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30 day challenge – video comments on a blog – wtf???
A couple of weeks ago I received an invite to the 30 Day Challenge. What is it? From their website: In a nutshell… The Thirty Day Challenge is about making your first $10 online. For a full 30 days we...
View ArticleCrazy Domain's are awful!
We’ve just moved our DNS and Email services to Crazy Domains and the short version is that they are terrible! Background: We have about 40 – 50 DNS & Email services we are maintaining. Our current...
View ArticleWhy I love WordPress!
My blog has never seen so much traffic before! In October, I wrote about Crazy Domains and their poor level of service. Tonight, I noticed a flood of comments (well, there were 3!) The funny thing is,...
View ArticleASP.NET & MVC
I’ve been trying to tackle this monster the past week. Here’s what I’ve learnt: 1. It’s implementation on the .net framework has changed a LOT! Most samples available are out of date and won’t compile...
View ArticleWave hello to Google!
I’ve just watched the Google Wave demo given at the Google IO Conference. At first glance, Wave is a fantastic idea! If you are using email to communicate with your family and friends, this will change...
View ArticleTPG, Telstra & Flexstream
I’ve recently moved house and had a nightmare trying to get an internet connection. I thoughtI’d share my experience in the hope it helps someone else Background: I’ve moved to Kensington, in Sydney...
View ArticleHello World Wave
A couple of weeks ago, I was luck enough to be given an invite to Google Wave. I clearly remember using Gmail for the first time some 5 or 6 years ago. Gmail was (very!) fast to use, the design was...
View ArticleSeth Godin's 2%
Seth recently put up a post on 2% To summarise, Seth suggests that regardless of what you do (crystal clear instructions, ALL CAPS) 2% of people will still stuff it up! He finishes with: Technologists...
View ArticleThe details of (bad) design…
Scott Adams (the Dilbert dude!) put up a post recently on Bad Interfaces. He starts innocently enough: The other day I tried to change my address through a company’s web site and it wouldn’t accept my...
View ArticleFailing to think different?
Jeff LaMarche writes a reply to Molly Wood’s post. Molly takes the position that Apple failed to think different with the iPad. She goes on to say that Apple should stop trying to convince her the...
View ArticleSocial media in school
On the Ask a Teacher blog, Jacqui Murray asks the question: What do you think of Facebook in school? I thought this was a great question that should be teased out. In her post, she says that her school...
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windows cannot automatically bind the ip protocol to the ip stack
Uugh! I’ve just spent 2 hours tracking this down. My wife is running Windows 7 Home on a Compaq Presario and her wireless networking stopped. When I ran the diagnostic, the only meaningful message I...
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The problem with Tekpub…
I like Rob Conery. But he is the sort of guy who just seems to go out of his way to cause trouble… A good example is a post I wrote a couple of years ago. What’s funny is that Rob even commented on the...
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What is Klout?
Recently, Cathie McGinn tweeted: I first heard of Klout during an interview with their CEO Joe Fernandez, on This Week in Startups. So what is it? For me, Klout is a method of measuring who is popular...
View ArticleRecovering lost disk space on Windows 7
A colleague at work suggested I download Team Fortress 2 since it’s now free on Steam. It requires about 10 gig disk space – I only had about 3.5gig. Scott Hanselman recently wrote a blog post on how...
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