INVESTIGATED: windows 7 + cygwin + postgresql + python psycopg2

HOWTO work around Cygwin error messages like:

 address space needed by SOME_DLL is already occupied

or

 .. resource unavailable ..

or

 Running setup.py egg_info for package redis
      0 [main] python2.6 8384 child_info_fork::abort: address space needed by 'cygcrypto-0.9.8.dll' (0x780000) is already occupied
    Error [Errno 11] Resource temporarily unavailable while executing command python setup.py egg_info

A quick search led me to unhelpful pages like http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-02/msg00667.html. Bummer.

It turns out that this problem can happen after installing new packages. This includes setup.exe-based Cygwin packages as well as Python packages and/or libraries.

The solution to this problem is to run the `rebaseall` command for Cygwin. This cannot be done from within Cygwin, so shut down all instances of cygwin and start up a windows command prompt. type the following commands:

 c:cygwinbinash.exe
 rebaseall

Wait for the rebase all operation completes, then fire up a new instance of cygwin terminal and you should be all set!

If the problem still happens, then this didn't work.. :/

Keywords:

• address space needed by .. is already occupied
• "address space needed by"
• "is already occupied" cygwin

Today I found the cool Windows terminal emulator Poderosa, but after installing it on Windows 7 I was getting registry key missing errors when I tried to connect to my local cygwin with it.

I found the fix here: http://thelongestblogurlicouldthinkof.blogspot.com/2011/03/cygwin-window-in-poderosa.html

Here are the registry modifications I performed (not perfect, but they'll get the job done):

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARECygnus Solutions]
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARECygnus SolutionsCygwin]
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARECygnus SolutionsCygwinmounts v2]
    "cygdrive prefix"="/mnt"
    "cygdrive flags"="dword:0000002a"
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARECygnus SolutionsCygwinmounts v2/]
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARECygnus SolutionsCygwinmounts v2/]
    "flags"=dword:0000000a
    "native"="C:cygwin"

Keywords:

• poderosa
• windows 7
• registry
• cygnus solutions mounts v2
• mounts v2/

F.Lux is a program to make your display easier on your eyes. It is kind of trippy, too!

platitudes:
plural of plat·i·tude (Noun)
Noun:
1. A remark or statement, esp. one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful.
2. The quality of being dull, ordinary, or trite.

Today I learned a new acronym: NUX, which stands for "New User Experience".

When you plug in old hard drives from the XP-era, I've found that Windows 7 tends to freak out just a bit. The solution is to fix the permissions. The best command for this I have found so far is:

 icacls * /grant <WinUserName>:F /T /C /L /Q

For future reference.

Tags: win7, windows 7, permissions, migration, painfulness

Instructions for setting up and configuring ASDoc in Flash Builder, where the project is contained in 3 modules inside C:\httpdocs\XX_project_XX:

Run -> External Tools configurations
Right click in left pane and select "New"

 Location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Flash Builder 4\sdks\4.0.0\bin\asdoc.exe

 Working Directory: C:\httpdocs\XX_project_XX

Arguments:

 -source-path MYAPI/src
 -source-path MyGameAPI/src
 -source-path MyGame/src
 
 -doc-sources MYAPI/src
 -doc-sources MyGameAPI/src
 -doc-sources MyGame/src
 
 -external-library-path "C:\httpdocs\XX_project_XX\libs\as3corelib-.92.1"
 -external-library-path "C:\httpdocs\XX_project_XX\libs\as3isolib-.303"
 -external-library-path "C:\httpdocs\XX_project_XX\libs\bulkoader-rev-282"
 -external-library-path "C:\httpdocs\XX_project_XX\libs\parsley-2.2.2-lib"
 -external-library-path "C:\httpdocs\XX_project_XX\libs\parsley-2.2.2-release"
 
 
 -compiler.strict=false
 
 -main-title "MyGame Flash Client Documentation"
 -window-title "MyGame Flash Client Documentation"
 -footer "This is the footer"
 
 -output docs

Keywords:

• Docs
• ASDocs
• ActionScript 3 Documentation
• ASDoc
• AS3Doc

SO let me to YUI Compressor, an impressive JavaScript code minimization tool.

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Rust looks like a pretty interesting language. Found via lambda the ultimate.

Just a test