided to give exercise a try.
I’ve never been one for routine exercise, I’ve always been skinny and even now at 35 I haven’t put on that much weight. I’m actually statistically right in the weight range that is ideal for my age, height and sex. However, i have noticed that there is more weight settling in my mid-section. So I signed up at a fitness center and have been going 2 and 3 times a week for 3 weeks now. I have to say that I have noticed a significant difference in just the 3 weeks, much more so than the 9 weeks with no pop. So, hopefully I can keep this up.
by Jason Prahl | Apr 28, 2006 | Photo - CityStuff, Photo - Misc, Photoblog
Trying to get out of a photography funk. So I thought I’d post something that I normally probably wouldn’t. This was actually an accident. I turned and saw this guy working so I thought I’d shoot him. Of course I had the autofocus on which zeroed in on the fence. I fumbled for the manual focus switch and the guy was gone. So I got irritated and kept moving, mumbling “dumb autofocus..” Then I opened my shots later in Adobe Bridge and saw this shot and thought “dumb autofocus…” I went to open the shot next to it in Photoshop and accidently opened this one instead. “Dumb Photoshop” I thought. “I guess since I’ve got it open I can play with it a bit.” As I played, something clicked, I sat back and thought “Dumb Jason.” While my shooting yesterday didn’t turn up anything spectacular I think it made me think about trying to do more of this type of abstract shot. I guess it opened up a new direction to experiment with, if that makes sense.
by Jason Prahl | Apr 27, 2006 | Photo - Misc, Photo - Railroads, Photoblog
From earlier last month wandering around a railroad yard. Such a lonely feeling place, yet really interesting to me.
by Jason Prahl | Apr 27, 2006 | Photo - Misc, Photo - Monochrome, Photo - People, Photoblog
by Jason Prahl | Apr 26, 2006 | Blog, Software
I’ve been using Opera 9 beta for a couple of days. I’ve been a Firefox user for a long time. Last week I gave Internet Explorer 7 beta a try for a week and though it’s a vast improvement over IE6 I went back to Firefox. So, while I was experimenting I thought I’d give Opera a try. So far other than a few websites that don’t work quite right I’m highly impressed. The WordPress version 2.0.1’s editor seems to have issues with Opera and acts a bit funny.
The skins are cool and the widgets built into version 9 are handy as well. I’ve been impressed with the speed of Opera as well. I’m seriously considering switching from Firefox to Opera!
by Jason Prahl | Apr 26, 2006 | Blog, Miscellaneous
While reading the May issue of Wired I ran across a short article about a UK based TV show called “The IT Crowd.” I’m always up for new shows and this one got my attention since I’m in IT (or MIS or IS or Stupid computer guys or whatever you call the computer department in your company). We jumped on a bitTorrent search and found the 6 episodes from season one readily available.
I’ve only watched the first episode but it cracked me up. I have to admit that I’m a geek, but not quite as hardcore geeky as these guys. At least I don’t think I am.
Anyways, check it out. If you work or have ever worked in the computer department of a business you’ll get a kick out of it. Like I said I only watched the first episode so I can’t vouch for the cleanliness of the show yet, but what I did watch was clean. The show is produced by the same guy who did the original “The Office” show and from the episodes I watched of that show it was not clean at all.
UPDATE: I have watched another episode and there were a few curse words. There were some that were bleeped out as well, so it’s not totally clean.
