SQL Skills
In February and March 2012 I’m taking a trip to Tampa FL to attend three weeks of in-depth SQL Server training, provided by Paul Randal and Kimberly Tripp, those legends of the SQL world. I cannot wait.
Google+
I’m off Facebook. I joined in (I think) 2006 and after the latest changes, combined with their increasingly bizarre opinion on privacy, I decided to run for the hills. The hills of Google+. Ironically, I wrote an article some time ago about Google and its potential to know everything about you. I may have evenContinue reading Google+
Screen brightness and migraines
Recently I decided to install Windows 7 on my iMac. I have the 27″ Core i5 model, which is a whole lot of screen and power. Unfortunately, Boot Camp’s drivers for the screen brightness were abysmal, and I ended up getting a severe migraine after playing a game for two hours because it was tooContinue reading Screen brightness and migraines
NCANE.COM will be shut down soon
NCANE.COM is five years old this month.
Exchange 2003 Fail Server
Holy hell, it’s hard to recover mail from an Exchange Server if you’ve lost your domain controller. But I’ve done it. Once again, I’m a legend. On Monday, a customer’s Windows 2003 Small Business Server went down due to a planned power outage. When it came back up again, the drives were corrupt. Their mostContinue reading Exchange 2003 Fail Server
iMac Hard Drive Installation
So I replaced the hard drive in an iMac today.
NCANE.COM going open source
I’ve decided to take my short URL generator and make it open-source. This is for a number of reasons, but I think primarily because I’m emigrating, and sometimes you need to just let things go. ShutOff 2000’s code will also become open source when I release ShutOff 2010 (that’s a long story – don’t ask).Continue reading NCANE.COM going open source
I smite thee, spammers
As the founder of the Smiters of Iniquity, I hereby smite all spammers. Yesterday, ncane.com and I were targeted by spammers, where a spam email went out to (I expect) thousands of people, purporting to be from me (including my personal details from public DNS records), and a short URL generated by ncane.com. An over-eagerContinue reading I smite thee, spammers
Honda Jazz 2002 – 2008 recalled
Honda SA has announced today a safety recall of the previous generation Jazz to inspect and modify driver door power-window switches that may, in some cases, short circuit as a result of water intrusion into the housing. (Source: Honda website.)
Apple iPad
I’m not going to defend it or blast it. Enough words have already been written about it. What I am going to say is that I like it and I want one. I’ll even get word processor and spreadsheet apps. I don’t see the need for multi-tasking, because it’s not a tablet PC. And IContinue reading Apple iPad