In November 2009, I found Click to Flash and put an end to unwanted loading of Flash animations in Web browser windows, at least on my MacBook. Most of the time, Flash meant a waste of time, Internet bandwidth, and CPU power. It was also the number one (if not the only) cause of infuriating [...]
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I have been wanting to write about SharePoint 2010 for a while, but decided to hold off until I have had some real first-hand experience with the new beast. The first hurdle: getting hold of hardware that is beefy enough to run it. I remember when Windows 95 debuted; all the PC magazines were [...]
Despite its currently dominant position in the market, Adobe Flash is not the most universally accessible platform when it comes to the delivery of interactive content. Ceteris paribus, I’d say Adobe’s share in the world of rich internet applications will draw a downward curve over the coming months and years. The first reason is competition: [...]
My first ten days with the new cat has been a bumpy ride with a few scratches here and there along the way. I must say I kind of saw it coming when I was greeted by the grumpy face of the feline on the packaging. This, incidentally, draws a stark contrast with the “happy” [...]
When I said “as a corporate customer of Microsoft products, the probability of me installing Windows 7 on a physical machine any time soon is infinitesimally small” less than a week ago, I spoke too soon. That’s because, err, I am now running Windows 7 on my ThinkPad T61 laptop at work. This is [...]
Is the time for biscuit, I mean, time for a new shiny netbook finally upon us?
September and October will be new operating systems galore with the debut of Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. It seems mass shrink-wrapping has already begun on all three of them. I am [...]
Whenever a significant change is made to SharePoint content or configurations, it’s a jolly good idea to check to see if everything is still hunky-dory. In the life of a SharePoint guy/gal, any one of the following may constitute a “significant” change:
Applying a hotfix, Cumulative Update, or Service Pack
Creating a new SharePoint application, site collection, [...]
It’s been a while since I developed Web applications in ColdFusion. Although my command of ColdFusion has gone rather rusty, it still remains my favourite nostalgic programming platform.
InfoWorld has revealed a truly interesting development: The next version of ColdFusion will feature SharePoint integration. Lately I have been wondering where the product was headed, and [...]
Recently, I spent some late night hours reviving my first Mac, a 12-inch iBook G4 manufactured in the 22nd week of 2004, which had been quietly collecting dust for tens of months. Bringing a five year-old laptop back to life is kind of like restoring a classic car, though I’m no automobile enthusiast. The 1.07GHz [...]
As with many other jobs, implementing or maintaining SharePoint requires an exceptional degree of attention to detail because, well, stuff happens. If an error occurs or a mistake is made inside a testing or staging environment before things go to production, it’s a good lesson. If that lesson is captured, documented, and learned, it becomes [...]