An annoying problem Do you accidentally hit CAPS LOCK all the time? Its placement on keyboards next to the 'A' key puts it in a heavy-traffic area. Now solved http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuff/disable_caps_lock/ Using the information...

The Scenario One needs to retrieve a couple of files from a windows installer package (.MSI file). One could install the MSI and find the files in the *Program Files* folder but there are problesm: can take too long to perform the installation...

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The Inspiration This Dave Winer post on firefox ( http://www.scripting.com/2005/11/19.html#convincingFirefoxToSelectallOnClick ) reminded me to post my thoughts on UX consistency. My Observation By default when we design a User Experience...

My recent work involved writing a C# to automating the installs of server products. A lot of the work involved using WMI. Generally, working with WMI in scripting languages like Perl, Python, or VBScript is easy but using it in C# can be difficult...