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Since the root of any storage card is represented as a directory inside of the root of the device, you can iterate all directories inside the root folder (“/”) and check their attributes to see if they comply to be a storage card. use the following code to look for a storage card:

 Public Function GetStorageCard() As DirectoryInfo
        Dim deviceRoot As New DirectoryInfo("/")
        For Each dir As DirectoryInfo In deviceRoot.GetDirectories()
            If dir.Attributes = FileAttributes.Directory AndAlso _
            dir.Attributes = FileAttributes.Temporary Then
                Return dir
            End If
        Next
 End Function

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I’ve added a new section called “Projects” to the blog. Here you will find all sorts of mostly small projects that kept me busy in my free time. Comming soon will be the WM 6.0 FileBrowser control and other stuff as well.

So check it out later on!

I was reading an invitation for some product showcases and one of them is the Riso HC 5500 color printer. Didn’t find a price yet.

It prints 120 pages a minute in full color !!!!!

Read more here and here

I was trying to install windows 2003 on my portable after I uninstalled vista from it. When I ran setup it didn’t find any harddisks. Not kowing that this portable has got a SATA Hd I tried dozens of tricks to get the thing going, but none were succesful. Finally a couple of hours later I read on a forum that the little bastard has got a bios setting called SATA Native Mode and that I should set that to disabled. When I did this everyhting was fine and I could install my other OS.

On this site they give away a software that normally isn’t free. In general it are not that interesting titles, but now and then it’s something nice to have.

Anyways I’ve placed their “banner” on my blog you can find it when you scroll down underneath the link(s) section.

Giveaway of the Day

Last friday we had an unannounced strike at our national airport. Many reactions came to this strike but 1 in particular was rather shortminded and just plain stupid. I believe it was the Society of Flemisch Traveling Agencies (VVR) that said the following: “In the US the strikers would have been fired, in Russia they would disappear in working camps and in China they would be quietly executed.” Come on What kind of message are you sending when you make statements as these in the press??? I really was perplexed!

Here at work we have a new custom everytime you brake a build you have to wear “The Hat”.

Some examples:

He broke the build:

 He broke the build also:

He broke the build also: