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Anyone who uses Spotify knows that they keep an online database of your playlists on the cloud so you can access them from anywhere simply by logging into your Spotify account.
But what if there’s a catastrophic server failure and the database gets wiped? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a backup of your beloved playlists?
It’s a simple procedure and also a pretty good idea. You never know what’ll happen, after all. So, open up Spotify, select the first song in your playlist and hit Ctrl-A to select all.

…now just drag them into an open Word or Open Office Writer document window and save the file somewhere safe.

Note: You’ll have to do this for each playlist you want to back up.


And drag into a WORD Document
Clutch - Burning beard
Clutch - Gullah
Clutch . never be moved
etc

Each line is a link to the Spotify URL containing that particular track so you can re-add later!

There's an ongoing problem with .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.5 updates for XP and Server 2003 which causes 3 security updates (KB2518864, KB2572073 and KB2633880) to be repeatedly installed. The problem started some time today (possibly at around midnight EST).

If you have opted to install updates automatically (the default) it's possible the updates are being repeatedly applied in the background. That's not happening with my XP system as I have that option set to "Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them" (I get a notification that they need to be installed soon after successfully installing them). You can change the option in Start - Settings - Control Panel - Automatic Updates.

According to my update history KB2633880 was included in the February 2012 set of updates, KB2572073 in the October 2011 set and KB2518864 in the June 2011 set. It also shows they've all been successfully installed 5 times today.

There are loads of threads about this on the Microsoft support forums (and elsewhere), including windows update keep installing "kb251886...b2633880" repeatedly

Apparently Microsoft have acknowledged there's a problem and have promised a fix. The 4th reply in the thread I've linked is a sledgehammer solution from a M$ support engineer (it uninstalls all of the .NET Framework versions and reinstalls them from scratch), but I'm not going to take that route unless Microsoft officially announce it can't be fixed in any other way.

Edit: Microsoft have fixed the detection problem which was causing this (see here).

Forward slash / is slang for Solidus, Hex 0x2F in the 7 bit alphabet. Backslash \ is Reverse Solidus, 0x1B2F.

Backslash was not implemented in the ITA2 Telex code (International Telegraph Alphabet No. 2) as there was not enough room, and was mostly missing from punch tape machines.

I'm sure this has been covered 1000 times before, but I thought I'd reiterate it today. (The context is: I'm in the UK, where it's currently lovely and hot, but some of my CPU temperatures are getting a bit high).

When running DC projects, keep an eye on your CPU 'core' temperatures. There are numerous tools for Windows and Mac, and for Linux 'lmsensors' works well on modern computers. (Google it, there's plenty of help available).

One of my machines, a quad-core, was running CPU temperatures around 75C, on a chip that counts 74C as "high" and 100C as "critical". I also noticed the case itself was getting hot, and the PSU air outlet grille was more or less too hot to touch.

The machine is in a dusty environment, so the fix is easy: Switch the machine off, open it up, and give the inlet and outlet fans and grilles a good clean - in my case I do this carefully with a vacuum cleaner and have never had any problems, but take your own precautions, use anti-static wrist straps, and don't touch any actual electronic components. Even just vacuuming the front and back grilles of the computer from the outside would often help.

Result: In the same temperature room, my CPU cores are now running in the high 50s or low 60C range - a big improvement.

I stress again: Be careful, don't take the case off if you don't know what you're doing, and take anti-static precautions.