I proudly present the 10001:th entry about notepad replacements in windows!

My favorite is metapad - it might not be the fastest or the lightest nor does it have all the super cool features - But it is a good compromise of all categories. Try it!

To replace it in windows vista, I found a good guide on simonguest.com's blog. Here's a quick recap:

Start a cmd prompt as admin and write:
1: takeown /f {path_to_notepad}\notepad.exe
then
2: cacls {path_to_notepad}\notepad.exe /G {username}:F
for both c:\windows\system32\ and c:\windows\ because notepad.exe is located in both (as simonguest forgot to mension)
3: rename metapad.exe to notepad.exe and copy+replace to both locations (start with system32\)

Go download metapad from the coolest url ever: liquidninja.com!

There has been a lot of hacks recently (bilddagboken.se, efterfesten.com, aftonbladet.com). So there's a good point in using different passwords on every site if you want to minimize the risk. That was one of the stupid mistakes, but not the biggest, that the admin of efterfesten.com seems to have made. I feel no sympathy for these site admins that takes lightly on security. Let them be thaught a lesson!

  A tip to these site admins: Mix your passwords and store them in a central and safe place, like KeePass Password Safe. Some features are 

• Strong Security
• Multiple User Keys
• Portable and No Installation Required 

I've been using my server as a router for a while. Switching between Server 2008 and XP a few times, being unable to decide which of them best suits my need.

I can basically achieve the same functionality with XP as Server 2008. (NAT, DNS). To activate it on XP, I just type;

netsh routing ip nat install
netsh routing ip nat add interface "My Dsl modem" full
netsh routing ip nat add interface "Local Area Connection" private
netsh routing ip dnsproxy install

 

 And then I set my LAN clients to static IP's. The only problem was to route certain traffic to my clients, like the PS3 which needs a few ports for online play.  I tried to make a batch script to open the ports. I made it half way, opening some ports on my server but I couldn't find the syntax (if it's even possible through netsh) to route the port to a NAT client.

 

firewall add portopening TCP [port] [rule_name]

  My point is, I'm sick of this, a custom homebrew router should be linux based. I am ordering a D-Link Xtreme N™ Gigabit Router (DIR-655) today! It will fit perfect with my PS3 and I will configure it once no matter how many times I wipe my server OS. 

I used to manage a site called stenstugan.net where me and my friends wrote stories (amongst other things). As time flew us by we lost interest and we had lost the articles if it weren't for Alexander's foretelling actions. He made a backup the day before our ISP closed it down.

I am going to host a special section for them here. At least some day in future we will be able to look back and have a good laugh.

They're all in swedish of course :) Located in the upper menu :doh:

The new BlogEngine.NET is up and running yay! Thanks to seb "macahan" strobeck :) I've copied some of my blog posts from the old host, unfortunately I lost all my comments (~4).

Earlier today I was asked to fit a random off-the-web photo gallery into BlogEngine.NET, allthough it's fully possible, it will require some hacks in the source code. And that's what every developer hates, isn't?

Well I found a better alternative;

BlogEngine.NET PhotoGallery

Good Night!