iPad Mini 2? When?

I can't wait for iPad Mini 2 to come out with Retina Display.  I played around with the current iPad Mini, and the display really bothered me.  Since I'm using a Retina Display MacPro, a Retina Display iPad and a Retina Display iPhone, I notice the resolution difference right away, and I can't stand it.  If you're coming from "Retina Display" (Apple's Marketing Term), you better wait for a next generation of the iPad Mini.  If you buy one now, you will be greatly disappointed.  Don't know when that will come out though.  There have been a lot of rumors around the March time frame.

Read Zip and Look At XML in Zip To Count Elements With A Specific Attribute

import xml.sax
import zipfile
import re

counter = 0

class MyContentHandler(xml.sax.ContentHandler):
    def __init__(self):
        xml.sax.ContentHandler.__init__(self)

    def startElement(self, name, attrs):
        if attrs.has_key("color"): # search for the element with the attribute of color
            global counter
            counter += 1

def count(myZip):
    zf = zipfile.ZipFile(myZip)  # read in zip
    files = zf.namelist() # get the files in zip
    for file in files:
        if re.search(".*myXML.xml", file) is not None:  # using regular exp to find file
            f = zf.open(file) # open file
            xml.sax.parse(f, MyContentHandler()) # parse the xml
            print counter # print counter
            break

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import sys
    if len(sys.argv) == 2:
        try:
            count(sys.argv[1])
        except IOError:
            print 'Filename not found.'
    else:
        import os
        print 'usage: %s zip' % os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])

Free Online Storage in the Clouds

Here are some free ones and their sizes:

Box	Dropbox	Google Drive	iCloud	MediaFire	Mega	SkyDrive
5 GB	2 GB	5 GB	5 GB	50 GB	50 GB	7 GB

iPhone Messages App Doesn't Rotate To Landscape

Context:

iPhone 5
iOS 6

Problem:

The Messages app doesn't rotate to landscape when I want to text in landscape mode.

Solution:

Reboot the phone. Power off and power on the phone again using the power button.

Windows Keeps Rebooting in VirtualBox

Context:

VirtualBox
Windows 2008 Server R2

Problem:

Windows keeps restarting in VirtualBox without giving the chance to log in.  You see the screen where it asks you to do CTRL+ALT+DELETE to log in, but it will be restarted over and over again.

Solution:

While it keeps rebooting, do F8.  Hopefully, you get the screen where you can choose the last known configuration of Windows.

The action can't be completed because the file is open in DHCP Client

Context:

Windows 2008 Server

Problem:

Cannot delete an event log

Solution:

• Make sure that your service is not running
• You can uninstall it or force a deletion (sc delete <service name>)
• Remove the log registry entry under [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog]
• Restart the machine
• Delete the log file

Windows Server 2008 R2 Random Shutdowns

Context:

Windows Server 2008 R2
VirtualBox

Problem:

Windows Server randomly shuts itself down every hour.

System log shows:

The process wlms.exe has initiated the power off of computer WIN-P4EMG3VI42J on behalf of user NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM for the following reason: Other (Unplanned)
 Reason Code: 0x0
 Shutdown Type: power off
 Comment:

Solution:

Windows is unactivated and needs to be activated.

If you look in the Application log, you should see this message "The license period for this installation of Windows has expired.  The operating system will shutdown every hour."