Edventures in Normalcy

I did it, I finally did it.  My phone now works the way I think it should have.  I am running 3.1.3 and have no plans of upgrading to 4.  First I jailbroke it using .  Once that was done, I used Cydia to install the following applications:

Categories (Free) : Gives me the ability to have folder

CategoriesSB ($1.99) : Integrates the folders into the OS to make them seem normal.

SBSettings (Free) : Gives you fast access to commonly changed settings, 3G, Wifi, Brightness, IP address

iPhone OS Theme (Free) : Makes SBSettings look like it was part of the original design of the phone.

WinterBoard (Free) : Gives you the ability to change how the interfaces look and operate.

Backgrounder (Free) : Gives you the ability to actually have apps run in the background.

ProSwitcher (Free) : Gives you an intuitive interface to switch between background apps.

MobileVolumeSound (Free) : Adds the volume sound found in Mac OSX to the volume popup.

Notifier (Free) : Changes the status bar to notify you of missed calls, emails, voicemails, IM’s etc.

I am soo happy I can talk to Ghie more often, this is from this morning:

So Ethan and I weighed in last night:
Ethan: 5’10″ 211.4lbs 22.6%fat
Edwin (Me): 6’3/4″ 215.6 lbs 29% fat

I also updated the firmware on my scale this morning as well.  Yes, it has firmware.  And WiFi. Found at the Withings.

I have made, due to a necessity in trouble shooting, an update to my script that supplies the details of a Certificate file. The output now includes the SAN (Subject Alternative Names) on the supplies certificate.

Per here:

http://www.dotnetcurry.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=185&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

In the command prompt cd to:
: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727
Or the specific path for your version,
Encryption:
aspnet_regiis.exe -pef “connectionStrings” “C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\YourWebSite” –prov “RSAProtectedConfigurationProvider”
Decryption:
aspnet_regiis.exe -pdf “connectionStrings” “C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\YourWebSite”

Notice the change in tag from pef for encryption and pdf for decryption as that messed me up.
In my example I had to run:
aspnet_regiis.exe -pdf “appSettings” “C:\Websites\ajsnto94″

Server Error in ‘/’ Application.
Validation of viewstate MAC failed. If this application is hosted by a Web Farm or cluster, ensure that <machineKey> configuration specifies the same validationKey and validation algorithm. AutoGenerate cannot be used in a cluster.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Web.HttpException: Validation of viewstate MAC failed. If this application is hosted by a Web Farm or cluster, ensure that <machineKey> configuration specifies the same validationKey and validation algorithm. AutoGenerate cannot be used in a cluster.

This error can be cleared up in most cases by putting a machine Key (and associated details) into your web.config. If need be, you can generate a set of these details here:

http://aspnetresources.com/tools/keycreator.aspx

Microsoft VBScript runtime error ’800a0046′
Permission denied

I recently had this error. Turns out the user running the script did not have write permissions to C:\Inetpub\mailroot\Pickup so the email could never be generated. I used Filemon to find this out: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896642.aspx

Server Error in '/' Application.
Configuration Error
Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service
this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file
appropriately.

Parser Error Message: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web.Entity, Version=3.5.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' or one of its dependencies. The system
cannot find the file specified.

Source Error:

Line 46: 				<add assembly="System.Xml.Linq, Version=3.5.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
Line 47: 				<add assembly="System.Data.Linq, Version=3.5.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
Line 48: 				<add assembly="System.Web.Entity, Version=3.5.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/>
Line 49: 				<add assembly="System.Data.Entity, Version=3.5.0.0,
Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089"/></assemblies>
Line 50: 		</compilation>

This error message means you are trying to load the Assemblies likely found in .NET 3.5 Service pack one and the server you are on does not support it.  Easy to fix, download the zip file below, unzip it, create a folder named “bin” sans quotes in your webroot and place the 2 files within the zip into that folder.  That’s it.

Click here for the zip file.

Stop hotlinking (no Image):

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?example.com(/)?.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.|images\.)?google.(de|com|at|pl|fr|nl|it|com.tr|es|ch|be|gr|com.br|lu|fi|pt|hu|hr|bg|com.mx|si|sk|ro|ca|co.uk|cl|com.ar|se|cz|dk|co.th|com.co|lt|co.id|co.in|co.il|com.eg|cn|co.ve|ru|co.jp|com.pe|com.au|co.ma|co.za|com.ph|com.sa|ie|co.kr|no|com.ec|com.vn|lv|com.mt|com.uy|ae|ba|co.nz|com.ua|co.cr|ee|com.do|com.tw|com.hk|com.my|com.sv|com.pr|lk|com.gt|com.bd|com.pk|is|li|com.bh|com.ni|com.py|com.ng|com.bo|co.ke|hn|com.sg|mu|ci|jo|nu|com.jm|com.ly|co.yu|tt|com.kh|ge|com.na|com.et|sm|cd|gm|com.qa|dj|com.cu|com.pa|gp|az|as|pl|mn|ht|md|am|sn|je|com.bn|com.ai|co.zm|ma|rw|co.ug|com.vc|com|at|com.gi|to|com.om|kz|co.uz)(/)?.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(gif|jpe?g|png|bmp)$ [F,NC]

Stop hotlinking (replacing Image):

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?example.com(/)?.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.|images\.)?google.(de|com|at|pl|fr|nl|it|com.tr|es|ch|be|gr|com.br|lu|fi|pt|hu|hr|bg|com.mx|si|sk|ro|ca|co.uk|cl|com.ar|se|cz|dk|co.th|com.co|lt|co.id|co.in|co.il|com.eg|cn|co.ve|ru|co.jp|com.pe|com.au|co.ma|co.za|com.ph|com.sa|ie|co.kr|no|com.ec|com.vn|lv|com.mt|com.uy|ae|ba|co.nz|com.ua|co.cr|ee|com.do|com.tw|com.hk|com.my|com.sv|com.pr|lk|com.gt|com.bd|com.pk|is|li|com.bh|com.ni|com.py|com.ng|com.bo|co.ke|hn|com.sg|mu|ci|jo|nu|com.jm|com.ly|co.yu|tt|com.kh|ge|com.na|com.et|sm|cd|gm|com.qa|dj|com.cu|com.pa|gp|az|as|pl|mn|ht|md|am|sn|je|com.bn|com.ai|co.zm|ma|rw|co.ug|com.vc|com|at|com.gi|to|com.om|kz|co.uz)(/)?.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpe?g|png|bmp)$ /images/humiliatingimage.gif [L,NC]

Force traffic to WWW:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !www.example.com
RewriteRule ^.*$     http://www.example.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R]

Force traffic to new Domain:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.net/$1 [R=301,L]