So I went ahead and installed Windows 7, and I just love it. Truth be told, I liked Vista – and 7 is just the next solid step.
I have a Sony Vaio “VGN-CR21S/W” and needed to install a few drivers manually which I downloaded from the Vaio Support site (http://genesis.sony-europe.com/instranet/ccil_sony/selfservice/index.jsp?l=en_IE&m=VGN-CR21S_W)

That was all nice enough.. I steered clear of all that Vaio Media crap, it’s all bloatware as far as I’m concerned.

But one thing I did have a little trouble with was getting the keyboard volume and brightness controls to work. After a little searching and experimenting, it seems you need to install the following to get things working in that department:

1. VAIO Event Service
2. VAIO Power Management
3. Sony Shared Library

It would seem safe to install each in that order, and restarting between each one. I suspect it’s not essential, but best be safe and avoid confusion.

Thanks to this post: http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-support/3860-sony-vaio-fn-keys.html

PS: Haven’t tested bluetooth properly yet, will put any updates here.

So yesterday I wrote a post linking to the Let’s Kill IE6 initiative, and this is what happened:

Nice!

A great effort to get people to switch from IE6: Let’s Kill IE6.

I couldn’t find the CSS for this anywhere, so here’s what I’m using.
Note: you will probably also want this image.


/* ============== */
/* Let's Kill IE6 */
/* ============== */
#letskillie6 {
width:400px;
background:#2A2A2A;
color:#CCCCCC;
font-size:14px;
line-height:18px;
position:absolute;
left:34%;
}
#letskillie6 #letskillie6_close {
background:url(images/letskillie6.gif) no-repeat 0 0;
float:right;
height:15px;
width:0;
overflow:hidden;
padding-left:15px;
margin:5px;
}
#letskillie6 #letskillie6_close:hover {
background:url(images/letskillie6.gif) no-repeat 0 -15px;
}
#letskillie6 .content {
width:100%;
margin:0;
float:none;
}
#letskillie6 .content .pic {
background:url(images/letskillie6.gif) no-repeat -15px 0;
height:73px;
width:55px;
display:block;
float:left;
margin:10px;
}
#letskillie6 .content p {
margin-top:10px;
padding-right:10px;
}
#letskillie6 .content p.browsers {
padding:0 10px 15px 10px;
}
#letskillie6 .content p.meta {
display:none;
}
#letskillie6 .content p.browsers a {
display:block;
float:left;
height:16px;
padding-left:20px;
margin-left:11px;
color:#A8C634;
}
#letskillie6 .content p.browsers a.ie8 { background:url(images/letskillie6.gif) no-repeat -70px 0; }
#letskillie6 .content p.browsers a.firefox { background:url(images/letskillie6.gif) no-repeat -70px -16px; }
#letskillie6 .content p.browsers a.opera { background:url(images/letskillie6.gif) no-repeat -70px -32px; }
#letskillie6 .content p.browsers a.chrome { background:url(images/letskillie6.gif) no-repeat -70px -48px; }
#letskillie6 .content p.browsers a.safari { background:url(images/letskillie6.gif) no-repeat -70px -64px; }


Just started using LaTeX, and it annoyed me how the vertical-alignment of the \underline{} tag is not always the same, depending on whether the text ‘dips downwards’ or not (don’t know the correct term).

Anyway I found a fix, basically use \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} in your preamble, and \uline{My Text} instead of \underline{} in your normal text.

via Getting to Grips with Latex – Formatting – Latex Tutorials by Andrew Roberts @ School of Computing, University of Leeds.

A great, cut-to-the-chase article I found about vertical centering with CSS.. enjoy

In the Woods – Vertical Centering With CSS.