Ed Cottrell

  • Windows XP Pro SP2 Hibernation & Standby Problems

    My Dell laptop has 1.5 GB of RAM and about 45 GB free hard drive space, yet it can’t hibernate. It tries, resets the screen to some hideously low resolution, then fails, with the message “Insufficient system resources exist to complete the API.” Translation, you have too much memory installed. It also refuses to enter…

  • What the…?

    I get lots of random feedback from this site; some people want advice, others want computer help, some want to pick a fight over religion or politics, and some… well, I don’t know what some people want. Some guy used my contact form to send me five different credit card numbers, this morning, with expiration…

  • Readers!

    Well, apparently I’m not just spitting into the wind. Several people have mentioned EdBlog posts to me, just this week. Yeah! I have actual readers! If any of you readers want to offer input as to what I should do with this (i.e., post topics, general site comments, whatever), please leave a comment (below, or…

  • FOSS OTD: 10/25-10/28

    Caching up, again, on the FOSS OTD: 10/25: GNU Privacy Guard – GnuPG.org. GPG is a free version of PGP, or Pretty Good Privacy, a suite of strong encryption tools. While GPG doesn’t have all of the same features, it does allow you to encrypt files or e-mails with extremely strong encryption. 10/26: WINE (“WINE…

  • Memo, Schmemo

    I just finished my first draft of my second legal writing assignment, a six-page (1800 word) memo on a hypothetical case involving a broken marriage engagement. It was actually quite fascinating to see how my thoughts on the legal issues evolved, from the time I finished reading through the materials to the time I finished…