Jun
15

Elevate The Command Prompt

I found myself trying to run regsvr32 from a command window today and it error’d with with something non-intuitive like ‘unable to locate DLLRegistrationServer entry point’.

Turns out it was a privileges issues and I needed to run regsv32.exe with elevated privs.

To elevate the command prompt you need to do 2 simple things:

  1. Right click on your Command Prompt shortcut and select Properties.
  2. Click on the Advanced button (at the Shortcut tab), check “Run As Administrator” and click on OK.

Now when you launch the command window you should see this in the title bar:

Vista cmd admin

Jun
15

The Dark Knight’s New Suit

Here’s a scan from the Entertainment Weekly coverage of the new Batman suit. There’s more online coverage at EW about the costume.

Batmans Suit

Found via SuperHeroHype via Pop Candy.

Jun
15

Physics Gets A Bad Rap

Words cannot properly express the horror I experienced when seeing this.  Only by experiencing this can you know my dread…

Jun
15

High Voltage Wire Repairman

This is a manly man’s job, not for geeks, well maybe electrical engineering geeks…

Amazing video clip here. It’s from the IMAX video now on DVD- Straight Up: Helicopters in Action

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Jun
15

Edible Chess

I came across this cool edible chess of pastries on Biggles.

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As good as the Star Wars cake looks, i’d have to give this board game the nod in geek desserts.