Category: How-to
Adding whitespace in your WordPress posts
Here’s a how-to in adding whitespace in your WordPress posts, as the WordPress system currently wipes them out: For a blank line:<p align="none"> </p>For a double blank line:<p align="none">&nbsp;</p>For an indented beginning (or any other space formatting), format the text in a simple text editor, enclose it in the following code, then copy-paste the whole:<pre…
How-to: Unable to cast object Microsoft VisualStudio TestTools UnitTesting TestConfiguration
I was getting this error when running one of my unit tests: Unit Test Adapter threw exception: The type initializer for ‘Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.TestConfiguration’ threw an exception.Unable to cast object of type ‘Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.TestConfigurationSection’ to type ‘Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.TestConfigurationSection’. The issue was due to a versioning problem in the .config file (I upgraded to VS 2008). The section that you’ll…
How-to: Outlprnt error when printing from Outlook 2007 calender
I tried printing an Outlook 2007 calender entry memo style for a meeting, but received this error: Unable to save the printer settings. Make sure the file C:\Document and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlprint is not missing or write protected. I found a KB article pointing to a solution: KB253966; however, I found that in my profile I…
How-to: Uninstall PowerShell
I’m posting this for archival purposes, as I had to figure it out myself… Windows PowerShell doesn’t appear in Add/Remove Programs nor is there an uninstall shortcut in the Programs menu. So the way to do it uninstall is to check the Show updates option in Add/Remove Programs. Peace! \m/
Read PDF files on your iPod
With 4 steps, you can read PDF files on your iPod. To do so: 1. Open the PDF document in Adobe Reader and save it as a text file. 2. Upload the text file to either eBookhood.com (my first choice) or iPod Notes Packager to convert it to Notes format, then download the converted file…
Convert YouTube videos into MP3
A few posts ago I showed how to Save YouTube videos into your iPod. But what if you simply want the audio? Well you’re in luck. A website just popped up that allows you to do just that: FLV.TO It’s easy and simple to use. 1. You can either enter the YouTube URL or upload…