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Something I wrote back in January 2004, it still holds up fairly well. Cheap CD’s and laptops… The Development Lab have found that the Compaq E500 laptop has problems reading "cheap" CD’s. Because of this, the Development Lab now use a known quality brand. At the moment, we’re using "Verbatim DataLifePlus" CDs. So if [...] … or BlackBerry Bold + Post-It note = secure BlackBerry battery. The BlackBerry Bold can randomly reset when it is knocked. The reset is caused by the battery being slightly loose. Solution? Folded Post-It note on the inside of the Bold back cover. The customer was skeptical, but I’ve seen this used as [...] SQL Server 2008 Backup Compression – by Varun Dhawan, over at MSDN blogs. It’s a useful option for saving space with backing up to disk, but I would disagree with the guy over tape backup savings. Some tape units have built-in hardware compression which already compresses the data being stored on tape. Which means there [...] Travelling to the United States of America after 11th January 2009? Then you need to fill in an electronic Visa Waiver application here Reference: STA Authorization Required for All Visa Waiver Program Countries Beginning January 12 The Day I Shot Myself Down From the Ejection Site, the story of the F-14 pilot who shot [...] List of IT things I’ve seen over the last week* that I like: Working with Office 2007 from the Command Line (via Another day in the Office) Tracking down a bug in VB6 that only shows in the compiled EXE and not from inside the IDE – Use OutputDebugString (via Goto 100 – Development [...] One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above river, his axe fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, “Why are you crying?” The woodcutter replied that his axe has fallen into water. The Lord went down into the water and reappeared with [...] I hate shopping and loath factory outlets, can’t stand crowds. “Do you want to go with me to the factory outlets in Fitzroy?” A No, would see me in the doghouse. ‘Of course dear’ So we visited True-Blue Shoes in Fitzroy, and Gloweave in Smith St. Fitzroy. Glo-weave was disappointing, no french-cuffs on [...] "Halt! Who goes there?" the sentry’s call Rose on the midnight air Above the noises of the camp, The roll of wheels, the horses’ tramp. The challenge echoed over all — "Halt! Who goes there?" A quaint old figure clothed in white, He bore a staff of pine, And ivy-wreath was on [...] The train cafeteria at Spencer Street Station used to have this wonderful mural, painted by Harold Freedman, called the Cavalcade of Transport. Cheap food and drinks at the cafeteria as well. The cafeteria catered for the departing and arriving country train passengers. It was popular, as you wouldn’t want to buy food on [...] As a humble blog reader, you’ve not have noticed many changes, but as a blog writer, the upgrade WordPress v2.7 makes things a bit easier. It was Ed Bott who indectly tipped me off to the v2.7 goodness. There are plenty of WordPress v2.7 blog posts going around, so I’ll just mention my favorite [...] |
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