Minecraft Mod Idea #284

It would be nice to have items sorted in chests, I have set it up with pipes before but as I am playing in Hexxit at the moment, I want a more ‘magical’ way for this to happen. What I am thinking is that you have a master chest and slave chests. The master chest is linked to the slave chests and the slave chests have the id/name of the items it automagically gets when they are put in the master chest. To power this redstone needs to be placed in the master chest, the system will always keep at least 64 pieces of redstone in there and for every 64 items one redstone is used to ‘power’ the system. Here is the walk through of the system.

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Two-Factor Authentication and your Microsoft Account

I have just moved to Two-Factor authentication, there was a bit of work to get everything signed in again but the additional security is worth it. I use my Microsoft account as a central hub for everything, it is on all my PCs at home and work, I have a WP8 that I log into with it, I use it to log into Skype. Basically if someone takes it you have access to everything I have. In addition I have lots of photos and file on SkyDrive now and do not feel like having to deal with the issues if that is compromised. The process is fairly easy and I have the simple steps below so if you have a Microsoft Account I would recommend enabling it.

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Playing Gnomoria

Harder than first thought. My stream shows my bad attempt of learning Gnomoria without looking at the help or wiki. That said once I had started wrapping my head around it I started enjoying playing Gnomoria more. You can pick it up on Steam as it is on sale at the moment.   Steam Link: http://store.steampowered.com/app/224500/ Wiki (Recommended): http://www.gnomoriawiki.com/

MYN/1MTD and setting the Start Date in Outlook automagically.

If you are using Outlook and want to force the start date to be set with a due date in the future by default you can use a macros which automatically runs for any new task item. In the VBA editor (Alt+F11) open up ThisOutlookSession In the code window add the following: [code lang=“vb”] Option Explicit Public WithEvents Items As Outlook.Items Private Sub Application_Startup() Initialize_handler End Sub Public Sub Initialize_handler() Dim objNS As Outlook.NameSpace Set objNS = GetNamespace(“MAPI”) Set Items = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderTasks).Items End Sub Private Sub Items_ItemAdd(ByVal Item As Object) On Error GoTo errHandler Dim objNS As Outlook.NameSpace Set objNS = GetNamespace(“MAPI”) If TypeOf Item Is Outlook.TaskItem Then Dim Task As Outlook.TaskItem Set Task = Item ‘1/1/4501 is None in the Outlook world. If Task.StartDate = #1/1/4501# Then Task.StartDate = Now() Task.DueDate = Now() + 3000 ’ A due date a long way into the future. Task.Save End If End If Exit Sub errHandler: MsgBox “Error " & Err.Number & “: " & Err.Description & " in “, vbOKOnly, “Error” End Sub [/code]

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From Web Archive: Mirroring SVN repository to GitHub

The site seems to be down. This was handy for something I was playing with. References: http://web.archive.org/web/20100331135806/http://www.fnokd.com/2008/08/20/mirroring-svn-repository-to-github/   So, I’m gearing up to work on some Java+Ruby (via JRuby) stuff.  The Java world still seems fairly entrenched in the cult of Subversion, while the Rubyists have gone with Git lately. I’m still wrapping my mind around Git, but with GitHub, it’s fairly easy and straight-forward.  I paid my $7 for the micro account, to give me room to screw around. There’s quite a few posts about mirroring SVN to a Git repository, but I feel the need to add my own, of course. My goal is mirror the trunk of the JRuby project from Codehaus SVN to my account on GitHub.  By doing this, I can track the trunk development, and also work on my own patches. I started by creating an empty repository on my GitHub account, called ‘jruby’.

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Using the 1MTD

So I have been using it for a while, pretty clean system overall. I have added contexts and trying to add projects to it. I want to avoid the tree in toodle do as it gets to complext to handle at the moment.

Windows 8 Release Preview with eeePC T101MT

I have followed the same steps with the new build from Windows 8 Consumer Preview with Eee PC T101MT and it is still valid.

Windows 8 Consumer Preview with Eee PC T101MT

I have a Eee PC T101MT and wanted to run Windows 8 on it. The same steps can be run on the Consumer Preview Time to tweak the graphics! As the resolutions is only 600 not 768 in vertical you need to do the following.

  1. Type in regedit, you will then be shown a icon of regedit click/press on it or press Win + R to get the run prompt.
  2. Press Ctrl+F and search for Display1_DownScalingSupported in the registry. This will take a while.
  3. Once it has been found set its value to 1 to enable scaling.
  4. Hit F3 a few times to make sure you got all instances.
  5. Exit regedit and reboot the laptop. You can use Win + C n settings if using the keyboard.
  6. Once restarted click on the desktop tile and right click on the desktop to chenge the resolution.
  7. You now should be able to select 1024 x 768 (Note: This scales the screen and does not add pixels so some text and images may look weird.

All Done! Enjoy Windows 8 on your netbook.   As a note Win + Z, X or C are your friends in Windows 8. I am using it with keyboard and mouse and have not really noticed any drop in productivity. In face having the combination of touch and keyboard with Windows 8 makes things faster!

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Running Windows 8 on the Eee PC T101MT

I have a Eee PC T101MT and wanted to run Windows 8 on it. This entry takes you through the steps.

  1. Download the Windows 8 Preview @ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516 I downloaded the 32-bit version as it was smaller and I only have 2Gb on the machine. :)
  2. Go to the Microsoft Store and download the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool @ http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool this will allow you to put the ISO on a bootable USB key. Did I mention you need a 8Gb USB key? If not you do. Go shopping if you do not have one, they are handy and this entry will be here when you get back.
  3. Once the ISO is downloaded and the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool is installed open up the tool and select the Windows 8 ISO as the source and USB Device as the destination, select the USB key you put in the computer and then click begin copying.
  4. Once completed get out the T101MT and plug it into the power and put the USB key in one of the ports. When it starts up hit F2 to go into the BIOS and make sure you have USB as a boot option. You should be promted to select the boot device, select USB and watch the pretty install.
  5. One that is complete, name you computer, connect to wireless (assuming you have wireless), use express (yep, im lazy), log in with your live ID (Syncing Goodness) and wait until it finishes configuring.
  6. You now have Windows 8 goodness.
  7. Time to tweak the graphics! As  the res os only 600 not 768 in vertical you need to do the following.
  8. Type in regiedit, trust me :) you will then be shown a icon of regedit click/press on it.
  9. Press Ctrl+F and search for Display1_DownScalingSupported in the registry. This will take a while.
  10. Once it has been found set its value to 1 to enable scaling.
  11. Hit F3 a few times to make sure you got all instances.
  12. Exit regedit and reboot the laptop.
  13. Once restarted click on the desktop tile and right click on the desktop to chenge the resolution.
  14. You now should be able to select 1024 x 768 (Note: This scales the screen and does not add pixels so some text and images may look weird.

All Done! Enjoy Windows 8 on your netbook.

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