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January 2004 - Posts

Now its my half-century... and some more Orkut

Following Paul's post a few weeks ago, I'm pleased to be writing my 50th GeekDojo post. I could make this into an academy awards acceptance type speech but you'd all start falling asleep and it was be wasted ;) Seriously though, thanks to Ryan for giving Read More
posted Saturday, January 31, 2004 8:49 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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UK .NET Bloggers

Tim Sneath has created a list of UK .NET Bloggers which features Paul and myself, as well as Neil Cowburn, one of my esteemed colleagues at Content Master (and an MVP too!) The list is also available in OPML format for all you RSS junkies :D Read More
posted Friday, January 30, 2004 1:58 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Solution Accelerator for Microsoft Systems Architecture (MSA) Enterprise Messaging

The Solution Accelerator for Microsoft Systems Architecture (MSA) Enterprise Messaging provides referential and implementation guidance to enable a customer or solution provider to adequately plan, build, deploy and operate a Microsoft Exchange Server Read More
posted Thursday, January 29, 2004 10:16 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Blogger Dinner UK Style

Anyone who reads the blogs of Scoble, Rowland et al will know that they frequently have blogger dinners. As a member of various online networking sites (Social and Business) i think this kind of thing is great. Does anyone know of any UK ones (Southern Read More
posted Thursday, January 29, 2004 4:44 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Anyone for Orkut?

Anyone else tried out Orkut? I just got an invite and am in the process of signing up. I'll let you know if it's any good Read More
posted Thursday, January 29, 2004 10:34 AM by adam | 6 Comments
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Exchange Event Sink for MyDoom Virus

William at MS Exchange Blog has posted about an event sink created to catch the recent MyDoom virus. Read More
posted Wednesday, January 28, 2004 5:54 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Security Bits and Bobs

Allegedly, one of my technical specialisms is security so I have a few tidbits that people may be interested in. First Off, I was going to post links to the public preview pages for ISA Server 2004 (Stingray). But MS seem to have taken them down between Read More
posted Tuesday, January 27, 2004 8:21 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Be Geeky and Fashionable - Simultaneously!

That's right ladies and gentlemen. Thanks to the folks who bought you the Scott eVEST, you can now take your digital world with you wherever you go with the TEC Sport Jacket. Not quite up to Phillip Torrone's Geek Gym but getting there, and smart to Read More
posted Tuesday, January 27, 2004 2:01 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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The worlds first Pocket PC Supercomputer

How cool is this? 11 Pocket PC's clustered together to make the pocket pc equivalent of a supercomputer. Read more here Read More
posted Tuesday, January 27, 2004 12:18 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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MS Security Guidance

Im currently developing a Hands-On Lab on deploying Windows XP and Office System 2003 and I just had to create a slide on securing WinXP. Following my post the other day about the prescriptive guidance that MS are now starting to provide, I just thought Read More
posted Monday, January 26, 2004 11:26 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Robert Scoble the Musicman

I seem to be making a habit of blogging about Rob Scoble and his music tastes... He's blogged about an awesome site called musicplasma Its a music search engine like nothing you've ever seen We'll have to talk music next time i'm over in Redmond, Read More
posted Monday, January 26, 2004 1:46 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Bill Gates saves the world

I have several Bill Gates related things to blog about so i'll stick them all here. Firstly, Bill Gates reckons that spam e-mail will be eradicated by 2006. If anyone has the resources to acheieve this, it's my man Bill. However, I dont think this issue Read More
posted Monday, January 26, 2004 11:26 AM by adam | 3 Comments
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MS buys NewsGator?

Well, maybe one day.. Chris at Office Zealot reckons Microsoft would be on a winner to integrate Newsgator-like functionality into Outlook 12. Personally, I totally agree with him. Having my new aggregator in Outlook makes it much easier to access Read More
posted Monday, January 26, 2004 10:57 AM by adam | 1 Comments
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Have you done an Exchange 2003 Implementation or Migration?

If so, I'd like to talk to you. Im working on a consultants guide to exchange server consolidation/migration/upgrade and would be interested to hear about any 'in the field' experience Mail me via the contact form or by commenting this post Thanks Read More
posted Friday, January 23, 2004 10:50 AM by adam | 3 Comments
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What's that you're wearing?

A Hub? You're wearing a hub? O'Neill, makers of trendy skiwear have teamed up with infineon to bring us the Hub. Woven into The Hub snowboard jacket are electrically conductive fabric tracks, which connect a chip module to a fabric keyboard and built-in Read More
posted Thursday, January 22, 2004 4:24 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Prescriptive Guidance from Microsoft

Microsoft appears to be making huge strides to make available prescriptive guidance on how to implent and manage their products. What are your opinions on this stuff? My personal opinion is that there is always a place for best practice and in the IT Read More
posted Thursday, January 22, 2004 12:50 AM by adam | 2 Comments
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McDonald's Drive Thru Thievery

Is it just me or does everyone else get annoyed by the fact that whenever you get fries from a McDonalds Drive-Thru, they always underfill the fries and by the time you notice, you've already driven away. Also, the advert for the Big Tasty would have Read More
posted Tuesday, January 20, 2004 4:27 PM by adam | 8 Comments
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Karate competition

I paid my deposit to attend the USKK Europe annual Karate competition last night. I'm really getting into this whole thing a lot more than i expected. I have a nice new Adidas Karate uniform (picture below but that isn't me wearing it ;), a few books Read More
posted Tuesday, January 20, 2004 10:28 AM by adam | 9 Comments
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More blogging from now on..

