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PayPal does not support cancelling old S-* subscriptions from code/api’s. This means that either you (as a merchant) or the customer has to log in to PayPal’s API and cancel these subscriptions manually. #Pain.
Luckily – it can be automated using Phantom.js. Phantom.js is basically a rock solid webbrowser without a UI which you can program (JS) to do stuff for you. I have made a PayPal.js script which lets you input Email, Password and the old S- SubscriptionID...

We quit buying HP-servers a while back, simply because of the entry-prize and the stupendous licence-prices for Advanced ILO, support packs etc.
However we still use HP in our dev-environments, and as we move into Server 2012 R2, we also need drivers and firmware to support it on our older servers. Unfortunately, HP started requiring an active Care Pack-subscription to allow downloads of newer...

Finally, after a long time Microsoft severs ties with IIS, ASP.NET WebForms and System.Web.dll. Their newest tech – ASP.NET vNext is coming.
ASP.NET WebForms  was introduced in early 2000s. It seemed like a good idea at the time – easy transition from WinForms, nice controls and separation of markup and code for better source management. But the Internet technologies change very quickly,...

Windows Phone supports two themes: light and dark. Since UI in this ecosystem is quite… say, minimalistic, the first theme can be described as “black on white” and the second as “white on black”.
The most common way to design appearance of your application is to use predefined resources, which are provided by the system. For instance, to create text in a frame with default theme colors, write:...