Category Archives: Random Stuff
Live Writer – could this be the answer to my blogging woes?
I had seen a post regarding Live Write Beta before but skipped over it as it was an early beta. Office Rocker article on Beta 2 that caught my eye so I thought I would give it another go. Installation was painless (although … Continue reading
Where did it go!
Apologies, my blog has been offline for a few days! This was down to me messing up my DNS records! Lesson has been learnt
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Google not recognising docx files?
Searching for articles relating to my post on SharePoint Accessibility I spotted the following on Google Office 2007 has been out for a while now, and in beta for a long time. Is this a clever trick by Microsoft or … Continue reading
IE6 VPC Refresh now available
The IEBlog posted today that the IE6 VPC is now available. It is time locked so if you need it to last look at MSDN subscription, if you need it to support things until they work with IE7 or Vista … Continue reading
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Transfer/Recover your Feeds in IE7
After another painful laptop failure I found a quick way to recover the feeds I had taken months collecting. The feeds are located in the directory C:Documents and SettingsAndrewLocal SettingsApplication DataMicrosoftFeeds and can be simply copied into the required location. … Continue reading
Forum for all the Microsoft to Ruby on Rails migrators
Brian Eng and Jeff Cohen have just release the Softies on Rails forum. The forum is a place for all Microsoft people who are venturing into the world of Ruby to ask questions and generally talk amoung yourselves.
End of an Era
Yesterday I left Bx! After 5 years of working with the guys I have decided to move to pastures new. I have taken this really tough decision to enable me to spend more time at home with my family. I … Continue reading
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Rails 1.2.1 Released
If your into Rails you probably have this but worth repeating for the efforts put in by the rails community. Rails 1.2: REST admiration, HTTP lovefest, and UTF-8 celebrations
Office 2007 Beta 2 Removal
In order to remove/uninstall Microsoft Office 2007 Beta2 or Beta 2TR you will need to go through the Microsoft Knowledgebase article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218 If you dont do this you will get the error below when trying to install the RTM version. … Continue reading
Email transfer from PC to Mac OS-X
To transfer emails and contact details from Outlook or Outlook Express on the PC to iMail on the Mac download and install Thunderbird. This will import all outlook emails into standard ‘mbox’ format and allow contacts to be exported as … Continue reading