Category Archives: Musing

Google instant preview = epic fail

I’ve been a fan of Google since 1999 or so, back when nobody knew who they were. I loved the simplicity of their site and how well their search techniques worked. And while they are still my favorite search engine, … Continue reading

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Hiding dialog box controls in InstallShield

I recently had to modify a Basic MSI installer created with InstallShield so it behaved differently if a certain value was passed in via the command line. That part was easy. What I needed to do next was figure out … Continue reading

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Netbooks

Jeff Atwood had a post on his blog the other day about the overall awesomeness of netbooks, and how they signal a new era of open computing. I’m not sure I agree. I like the idea of an ultra-small laptop … Continue reading

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Dell hardware replacement

So I bought a Dell Latitude E4300 laptop in June of 2009, the first laptop I’ve ever owned. It’s a beautiful machine, but a few months after I got it the keyboard started acting weird. Certain keys wouldn’t work right … Continue reading

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SharePoint extensions for Visual Studio

I’ve been using the SharePoint extensions for Visual Studio 2005/2008 for several months now, and after recently having a chance to see how some of the other tools work (WSPBuilder, STSDev, etc) I can safely say I like the extensions … Continue reading

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SQL 2008 and the Case of the Misplaced Activity Monitor

We have several new training servers where I work running Windows 2008 and SQL Server 2008. They are the only production machines we have running SQL 2008, and though they work fine, my experience with the latest version of SQL … Continue reading

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IE 7

I’ve never been a fan of Internet Explorer. I used Netscape starting with version 2.0 and only switched when Firefox came around. So I’ve never bothered to upgrade my XP development machine to IE 7. Then I read this post … Continue reading

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