Matthew G. Richmond » Interests

IE error 800a03e8

Matt — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:10:26 +0000

Just ran across another issue with the worst browser in the world…

Here’s the vague error message:
Could not complete the operation due to error 800a03e8

It’s likely due to JavaScript executing before the page has finished loading (and more than likely, the JS was trying to manipulate the DOM).

It took a few minutes for me to get this debugged, because IE wasn’t giving me any additional error information. It was throwing this error, and then telling me that it couldn’t load the page.

It’s amazing how much I disdain Internet Explorer, after using good browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Hopefully someday IE will catch up with the rest of the modern browsers and give you tools (better than the terrible “Developer Toolbar”) to help developers debug sites quicker.

Now this is how I roll

Matt — Wed, 26 May 2010 18:58:51 +0000

Mac DVD Player Application … lucky number 70013

Matt — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:18:15 +0000

I bought a mac just the other day, and upgraded immediately to snow leopard. Everything went fine, until I tried to watch a DVD. The “DVD Player” application tried to start, but then died with the following error

There was an initialization error. The current machine or system configuration is not supported [-70013]

I dug around in Google for a while, but couldn’t find anything valuable.

Then I checked apple’s support forums, and there was this post

It worked like a charm! Good luck!

Gmail Notifier – Refresh Interval

Matt — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:12:41 +0000

I believe its default is set to 10min (way to long for a professional-use application).

Here’s a great tutorial on how to change the auto-refresh interval. It’s easy and takes about 2 mins.

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20081204143710211
Note: The only thing left out, is that you need to quit the notifier, and restart it for the preferences to take effect.

MySQL – dumping extremely large databases

Matt — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:00:46 +0000

Spent a bit of time figuring this one out… If you’re going to need to dump a very large mysql database, you’ll probably need to use “–single-transaction” to make it work. mysqldump -u [username] -p --single-transaction [database name] > [your … Continue reading →

Installing subversion on bluehost

Matt — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:36:32 +0000

I just set up my account with bluehost. I’m moving from GoDaddy.com mostly due to their sleezy advertising practices. It also helps that I’ll save $40/year right off the bat from bluehost’s free domain privacy registrations.

If you want to check them out, and sign up, do that here.

I wanted to install subversion, so that I could build a website properly (version controlled, easy dev server setup, etc…)

I found a great tutorial for installing subversion on bluehost.com below.
http://legobuff.com/2008/09/07/howto-install-subversion-on-bluehost/

It worked great for me, installing 1.6.4. Hopefully this helps point people in the right direction.

Internet Memes I

Matt — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:11:17 +0000

So I was doing some research on ‘Internet Memes’ and ran across this…wow, hilarious!

Stoeger Cougar

Matt — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:43:38 +0000

Here’s the gun we just purchased!

We decided it was time to purchase a handgun before we actually may need it, or this Congress and Administration makes unconstitutional laws regarding them. It really is time to act now.

bowlers

Matt — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:46:26 +0000

…just sat down and watched most the super bowl commercials on hulu. Here’s my favorites, have fun:

“I’m good”

“Broken Wings”

“Hard to know”

Wireless Power…isn’t that called lightning???

Matt — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:12:30 +0000

…I guess not so much any more. Here’s a very interesting video I ran across today on my lunch break.

I think it’s pretty neat and all, but really wonder how good this can be for your health — if we start doing what they suggest in the video.

What’s your thoughts?