Since the site has been upgraded to the latest version of .Text, I can now control which part of my blog is linked to the main site and can therefore blog about anything I like :D Therefore, I will no longer be using my blogspot site. All my blogging Read More
posted Tuesday, January 20, 2004 10:21 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Microsoft Migration Masterclass - UK

Just got this e-mailed to me so I thought I'd share as I'm that kind of guy ;) Microsoft Migration Master Class FREE Microsoft Partner Events presented by Quest SoftwareTVP, READING - 2nd March 2004LEEDS - 4th March 2004GLASGOW - 11th March 2004 Quest Read More
posted Tuesday, January 20, 2004 10:16 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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I'm #1 on Google

I just did a Google search on Adam Field, and I'm #1,2 and 3 :D I never knew there were so many people with such great names. I searched on ICQ Whitepages and there are at least 20 people registered as Adam Field Amazing! Read More
posted Friday, January 16, 2004 12:26 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Don't ask me.. I just work here!

Joe Bork has blogged about the things people ask him (and he doesn't want to answer) when they find out he works at MS. I feel for you Joe. I get a similar thing when people find out my job is even remotely connected to IT. They usually want me to fix Read More
posted Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:46 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Take the Exchange 2003 Beta Design Exam

Neil Hobson has blogged details of how you can register to take the Exchange 2003 Design exam beta. Be aware that beta exams usually present the entire question pool so this exam is 4 hours long. On the plus side, its free to take and if you pass, you Read More
posted Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:05 PM by adam | 2 Comments
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A Future version of Windows not made by MS?

Even if you run Linux, you'll want these windows... These ones double as Speakers, monitors and TV's Where do I sign up??? Read More
posted Wednesday, January 14, 2004 5:34 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Windows 98 cull postponed till 2006..

No doubt everyone will have seen that MS have extended support for Win98 and its derivatives until 2006. As I no longer work in a support/operations capacity this is no longer that big a deal (besides which, the last live operation I was in charge of Read More
posted Tuesday, January 13, 2004 10:35 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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MS Services for Unix for Free

Interesting to see that v3.5 of MS Services for Unix (SFU), released on Thursday, will now be free of charge. Microsoft previously charged a $99 license fee. SFU allows interoperability between Linux/Unix environments and Windows. It also expands the Read More
posted Tuesday, January 13, 2004 10:13 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Why Doesn't Exchange 2000 work on Windows 2003?

KC Lemson recently blogged an entry about what people dislike about the MS Exchange website. This is interesting in itself and I'd encourage you to comment as feedback is always welcome at MS. Although not really anything to do with the exchange website, Read More
posted Tuesday, January 13, 2004 10:23 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Red Vs Blue

Season 2 of Red Vs Blue has started and episode 20 is excellent If you're a Halo player and you haven't seen it before, go check it out Read More
posted Monday, January 12, 2004 12:42 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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A cure for online gaming munchies!

Ever been up playing Quake/C+C/Halo all night when you get an attack of the munchies? Dont you wish you could just eat without having to get up? Well then, the Gingerbread Village Mini ITX case could be for you. Devised by some enterprising chaps at Read More
posted Saturday, January 10, 2004 2:35 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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World's smallest R/C helicopter?

I know Ryan likes helicopters so I'm sure he'll appreciate this one. This has to be the world's smallest R/C helicopter weighing just 6.9g including the battery! There is even video footage of it in flight to prove that it works. Read More
posted Saturday, January 10, 2004 2:14 PM by adam | 11 Comments
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Rob Scoble has great taste in Music!

Not a headline I thought I'd ever write but true nonetheless! Robert blogged about a recent meeting with Amber, a San Francisco techno DJ and I have to say after visiting her site and listening to her stuff, I'm hooked too ;) If techno is your thing, Read More
posted Friday, January 09, 2004 4:28 PM by adam | 6 Comments
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Exchange 2000 Troubleshooting Event - UK

On the 20th January, Microsoft UK have a technet evening on troubleshooting Exchange 2000 at TVP in Reading They will cover: Configuring Exchange for RecoveryTroubleshooting inbound Internet E-mailTroubleshooting outbound Internet E-mailRecovering MessagesRecovering Read More
posted Friday, January 09, 2004 3:56 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Apple Servers. Stop laughing.. I'm serious!

Apple really do make servers. At Macworld Expo this week, they introduced the G5 version of their Xserve rackmount server which runs a server version of Mac OS X. As you'd expect with an apple product, it looks the dogs danglers. Finished in brushed Read More
posted Friday, January 09, 2004 3:19 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Remove Hidden Data from Office Docs

KC Lemson has posted the download link for this excellent tool. I downloaded it a week or two ago. As a technical author, i use track changes almost daily and its important that this is completely removed when a 'Final' document is delivered to a customer. Read More
posted Friday, January 09, 2004 2:59 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Deploying Exchange 2003? MCP Magazine want to talk to you!

Chris Merrick writes in his exchange blog that MCP magazine would like to interview anyone who has deployed or is deploying Exchange 2003 in a production environment. That rules me out then :( I've deployed it 100's of times but only in a hands-on lab Read More
posted Friday, January 09, 2004 2:51 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Desktop Deployment Hands-On Labs

I'm currently working on the above and found a useful site with lots of virtual hands-on labs (VHOL's) on this very subject They cover everything from legacy application compatibility to deploying Win XP workstations and Office 2003 Apps The labs are Read More
posted Friday, January 09, 2004 2:34 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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First post of 2004

I managed to achieve the mean feat of turning my computer off on the 23rd December and not switching it back on until 9.15 this morning. it's amazing how many e-mails I received dated 25/12/2003 I went to Karate on christmas day (and got a split lip Read More
posted Friday, January 02, 2004 10:45 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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