So, I listen to podcasts on the way to and from work, and let me tell you, nothing is more irritating that hearing some random Microsoft employee or intern start every sentence with "so". So, if I ask an MS employee if the sky is blue, the answer will probably come back as "So…….
A tip sheet on overcoming procrastination… http://www.onlineorganizing.com/ExpertAdviceToolboxTips.asp?tipsheet=20 I’ll probaby read it tomorrow…
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/jeffs/archive/2005/12/14/8546.aspx If you work with SQL and use Group By (who doesn’t?), check out the posting.
Since I don’t have DotNetBugs.com up and running yet, I figure I’ll put this here for now… After installing Visual Studio 2005, you may find that trying to access local help results in an error saying "Cannot Find Server". If you look at the URL you can see it clearly isn’t attempting to access…
I recently purchased a component for imaging from a company that for argument’s sake we’ll call LeadTools. The product is fine, we’re quite happy with it and we’re about to go live with a tool that uses it. That’s not where the "failure to communicate" occurs. I purchased the product from their web…
Once again I’ve fallen into the trap of not blogging. I find that I have 8,000 things to say, but none of them rise to the top to justify getting blogged. That’s pretty funny to write given that I’ll put darn near anything up here! That’s the beauty of real blogs – no editor to…
In this office, not only do we provide free hand soap, but I personally refill the dispenser when necessary. Truly, I am a great man… Regardless of my greatness, today I discovered that soap appears to have a finite lifespan. While refilling the hand pump with SoftSoap, I noticed that the jug that contained…
Another class action lawsuit, another settlement that pretty much benefits no one but the lawyers. Here is the salient fact: It’s alleged that NetFlix deceived people with its unlimited DVD rental claims. As part of the settlement: The person who filed the lawsuit (class representivie) will receive: $2000. Those of us who were…
If you have a Toshiba m200 (or m205) with Bluetooth built in, there is one thing you should know of when you try to get it all to work together. By default, the Toshiba comes with the Toshiba Bluetooth stack installed. I successfully got the MS keyboard and mouse to work on that stack, but…
Microsoft has been in the habit over the past several years of taking features or goodies away from their users and calling it a benefit. For example, a while ago they changed what an MCSE received – they went from getting 10 support calls to 2 support calls. And a new logo or some such. …