Gray Wolf Blog

A different look from a Holocaust survivor’s daughter who tries to reconstruct the past.

The Pages In Between: A Holocaust Legacy of Two Families, One Home

In Windows 2003, all webservice extensions are “Prohibited” by default.

You need to enable ASP .net extensions to resolve the issue:

1. Open up IIS manager or, from your Run command, type inetmgr and press enter.
2. Expand the appropriate nodes in the IIS to locate the “Webservice Extensions” Node
3. Click on the same.
4. You will find a list of “prohibited” extensions in the right.
5. Click on ASP.NET and “allow” it

Author doesn’t pull punches, but his voice smooths out some of the pain. Last couple of chapters are pretty tough.

The Prince of Frogtown

Underwhelming – not much info on the development of the interstate highway system. Not much new on the WWII years. Some interesting info on Panama and time with MacArthur.

Ike: An American Hero

Pretty good overall. Unravels a bit at the end and needs an Epilogue to drop stitch everything together.

Crusader’s Cross: A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries)

But if you have ever been seriously ill or have received life threatening injuries in war, you know what I am about to say is true. People may be kind to you, but they also fear you because you remind them of their own mortality. The insularity the seem to create around themselves is not in your imagination. We have an atavistic sense about death, and we can smell it on others as surely as a carion bird can

Crusader’s Cross

I haven’t read many McBain outside the 87th series, Definitely a different take. This one is a bit odd and loose.

Downtown

I was automating SSIS packages through .Net and would get this error when trying to run some packages when shelling out to dtexec.

The task “Script Task” cannot run on this edition of Integration Services. It requires a higher level edition.

It turns out that you need to have SSIS installed on the machine where you are running the app, as dtexec is not a client tool, like dts was.

Detailed explanation

There are some script workarounds that might resolve IE6 not rendering position:fixed, but I just changed to position:absolute.

Classic McBain – “The one thing he couldn’t stand was a smart ass nun.”

Fiddlers: A Novel of the 87th Precinct (87th Precinct Mysteries)

Another chapter in the Pappas saga. Unravels a bit at the end, but pretty good overall.

The Turnaround

The Cookie Boy and nuns with implants. Carella sees it all

The Big Bad City (87th Precinct Mysteries)

Ok. A bit dated, but at least it doesn’t drone on for 400 pages.

At Death’s Door

SSIS: Change an existing log file through dtexec

dtexec
/f “C:\Share.dtsx”
/l “DTS.LogProviderXMLFile;log.xml”
/Set “\package.Connections[log.xml].Properties[ConnectionString];C:\log2.xml”

Note: The log file (i.e. log.xml) must already be configured in the package

For Sql 2008, you need to add “.1” to the log provider type – DTS.LogProviderXMLFile.1

Even skimming a 1/3 of this book, it was still a waste of time.

The First Billion

Well written and researched. Sections on Drake are the most interesting. Would have preferred more detail on the re-design and armament of the English fleet during Elizabeth’s reign.

The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire

Usually, mic boost is under the Record section of Volume control. If you have Realtek HD, however, these options are disabled.

You need to open up the Realtek Audio Manager and go to the Mixer tab. Then, under the Playback section, scroll to the right until you see Rear Pink In (or Front Pink In if you are using the front mic port). There is an Advanced Options button next to the Mute button. Click that and select Microphone Boost. How was this process considered intuitive?

Video

Author has an honest writing style. Really pushes the willful suspension of disbelief. Not bad for kicking back.

The Runner