Jul 08

Redirecting http to https

Another of those self-reminder posts, here’s how to redirect all http requests to https:
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May 03

Fixing RDP When it Breaks

Another mostly self-reminder post. When RDP breaks, the cache files are located in C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Cache. Rename extensions on old files to .old and RDP should work again.

Apr 27

MazdaPi. Yes, I’m putting a Raspberry Pi in my Mazda

My Mazda has some built-in functionality that I don’t want to lose when I replace the stereo. A Raspberry Pi and a handful of sensors should see to that.
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Mar 29

How to use pyuic4 on Windows

Mostly a reminder post to myself. To use pyuic4 to convert a Qt .ui file to .py, first open a command prompt in PythonDir\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4. The command to generate a .py file is pyuic4 -x path\to\ui.file -o output.file

Feb 02

Setting xml:lang with lxml

Unlike every other attribute I’ve run across, setting xml:lang kept failing with an ‘invalid attribute name’ error. After the jump is how I fixed it.
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Dec 28

AMD Processors and wPrime

Recently, I got some new hardware and figured it would be a good chance to do a little side-by-side comparison of a handful of AMD processors using wPrime. What I discovered is after the jump.

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Dec 28

A Bad Theme Broke WordPress

In getting set up to start using bendustries.org, I found my child theme on bendustries.co was inactive. In trying to fix it, I broke my site entirely, leaving only a blank white page everywhere I went. Here’s how I fixed it.
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