September 2007 Entries
My most recent Coding 4 Fun article was published a week or so ago. I'm too behind to get things up any sooner over here! I created an app to scan documents using WIA, then it can auto-crop (if conditions are perfect!), and update file metadata for the images. It's a good starting point for scanning and working with metadata. If you're interested, click here.
After lots of charge/discharge cycles, your laptop battery may or may not be at its peak, and sometimes the computer reads the battery wrong. The solution is to calibrate the battery every so often. This fully charges the battery, discharges it to zero, then recharges it again. This is supposed to give it the baseline it needs to make sure that the batteries are being read properly. Typically, at the end, numbers seem to go up (capacity/time), and you can trust your low-battery level indicator. Sometimes, however, it's best not to know! As you can see in my...