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w32tm reports the computer did not resync because no time data was available

Sep 30, 2013

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I got the message “the computer did not resync because no time data was available” after running “w32tm /resync /force”. I had followed the various howtos out there*, and checked them against each other : as expected, they differed slightly, but none of them worked for me. Well, it turned out that I needed to…

Debian and Ubuntu Networking Configuration /etc/network/interfaces with a Static IP Address

Jan 24, 2013

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johnk

in Linux

This is easy to find anywhere, and it’s here too. This one includes the dns-* lines that will be read by resolvconf(8). root@server:/etc/network# cat interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface…

MS Access: VBA CRC32 Function

Jul 23, 2012

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johnk

in Visual Basic for Applications

Here’s a CRC32 function based on the work at: cCRC32. The main difference is that this is a function, and the crc32 table is not recalculated each time. If there’s a way to do constant arrays, I’d like to know. I haven’t found anything online.

Make Meme/LOLCats Text with the GIMP

Nov 23, 2011

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johnk

in Random Thoughts

This tutorial explains how to make the “LOLCats” or “Meme” font so popular with the kids today. You can see a lot of these on the 4Chan /b/ channel, but don’t go there if you have any illusions that our society isn’t full of degenerates. The meme font is Impact Condensed, but to get the…

Magic Folder to Convert DOC and OpenOffice to PDF

Apr 21, 2011

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johnk

in Perl, System Administration, Visual Basic for Applications

Most of the information in this post is derived from http://www.tech-faq.com/convert-word-to-pdf.html. The code’s reposted here as a service, because the code there needs some editing. Also, a useful thread about executing OOo macros is at http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=2619. Here’s the code to automate the opening and saving of a file as PDF, using Open Office. Paste this…