BootBlock.co.uk
Server Move Complete
As prior visitors have likely noticed: the server move has completed.
The site is now entirely static - all PHP has been removed. The server cost has reduced by 50% and is much faster. It also uses Linux, as opposed to Windows; Windows was a total nightmare to deal with, especially when it kept filling up the
C:\drive with utter crap which then killed the entire server.Erm, hello?
Gonna be changing the operating system on this server at some point, so there will be downtime. Not that I’ve written a post on here in gawd knows how long. At least, not published ones; there are two sizable draft posts I started 1-2 years back but never finished. Oops.
A Test Post
A test post to see whether this stupid site still actually works…
Installing Java on Windows XP
This blog seems to be turning into a problem-solving database thingy. Still, it’s better than it getting no updates at all, right?
This particular post is about trying to install horrible Java on horrible Windows XP. Namely - you can’t. Or, at least, I couldn’t.
Windows 10 Start Menu not Working?
This problem is extremely annoying: sometimes, the Start menu in Windows 10 will outright stop working. It won’t appear when the Start button is clicked or the Windows Key is pressed. In addition, various Windows 10-style windows (such as the system’s volume control that appears in the top-left of the screen when the volume is changed) will also not appear. Right-clicking on the Start button will then cause any 10-style windows to then draw… it’s all very weird.
Accounts Site Revisit
No updates for nearly two months? Like I mentioned before, that’s mainly because I can’t really think of anything to post. But, today, I am posting.
Accounts!
If you’re a registered user of my software, then expect to see an update of the Accounts site in the near future. I’ve just upgraded all of the backend libraries and such, and the (local development) site is completely broken. It appears things changed in Laravel, Apache, and PHP - so that shizz got busted.
Hot Electrolytes Drink
Here’s a little electrolytes drink I’ve come up with to supplement sodium, potassium, and any other essential nutrients/chemicals that you may have the ingredients laying around for.
I won’t get into the specifics of why I’m making or having this drink other than to mention the following for search engine purposes: zero carb, low carb, keto, ketogenic, LCHF. The listed eating regimes are diuretic in nature, so extra supplementation is required; the consumption of incidental salts is very low due to not eating processed foods. In fact, adults should aim for 5g - 6g of sodium chloride per day (table salt is only 50% chloride). Research is out there, if you’re interested.
Sucralose
Still can’t think of much to post about, but checking out the viewer stats shows that there really isn’t much point. The visitor count tanked years ago when I neglected the site.
Anyway, today I’m going to post about the Sucralose sweetener as it may save people a lot of money.
A Bit Quiet...
I haven’t gotten lazy in writing new blog posts, it’s just I honestly don’t know what to write about.
I’ve done a lot of work on XBox Device Status, but not really anything I’d consider interesting. Hmm, actually - it could be interesting to a few people as I’m doing work with XInput and getting battery and state information. Someone might be interested in doing that from within C# / VB .NET?
XBox Device Status 1.00
A new project is out: XBox Device Status.
For some reason, Microsoft haven’t provided a way to display the battery levels of any connected Xbox pads on Windows PCs. There is a Windows Store app specifically for configuring the Xbox Elite Controller (US version here) that sort of shows it, but it’s horrendous and not really designed for that.
Spurious/Incorrect .NET Form.Activated() Event
Notice: Using the “fix” below can result in the form’s
Activatedevent not being fired when it is restored from the taskbar. I guess this isn’t a proper solution, after-all. Adding checks for the form being minimised/restored may be a solution but theFormclass is firing those events are weird times, so.,,Server Going Offline
Well, I’m not surprised in all honesty.
The server this and my other sites are hosted on has started to go offline for 10 - 240 minutes per day, at (seemingly?) random times.
About 15 years ago (christ, really!?) UK2 moved me from my original server when I upgraded my hosting and since then it’s been going to utter crap. I - finally - got them to move me about within the last year to another server after constant down times, except within the last week it’s all gone to crap again.
No, I Haven't Binned This Off
Still here.
I haven’t posted in a couple of days because I didn’t have anything to write about. While I begin working on a new program yesterday and got a bulk of it done today, I’m not going to write anything on it until it’s near being released. It’s more of a “tool” than a fully-feature application, but it’s still useful for those wanting, er, it.
In the works: Voting
A new feature is coming and that is…
Voting!
Each post will have a thumbs up and down buttons. This’ll allow posts to be voted on and will give me an idea of the types of posts to make more of in future - or fewer of.
Formatting Fix for Mobiles
I was just about to go to bed and then thought it would be a great idea to jump right into PHP and sort out the mobile-issue with the quote above. D’oh.
Alright, the blue quote at the top of this page seems to be a bit too long for mobile browsers and overflows out of its header bar. The solution? Don’t show it on mobile browsers - sorted!
Documentation - is it worth it?
It feels like I should be writing another post as it’s been a few days. While that’s technically true, there’s been posts every day now but they were actually written earlier in the week and published once per day with the new timed publish update.