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November 2004 - Posts

Beta Test - Amazon Smartphone App

I was thinking earlier that it would be good to have a way, when browsing in a bookshop, to compare the instore price with one on Amazon. With some help from Andy, I've come up with this smartphone optimized web-app. If you select 'Books' from Read More
posted Thursday, November 18, 2004 11:45 PM by adam | 3 Comments
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I hate the Ford Galaxy

OK It seemed like a good idea at the time but it has to go. It's a 1.9 LX diesel and it drives like a slug. The interior is poor quality and neither the heating nor air con works properly. I went to test drive a new Land Rover Discovery yesterday and Read More
posted Tuesday, November 16, 2004 9:59 AM by adam | 8 Comments
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Konfabulator is Konfabulous!

I just got round to downloading the Windows version of Konfabulator and it rocks! What sets it apart from things like Dashboard and Stardock is that its not trying to restyle the entire OS. Check it out here. These are my two favourite widgets so fa Read More
posted Saturday, November 13, 2004 12:41 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Troubleshooting Windows XP SP2 Firewall

Microsoft released a paper yesteday on troubleshooting the Windows Firewall included with XPSP2. The Windows Firewall feature of Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), a replacement for the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) in previous Read More
posted Friday, November 12, 2004 12:16 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Crappy game but great music..

Ministry of Sound have created a game to mark the launch of a new album in their Euphoria series. The game is a blatant rip-off and a fairly poor one at that but you have to play it for the in-game music :) Remember to turn up your speakers! Read More
posted Friday, November 12, 2004 10:00 AM by adam | 1 Comments
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Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter Update

The November 2004 junk e-mail filter update is available and can be downloaded here. Wouldn't it be great to start synchronizing this release with IMF updates? I know there are people that use Outlook without Exchange Server but it would still make Read More
posted Friday, November 12, 2004 9:56 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Where is Adam?

Sorry for the lack of blogging lately.. I've been working my butt off to finish the alpha draft of the guide I'm currently working on. As soon as I can tell you what it is, I will as I'm sure many people that read this blog will be interested :) Im Read More
posted Friday, November 12, 2004 9:50 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Gmail Anti Phishing

Donna just blogged that Gmail now has anti-phishing funcionality. Hopefully, it won't be too long before Yahoo and MSN follow suit. Read More
posted Wednesday, November 03, 2004 11:39 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Newsgator Online Services is now Free!!

Cool Just got an e-mail from the business development director at Newsgator to let me know that Newsgator Online Services is now free Check it out Read More
posted Tuesday, November 02, 2004 10:47 PM by adam | 2 Comments
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Haloween Fireworks Update

In the excitement of Saturday night, i forgot to take any pre explosion pictures :( I think our display lasted a good 35-40 minutes (that's a lot of fireworks) and we had 4 catherine wheels and a 6ft high rocket along with the 325-shot cannon I promise Read More
posted Tuesday, November 02, 2004 10:44 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Amusing documentation

A while back, KC blogged about amusing KB articles. This one comes courtesy of one of the PM's in the group I work with at Microsoft. From http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=BD328D1E-6C01-4447-BD7C-C09646D722C8&displaylang=en Read More
posted Tuesday, November 02, 2004 12:32 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Content Master Sharepoint Solutions

Content Master, the company I work for, has decided to make 2 of our internal SharePoint tools commercially available. You can download a 30-day eval copy from the links below. Many organisations already enhance their business processes through the power Read More
posted Monday, November 01, 2004 9:57 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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