Never went out of battery? One day you probably will. And if you have lost the radio code, you’ll be in trouble - no more radio for you! I unfortunately got myself into this situation with my 1.6 101cv Vectra.

Replacing it was not an option for me. 2 Reasons for it:

- Original is original (blends in much better then all the others)
- Steering Wheel radio controls (you won’t have it with a non-original one neither)
- Car Computer Led (oh yeah, I’d lose that too, for a smaller radio panel - not interested)

Anyways, I tried to look for the Radio code and couldn’t find it anywhere. I was stuck! Luckily, I found a reliable online unlocking service with instant delivery (meaning, you pay and you get the code right there, like 30 seconds after your payment). Surprisingly, it worked!

(I paid $14.95 for my code. It beats going to Opel and ask them to decode it. They’d charge at least twice as much, at least here in Europe.)

Here’s the site I used and strongly recommend:
http://www.car-audio-accessories.co.uk

And no, I’m in no way affiliated with them. But hell, it worked so it was worth to share with you. They do most brands there, so if you get stuck like I did, give them a try!

After visualizing dozens of site cows in the blogosphere, I decided to get my own too! Here it is, andrefaca.com’s cow:

Didn’t get yours yet? Go to cowparade.com and start painting yours!

Vicodin as been extremely popularized with the help of the sitcom “House M.D.“.

Vicodin is a painkiller or analgesic (an opioid one), containing mostly Hydrocodone and paracetamol (acetaminophen). Most of the pills will have imprinted either “Vicodin ES”, “M357″, “Vicodin HP” or just “Vicodin” (if generic).

Vicodin isn’t unique in any way; in fact it shares characteristics with many other pills both in chemistry and even its shape.
One of the most similar drugs is “Lorcet”. Pictures of both pills bellow.

Side Effects of Vicodin:

“Weak breathing, seizures, clammy skin, severe weakness, dizziness, hyperventilation, unconsciousness, yellowing of eyes or skin, unusual fatigue, bleeding, bruising, constipation, dry mouth, nausea, vomiting, decreased appetite, muscle twitches, sweating, itching, tinnitus, hearing loss, decreased urination, and decreased sex drive. [4] Vicodin (in terms of hydrocodone) also has depressant effects on the central nervous system. [5] However, some of the less mundane effects can be desirable effects that are sought after by some. Those effects include euphoria and drowsiness, as well as slowing of the pulse.[6] Vicodin has also been linked to causing stomach ulcers, although this is assumed to be due to the addition of other non-narcotic analgesics to hydrocodone preparations (e.g., APAP, aspirin, ibuprofen).”

Overdose symptoms:

Those are actually serious. An overdose of Vicodin can lead you to come or death.
Full symptom list below:

Symptoms of a Vicodin overdose may include slow breathing, coma, dizziness, weakness, seizures, cold and clammy skin, loss of consciousness, confusion, constricted pupils, tiredness, nausea, vomiting, blueing of the tongue, and diaphoresis; an overdose may lead to death.

Source: Wikipedia.org

A good way to put Fox nervous would be to ask them to make Dr. House starting to take Lorcet instead It would do the same trick.
I wonder if they got paid for that. Well, probably not! As per Hugh Laurie, Vicodin as actually an idea from the director, who had to take them for long period of time.

And for the fans of House M.D., here’s the Vicodin Song!

Interesting Lyrics:

i’ve got vicodin
do you want to come over
i know it’s a long drive
from malibu
i got a pocket full of pills
and not one lover
and i’m feeling so bad
and so good
i don’t know what to do….

And to finish the cycle for those who don’t know House M.D. and the doctor’s funny addiction, here’s a video that couldn’t explain it better!

Till next time, later!

Depending on how much time you spent typing, the keyboard will be a pal on your everyday’s life, so you always have to pick one that not only is durable, but also comfortable for your hands and fingers. The same thing goes for mice, but I’ll add an article on that later on.

Now, let’s suppose you’re someone like me (a keyboard killer) and probably replace it once a year, or twice a year on extreme cases?
You need an affordable, yet resistant keyboard to survive the millions-a-day-keystrokes usage, right?

