BlackBerry Email Reconciliation timers
DaleWe had a user asking about read/unread marks not updating on their BlackBerry device. The advice from Research In Motion: There are two separate timers in play which determine when…
Sitemaps generation
When I was setting up blog.wisefaq.com, I needed a way to generate a Sitemap. A Sitemap is an easy way for a website owner to tell a search engine, like…
“One of these things is not the same as the others.”
When I was growing up, that was a game on Sesame Street. It’s the same with Mobile/cell phone & PDA earpiece attachments: The sharp eyed amongst you will have noticed…
Leaving Geocities: “This website has won No Awards at all”
With Geocities shutting down, I had to move the CTOS Faq site. CTOS, my friends, was an kick-ass operating system which was released in 1979, and was supported for 20…
“Forget this: Treat other people the way they’d like to be treated.”
There’s some sage advice in this BusinessWeek article by Peter Bregman Because the world is more global and organizations are more diverse, the likelihood we will interact with people very…
Tip for installing Windows 7 : update your BIOS first.
Windows 7 uses your BIOS version to determine what hardware drivers should be downloaded to your PC. So updating my BIOS is one of the first things I do before…
Best Friend Holiday Retreat
We recently had a 2 day break at Tarra Valley, and stayed at the Best Friend Holiday Retreat. It was magic. Here are some of the things Nikki, Robyn and…
Microsoft commits to releasing Outlook PST format
This is big news, particularly if you’ve ever tried to convert an OST file to a PST file. … In order to facilitate interoperability and enable customers and vendors to…
So you can’t boot from your CD/DVD drive?
I was watching someone install Windows XP on a system with SATA drives the other day. The PC would power up, look briefly at the CD/DVD drive, and then carry…