Boshdirect

Personal blog of Josh Lyon

  • Google Spellcheck

    Sorry, but I gotta make another techy blog post.  I was having some trouble getting the Spell Checking functionality of my editor component working today and couldn’t remember what I did on my last install to get it running.  This article is relevant to those of you using JCE for Joomla, TinyMCE, or other derivatives…

  • TX State Fair Camaro

    I haven’t had the chance to make it to the Texas State Fair yet this year, but my brother did. He sent me a shot of this 2009 Camaro called "bumblebee" that starred in the movie Transformers. I’d trade my GTO in for one of these when they come out, but they will probably be…

  • Find Local IP Address

    Here’s a quick tip for those of you looking to find your LOCAL (as in within your network) IP address.  In Windows, you would simply issue the following command from the command prompt (Start > Run > “cmd”) ipconfig Which would yield something similar to the following results. U:\>ipconfig Windows IP Configuration Ethernet adapter Local…

  • Hitachi 79FL and NME 1.2

    I ended up having to get a new 360 Elite (79FL) because my DVD drive on my old unit (79FK) crapped out. It wouldn’t read any type of media: DVDs, Games, Backups, etc.  I just took apart my new 360 today and installed my NME 1.2 chip into it, but I can’t get it to…

  • Gmail Tip: Add Special Contacts

    I was trying to add my grandparent’s e-mail to my Gmail contact list, but gmail kept telling me "Please make sure the email address you entered is valid."  I figured it probably wouldn’t import it because they were using something of a non-standard address. eg. name&[email protected] The culprit here happens to be the ampersand sign. …

  • Southwest: Clothes Too Skimpy

    A coworker just sent me a link to this article about a girl getting kicked off a flight for wearing clothes that were too skimpy. This just adds to the list of reasons why I don’t like Southwest.  If you want to read more about why I don’t like them, check out the side story…

  • Miss Teen USA 2007 – South Carolina

    I saw this on Letterman the other night and couldn’t help but crack up. She was trying so hard to come up with something that had a global perspective. Question: "Recent polls have shown 1/5 of Americans can’t locate the US on a world map. Why do you think this is?"  South Carolina: "I personally…

  • Verify Local Group Membership

    Here’s a quick tip for verifying local group membership.  This is a quick and easy way to see if someone is a member of a local group. I use this when trying to quickly see if someone is a member of the Administrators group. Simply open the command prompt and run the following code: NET…

  • Shiner Videos

    As part of my quest to find a good video solution for my website, I’m trying out Google Video.  The video quality is a lot better than the local tool I was using (Sothink Flash Encoder), but the video is a lot choppier. I think the choppiness of the video has something to do with…

  • New Site Features

    I recently added some new features to the website that will hopefully make your experience more enjoyable.  The main things I was looking to do were add a commenting system to the articles and make it easier to find interesting articles.  The comment system was a simple add-on of a module to the site, but…

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