Bringing Chrome Up to Snuff

Back in the day (okay, last year) when Firefox was my primary browser, I did quite enjoy the peace of mind from using NoScript and WoT. Of course, when I’ve done any web development I’ve also always found Live HTTP Headers and without a doubt, FireBug, invaluable.

Windows 7: Run Command Prompt as Admin

Something which has been irking me for a while lately has been the fact that command prompt defaults, like all other programs, to running in non-elevated mode. When I want to run command prompt, I’m used to using [Windows] + R and throwing cmd [Enter] without really paying any attention to what I’m doing. Alas this is an annoyance when I need to do something as mundane as netstat -nb.  Of course my first step was to check if I could set the program to run in admin mode in compatibility – to no avail.

After reading more than I think I really should have needed to for something as simple as this, I’ve finally found two ways which are somewhat convenient for accessing command with admin rights.

• Type the command into the Start menu’s search box and use [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [Enter] to launch the program.
• Edit a shortcut file to run as an admin. On the shortcut tab’s advanced properties dialog, you have the option to run the specific shortcut as an administrator. Note that if you’re using a shortcut like this you can go as far as even pinning it to your taskbar and the admin setting will continue to work.

As for the time being the shortcut trick is my preferred method of accessing command prompt with admin rights. Of course if anyone wants to share an easier way I’d be glad to hear it…

SQLite on Java

I’ve been poking and prodding a pet project of mine for while now which I’ve designed for keeping track of recipes. Problem with it is I’ve written it to depend on my MySQL server (I never thought about sharing it apparently while developing it). So now I’ve decided to try porting the database end to SQLite. Right now, I’m only familiar with MySQL and Oracle.

Anyhow, I’ve stumbled upon SQLiteJDBC, and I think I will be giving this a try for my port. Wish me luck, and hints and tips are welcome!

Gangster Fun

I’ve always been one for hunting down under-appreciated artists, and I think the Michigan (I believe that’s where they’re from) ska band Gangster Fun is definitely a good example of under-appreciated talent.

Night of the Living Stove

Actually, it was Gangster Fun that got me interested in the ska genre to begin with by their humorous lyrics and crazy melodies.

Taishou Yakyuu Musume

Taisho Yakyuu Musume, that’s Taisho-era (1912-1926) Baseball Girls.  The list of voice actors for this show is definitely solid, including Mamiko Noto and Yui Makino; the animation, while not the best I’ve seen, is also pretty nice.  So why is no one paying any attention to the show?

ADV’s Dead, what’s to come of Sentai Filmworks releases?

Its been on the Internet for a while now but I wanted to assume it was only rumor.  I’ve got a number of anime from them, sad to see the effects of the economy is now hitting the anime industry.

Houston-based ADV Films is officially closed; they have sold their assets to five other companies.

This leaves me asking, Sentai Filmworks was presently working on Clannad ~After Story~, as ADV Films was to be the distributor, as they were with the first season of Clannad.  Who will distrbute the new works? “Sentai Filmworks” itself is a bit of a ghost term which is hard to define. Who is Sentai Filmworks?  They have no official looking results that show up on Google, only news of their relations with distributers.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009)

I’ve watched every new episode in this incarnation of Haruhi including all of the Endless Eight arc. I was pretty excited when I originally heard there’d be fourteen new episodes of Haruhi. Too bad eight of those episodes were the same.

Cities XL: Demoing the Demo

The French developers Monte Cristo released a demo of their upcoming city simulator title Cities XL on September 7, and I’ve finally gotten around to giving it a try.

Hank Rearden and Neon Genesis

I’ve wanted to read Atlas Shrugged for a long time. I really don’t even remember the first reason why. I can say one reason is because I enjoyed Ayn Rand’s Anthem. Anyhow, over the months of this summer, I kept trying to get into the book but I managed to get distracted by other things and would forget my progress in the book.

Slashdot discussion: World Peace and Economics

For the sake of sharing an interesting read I thought I’d share a conversation from Slashdot on the links between world peace and economics.