http://www.gyrolabs.com Random tools to make your life easier Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:59:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently I was doing a project that required a signature applet. Since silverlight has ink support it was the logical choice. However, after many hours of searching around, I couldn't seem to figure out how to save the ink without programming in C#. So here's a solution ... http://www.gyrolabs.com/2007/07/19/saving-silverlight-ink/ I know summer doesn't start until the end of June, but I'm starting earlier. I'll be spending May working at Microsoft, so updates will be limited or nonexistent. Once I get back from the internship, I'll be redesigning this site to be more friendly to tracking downloads and keeping them ... http://www.gyrolabs.com/2007/04/15/summer-plans/ This has been around for awhile and a lot of people know about it, but heres a little trick to confuse your friends. This ONLY works on VERIZON LG PHONES. Go into the phone's menu Type 0 (zero) seven times Hit # Go to 'Motor Test' Turn it on Then the phone will vibrate until ... http://www.gyrolabs.com/2007/03/04/verizon-lg-phone-hack/ I've finally created a page that has a list of all downloads available on the site. The downloads are sorted in order by date added, with the most recent first. Click here to go to the downloads archive http://www.gyrolabs.com/2007/02/25/downloads-archive/ I'm thinking about writing a desktop Facebook application. If anyone has ideas let me know. Should I find a good idea, I'll also write a custom C# client class and make that available for download. http://www.gyrolabs.com/2007/02/24/facebook-apps/ Ever wanted to play a trick on friends or coworkers by making them think their computer has crashed? The easiest way is with my new Fake Blue Screen of Death (FBSOD). Just run it, enter a sleep time, and then wait for the Blue Screen of Death to ... http://www.gyrolabs.com/2007/01/10/fake-blue-screen-of-death/ Internet Connection Monitor version 3.1 has been released. This version includes a few minor interface changes as well as a few changes to the backend. There are now 2 new options which allow you to hide outages if they are less than a certain length (default: 30 seconds), and another ... http://www.gyrolabs.com/2007/01/06/internet-connection-monitor-v31/ IE doesn't show table cells if they are empty, which can cause a lot of problems. The most obvious fix is to just put <td>&nbsp;</td>, but this isn't a viable solution if you are generating data from a table or if your site is already created. If you ... http://www.gyrolabs.com/2007/01/02/show-empty-cells-in-ie/ With the holidays approaching, I've been busy with a few projects. Here's what's coming the the (kinda) near future: ICM Version 3.1 - A few bug fixes and feature adds. The most noticeable feature will be the ability to hide outages under x seconds, as well as a few ... http://www.gyrolabs.com/2006/12/11/coming-soon/ Just released: Internet Connection Monitor version 3.0 Most of you have never heard of this, but it's been a project of mine for the past 2 years, although I haven't really actively been updating it. Just a brief history: This was created to monitor my internet connection because it frequently cuts ... http://www.gyrolabs.com/2006/11/06/internet-connection-monitor-30/