Remember - if you use Windows and Internet Explorer, you should be applying the new security update that came out today.

Microsoft to release out-of-band security update 11/23 that impacts Windows. Exploit code must either be out there or close to it. *gulp*

http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/change-font-dos-command-prompt-window-consolas-programming-font/3253/

In order to set Consolas as the default font, you need to first add the following font-specific entry to your Windows registry.

Go to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Console\TrueTypeFont, add a string value (REG_SZ) with the name 00 and put Consolas in the data field. *If you already have two fonts set in the DOS windows, set the name of Consolas as 000 (three 0’s). Now reboot your Windows computer, open the command prompt window and set the default font to Consolas.

* Beverly Hills Chihuahua? Seriously?
* Okay, so a simple comment about Roger Dobkowitz - Sorry, but I don't care. And a comment about Steve Beverly - Sorry, but I don't care.
* As you'll see later from the Twitter feed, I just selected my new work cell phone.        *waits for appropriate comment*
* Been playing with Twitter to do microblogging. Not sure if I care, or if I'll stay there. The integration with Facebook sucks. I may be microblogging on Facebook instead. Don't know or care.
* That darned cat has cost me a paycheck recently, and I'm not happy about that...
* I've had two baskets of blueberries in two days. Yum.
* paperbackswap.com rocks the house. If you sign up, use rialtus as a referral.
* I'll be in Rancho Bernardo Wednesday and Thursday. Woo...hoo...
* The Stranger: 30th Anniversary is already mine - 1 day early. Amazon lists this as 3 CDs and 1 DVD, but then mention in the text that it's 2 CDs and 1 DVD for a total of 3 discs. Gugh.
* XP SP3 is (finally) being released to Automatic Updates "shortly", along with a new version of the Automatic Updates client.

I just touched a Windows 95 machine.

So here's something interesting. In Windows XP, Vista and 2003, in Add/Remove Programs, there is a listing of installed programs. For many items, there is a size listed as well as a "date lasted used". Wver wonder how it gets that information? Unfortunately, I had to find out because of an incident. I found myself reading Raymond Chens MSDN blog entry alled, appropriately, "How does Add/Remove Programs get the size and other information?" In it, it states that there are only a few mandatory options listed in the registry, one of which is *NOT* the program executable name. If the program executable name is not explicitly listed in the registry, Windows basically starts guessing on information. There is a follow-up blog worth reading called "Why did the Add or Remove Programs control panel try to guess all that information?" if you are curious.

(BTW, this may also be true of W2K machines, but since I don't have ready access to one, and I don't care, I won't claim it for fact. *smirk*)