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I got the above mentioned error when i tried to install uTorrent 1.8.4 on Ubuntu Karmic Kola i386, though wine. But this error does not come if you try to install utorrent 1.8.2 or a older version. Hence i installed 1.8.2 and then updated it to 1.8.4 and it works fine. i think the latest [...]

Had this ISO around for a while but never really got the chance to try it out. This is a note to self. First go to http://forums.remote-exploit.org/backtrack-4-howto/23652-bt4-usb-installation-noob-proof-tutorial.html. If you are planning to install this on a 4gig or less USB stick, the video (http://www.offensive-security.com/videos/backtrack-usb-install-video/backtrack-usb-install.html) tutorial might be the one that you want to follow. That tutorial [...]

Samsung 2233SWPlus

Its been a very exciting month! After doing more than the average (from my standards :) ) amount of research on the subject of buying a lcd monitor. I settled on the 2233SW. It was one of best options i had, or so i think As for now i am very happy with this one. It looks [...]

My New VGA

After my old vga 8800GTS died on i couldn’t even turn on my desktop. After waiting for month or so and after doing some cost\ benefit analysis i decided on a MSI 9600GT 512. It cost 14,00LKR here in SL. It have been about 2 or 3 weeks since i brought it home. So far its working [...]

I use computers a lot. like for 11 or 12 hours/day minimum. It’s a very important part of my life. And been a developer my career depends on me been able to use a keyboard. But since lately i have been experiencing some pain in my wrists. Which scared me a bit. I started searching [...]

There are only a few online shopping sites here in lanka that sells computer related stuff. and even within those sites only a very few are actively maintained. i am compiling a list of sites here, as i didn’t find a list anywhere else(i asked google). these consists of sites that actually let you buy [...]

In Short:
if you ever get a exception like “_COMPlusExceptionCode = x” in a .net application while you are debugging it in visual studio, look at the following screenshots.
Long Story:
While working on a asp mvc project i got a exception when the EF was trying to save some changes to the db. so i examined the [...]

…i needed to get the type of the model that a given controller is associated with. and then i have to traverse it’s properties(through reflection…etc) and do some string manipulation to generate custom method signatures and custom anonymous types. i also wanted to filter the list of properties that will be used in these parameters and anon types….

a bit too complex title eh? sorry about that. i am finally blogging about something after a long while. its a good idea to use the revision number of your source tree in thee release versions of your software. because it will enable you to ‘connect and identify’ your release versions with your source tree’s [...]

i recently needed to use Enum.GetValues on a .netcf project. but unfortunately it is not there in .netcf. googling gives a lot of solutions that we can use in .netcf. but i couldn’t find one that worked exactly as Enum.GetValue did.
Retrieves an array of the values of the constants in a specified enumeration.
is the method [...]