Hello, We just switched to FiOS and my email client stopped working. Doh! So a quick check with my hosting provider, and they also allow sending email on another port. I updated Thunderbird to send on the alternate port, and email is sending again. Whew. Just thought I would share. There are only a couple […]
FiOS and Email (FiOS Blocks Port 25 for Outgoing SMTP ) Read More »
DISCLAIMER I am conducting an experiment on my equipment that is hopefully to your benefit, but I am not a repair person, and if you blow up your gear while referencing this post, my sincerest condolences will have to suffice. Use this information at your own risk! IN THE BEGINNING OK, so the truth is,
Sony MDM-X4, Yamaha MD4 and about 15 years Read More »
OK, I wanted to burn a large file to CD, so I right-clicked the file, chose Send-To and selected my read-write CD drive, where a nice fresh blank CD was waiting. This will usually put an icon in your system tray, but if you are like me and a bit slow to react, the icon will vanish.
Burning CDs in Windows XP, No Disc in the Drive Message Read More »
Whooo that is a humdinger. Normally, when someone says “I want my class to have access to the current session state!” I look at them funny, but here is the setup… I want to have global.asax set up some session goodies when someone hits my site, then I want all my web pages to work
Using a Common Page in App_Code with Session Variables Read More »
It takes forever to install. I had to find SOMETHING fun about the eternal wait. . .
Windows 7, Soup’s On! Read More »
Hey, my cohort’s fortune cookie fortune is all I needed as proof…
Bing is a Disease – Literally Read More »
Cloud Computing is the whole new buzzword… but what about Dark Cloud Computing? What is it? WHAT IS IT, YOU SAY? Let me tell you a tale. THE GROUND WORK As the mad dash goes on to reuse components across the enterprise and indeed across multiple enterprises and even the world-wide web itself, there exists
The Dark Side of Cloud Computing Read More »
For those who want more than a blurred definition of “Cloud Computing,” might I suggest a healthy read: 8 myths of cloud computing, by Tarak Modi. Tarak and I go way back. OK, no we don’t, but I did enjoy the article and for those of you who don’t have time for the whole thing… it’s
Cloud-SaaS-ASP-ness Read More »
This wasn’t my original opinion until I talked with a team member at work. Funny how I don’t talk DataTables at the beach or while slogging beers at Medieval Times. Anyway the problem, I thought, was…writing an efficient mechanism for paging through thousands of potential search results in this application I was working on.
Paging DataTables? Think Twice. Read More »
Well, you don’t see these little boogers running amuck in the streets these days. Usually they are tucked away in some dank storage shed that hasn’t seen the light since DOS 3.1. But today a rare “broad daylight siting” whilst I was strolling to get a hair cut!
Dinosaurs!! And they are so cuuuute! Read More »