My choice is definitely made: Microsoft’s Digital Media Keyboard.

This is an OEM keyboard, which will bring your cost down by at least 40% if not more.
I got the first Digital Media Keyboard when I was living back in Ourém, Portugal. This was at the time the keyboard I chosen to accompany my new PC.
While I had of course multiple keyboards available there, I got this one because not only it was pretty cheap (€ 32,00) but it appeared to be the most resistant out of the rest (Note: I had a few Logitech OEM and Shine Keyboards on the shelf as well).

A few days ago the day has come: the keyboard was completely damned. You have no idea how much my keyboards suffer! Cigarette ash, food particles, everything goes in! I also dropped a cup of water accidentally over it while I was on the phone with Carlos Caneja, which really made me shop for another one.

Now, I had and still have another keyboard at home, which I bought at the time for my ex-girlfriend. This is a silent keyboard from iOne.
Scorpius-P16 or SC-P16. Here’s how it looks like:

This keyboard is really really silent. But it sucks for multiple reasons. I have no idea who had the brilliant idea of adding those buttons on top of the arrow keys, but who did it should have been fired by now. This is the worst place ever to place those keys on. I remember I had to work on a keyboard from Genius with the same problem and this was really terrible. I’d shutdown the computer every now and then, always accidentally of course. So iOne failed on this particularly. Especially because… look at the top buttons, the ones on the silver part of the keyboard. There was more then enough space to integrate these dangerous buttons there, so why dragging them there?

I use the arrow keys a lot, and I also use (unlike most people) the Insert/Delete, Home/End, PageUp/PageDown columns often.
So this isn’t definitely a keyboard for me or for another person who relies on those columns.

Anyways, I still trusted my gut and just purchased another Digital Media Keyboard from Microsoft. And you know what? I don’t think I will ever change my mind. The layout is very intuitive, the shortcuts are VERY well placed (such as the calculator and session lock buttons on the right). Contrarily to iOne’s SC-P16, all these shortcuts were cleverly placed on areas that it’s almost impossible to accidentally touch them.

The customizable shortcut buttons (those on the top) are very useful. Especially if, like me, you use lots of programs at the same time and open/close them often. Want an example? NotePad. That’s my number 1 shortcut right there. Photoshop is the 2nd and LiveWriter is the 3rd. I don’t really remember the other 2, but that just means I don’t need them often.

Here’s how my old keyboard was after 1 year and half of service:

Really! That’s not dirt by the way, that is how all keyboard end up on my hands. It’s burned. That’s due to sweat and use! Look at the space bar, compare it with the one below - ouch!

And here’s the new one - same model of course:

Well, so my recommendation obviously goes to Microsoft. Get one and you won’t be disappointed at all.
Imagine how that iOne keyboard would end if it had the use of my MS Digital Media Keyboard? It would be way worse, I am sure!

It will stay on my shelf though, might be needed for this or that!

Hello,

The first thing you should do whenever you get an Internal Server Error is to check the Error Log in your control panel, as this will provide good information for you to resolve the problem. (cPanel » Error Log)

Common Errors and Solutions:

Premature End of Script Headers ————– Solution: CGI/Perl Script missing the Context-Type variable. You should add it to your script. An example would be :#!/usr/bin/perl print “Content-type: text/plain\n\n”; print “testing…\n”; If this fails, your web host might be limiting the amount of processes you can run at the same time. If this is the case, only a support representative will be able to fix this by killing all the processes running on your account.

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Invalid command ‘php_flag’, perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration ————– Solution: Your .htaccess file is trying to set php rules which isn’t allowed. You’ll have to move those rules to a new php.ini file (should be placed on /public_html). An example would with register_globals would be: On .htaccess: php_value register_globals on On php.ini: register_globals=On So basically just delete the php_flag on your .htaccess file and move it to a php.ini which should be placed on the same directory your .htaccess file is.

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Directory is writeable by others /home/username/public_html/folder Solution: This generally means that your folder/file permissions are incorrect (it also means that your server is using phpsuexec/cgi api).The typical permissions for a php file are “644″ and for a folder they are “755″.

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