I had the devil of a time getting a Belkin USB Network Hub (Model F5L009) to work.  Symptoms included:

I still use (and love) my Audiotron.  The facts that it accesses files via SMB and does not require a TV to operate it are the chief reasons.  Setting up the Audiotron can be an epic task.  Here's a checklist to try when you get "Error accessing share" when you search for files:

I wanted to use Outlook 2003 "Search Folders" to search for Tasks.  I've got Outlook Tasks arranged in a hierarchy of folders, and sometimes I want to see all Tasks, regardless of folder.

This ought to be easy, but Search Folders are heavily biased toward email.  If you want a Search Folder for Tasks, you have to create it using VBA resembling:

Sqlite DDL

C:\work\rb\test>sqlite db\test.db
SQLite version 2.8.16
Enter ".help" for instructions
sqlite> create table articles
   ...> (id integer primary key,
   ...> title varchar(255),
   ...> text varchar(1024)
   ...> );
sqlite> .quit
(or create table articles (id integer primary key, title varchar(255), text varchar(1024) );

C:\work\rb\test>dir db
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Directory of C:\work\rb\test\db
14.04.2005  14:14             4 096 test.db

Punch architecture software is a lot like democracy - it is the worst alternative, except for all the others we've tried to date.

Here's how I created a house plan with Punch AS 4000 Version 10.

Close encounter with USB Drive Failure

I ran into trouble when I tried to hook up two external USB 2.5 inch drives to my desktop computer. I'd been using them with no trouble on my employer's laptop, but my contract ran out, so I took them home and plugged the black one in.

No problem. Drive works fine. I hooked up the silver drive, and the black one went offline. Error 10, says device manager. Silver drive works fine.

This is my list of extensions that are probably useful for the non-geek. Where I've not provided a link, you can find it by googling the extension name plus 'firefox extension'

• IE Tab (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1419/) - Sometimes you go to a site that refuses to talk to Firefox. This extension lets you open a tab in *Firefox* that contains *IE*. You can manually open a site in IE Tab, and you can also give it a list of sites to always open with IE Tab.
  

Enable Hard Disk Mode:

1. Connect iPod to computer
2. Open iTunes (v7.0.2.16)
3. You should see a "Summary" tab with a picture of an iPod. Near the bottom of the page, select "Enable disk use"
4. Note: You'll find your music if you tell Windows to show hidden folders and then look in \iPod_Control\Music.  You'll see a bunch of folders, and inside them will be gibberish named MP3 files. The names are ugly, but the files have valid MP3 tags.

Wordpress learnings:

• If you fail to close a <div> in your page content, you can end up floating your sidebar to the bottom of the page.
• I removed WP-Cache and now Wordpress does not work:

  This occurs because Wordpress still tries to run advanced-cache.php. Remove or comment out the following line to you wp-config.php file:
  define('WP_CACHE', true);

Tips on how to fix/tweak Windows applications and Microsoft Windows