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"Personal thoughts, ramblings, and nonsense from Drew, himself."

Case Project: Validating Google Site-Flavored

According to Google, Google Site-Flavored’s search delivers web search results that are customized to individual websites. The only problem with the output of their code is messy, very messy. Let’s fix this and make it more standards compliant. I will always hold Google’s algorithms and services very high. They offer many free searches and services that, by far, out-do other companies; not to mention that they have created standards that have brought other companies (Microsoft and Yahoo! to name a few) to “dub”. Please note: This is an an older piece of writing of mine, and is a little out-dated, but very useful information. Continue reading Case Project: Validating Google Site-Flavored

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Windows Fix: "Insufficient system resources exist to complete the API"
Ugh. Another Windows error. Another Windows error that really doesn’t tell you what is really wrong; some (most) people aren’t nerds. Don’t worry, I’ve got your fix right here. This has to do with memory on your Windows XP system. Have you tried Hibernating or putting your system into standby after upgrading your RAM? If you have, keep on reading. More...

Curing 'Symbolic link not allowed' (Apache 2.0)
Awhile back when trying to add a directory to Apache on my Ubuntu 6.06 LTS server, I ran into some issues. These issues, of course were the infamous 403 “Forbidden” error that your web barfs up when you try to access a server that is not publicly viewable, because of permission issues. I’m going to give you my scenario and explain how you can fix this issue, so that you don’t have to go through an hour of throwing your hands up in disgust. More...

VMWare: "Failed to create named-pipe directory" error
Have you ever received the Failed to create named-pipe directory error message via the vmware-mui error log files, and not able to access the VMWare Management Interface? If so, here’s the fix. More...

/bin/rm: Argument list too long
Removing gigs and gigs, or just alot, of unwanted “opened” email that often clutters the system. More...