Pandora: Listen outside the US etc.

It's simple. Follow my Netflix post!

Ok, just purchase a VPN account and connect your client to the US or purchase a DNS subsription and enter that DNS address into you network settings. I use unblock-us.com.

Netflix: Watch US Content etc.

Two things that you can do: VPN or DNS!

This is what to do, not how to do it!

VPN
1. Purchase a VPN account, install the client, connect to your preferred country and log into Netflix.
2. Get a router that supports DD-WRT and set it up following one of the online how-to guides. Then connect your streaming device as you normally would. Working with the PPTP protocol is the simplest in my experience.

DNS
Purchase a subscription. I use unblock-us.com.

1. Go to your network card and enter the DNS address from the website.
2. DD-WRT. You only need to set it up as a secondary router and with the new DNS entered. Connect as you normally would.

If things fail with unblock.us and Netflix, make sure your ISP IP address is up to date with your account!

HTC Desire HD (Gingerbread v2.3.5) Downgrade/MIUI ROM Install

After waisting hours trying to root and downgrade my DHD using Win7 and being told that "the main version was too old" or some crap like that, I desided to go for the Linux way. And as it turns out, Linux saves the day (as I would expect :) )!

1. Download aahk AND READ THE MANUAL!
2. Download Ubuntu 10.04 Live (because that's what the 'efffen manual' says (from the aahk kit))!
3. Open Terminal and type: wget http://tau.shadowchild.nl/files/aahk-12062012.zip && unzip aahk-12062012.zip && sudo ./hack-ace.sh (12062012 was the current version. Use whatever is the most recent). TIP: By default this unpacks aahk to the user-folder.
4. Open CAJUN.txt in the /tools/txt/ folder and paste the content into Terminal and proceed (use the 'cat' command to display the text file if you want)
5. If PD98IMG.zip is invalid aahk will download an alternate version (PD98IMG-GB2.zip). Mine did and worked through Linux and not Win7
6. If things worked, you should now have a downgrade phone. Turn off 'fast boot'!
7. On the phone enter Recovery mode (doing the 'volume down'/'power button' thing)
8. Whipe ALL DATA on the phone (whipe data/factory reset and whipe partition cache)! My MIUI rom got stock in boot screen because I forgot to do that!
9. Navigate to the locationen where you put your ROM install zip (from sd-flash) and let it do its thing
10. If it works you should now have a DHD with Android v4.x.x

• If things fail READ THE EFFFEN MANUAL! :)

Notes:

• To avoid Chinese gibberish, install an earlier English version and then MIUI 2.8.24 without wiping anything. This preserves data.
• By default bluetooth doesn't work for MIUI 2.8.24. Install KangBang Kernel.

Oracle VM Virtualbox Windows XP Installation Problem vs VMware Player

Just my experience:

I tried to install XP on Virtualbox and was constantly met by files that could not be installed. Then I installed VMWare Player and everything went smooth. Then I thought to take a screenshot of Virtualbox. I started an installation for the 5th time along with a VMware installation, but now it installed perfectly [what the hell???].

Linux: Slackware - Install Flash

Download the tar.gz file en extract it. Then copy libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

or

tar -xzvf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz
cp -v libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.12/plugins

Linux: Slackware - HTC Desire HD USB Tethering

Run this command: dhclient usb0

ASP.NET - Transfer to another page using gridview based on 'id'

This is for when you have a GridView with a link based on 'id'.

SQL table (tblMovies): movieID, Title, Year etc.

Page1.aspx

GridView settings
Propeties | Data | DataKeyNames : movieID

GridView tasks
GridView Tasks | Edit Columns | Add HyperLinkField

Add a HyperLinkField

HyperLinkField propeties
Appearance | HeaderText: Blahblah-whatever
Data | DataNavigateUrlFields : movieID
Data | DataNavigateUrlFormatString: ~/Page2.aspx?movieID={0}
Data | DataTextField: movieID

Page2.aspx

In the SqlDataSource you need to use a parameter for the 'id':
Parameter source: 'QueryString'
QueryStringField: movID

SELECT * FROM tblMovies WHERE (tblMovies.movieID = @movID)

This is just a help, not a guide

VB.NET: Programmatically populate a DropDownList (aspx)

If you need to populate a dropdownlist by hand

However the value and the displayed text are both the same!

Me.ddlTest.Items.Clear()

Dim strDDL() As String = {"Aaa111", "Bbb222", "Ccc333"}

Me.ddlTest.DataSource = strDDL

Me.ddlTest.DataBind()

VB.NET: Windows version (aspx)

Sometimes we have to know which OS version the user is using (from an aspx page)

Dim strOS As String

Select Case Request.Browser.MajorVersion

   Case 6

      strOS = "Windows XP"

   Case 7

      strOS = "Windows 7"

   Case Else

End Select