Opinion on When Software Attacks!

Net Writer: A great UWP blog editor

Sun, 13 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000

I came across Net Writer some months ago, when it’s creator, Ed Anderson blogged about how he’d taken the newly-released Open Live Writer code and used it in his just-started Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app for Windows 10. In January it only supported blogger accounts, which meant that I was unable to use it. However, I checked again this weekend and discovered that it now supports a wide range of blog software including BlogEngine.net that powers blogs.blackmarble.co.uk.

A week with the Surface Pro 3

Sat, 26 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Robert unexpectedly (gotta love him!) gave me a surprise present in the form of a Microsoft Surface Pro 3. I’ve now been using it for a week and I thought it was time to put my thoughts into words.

Using the Dell Venue 8 Pro Stylus

Wed, 05 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000

You will recall from my earlier post how much I like my Dell Venue 8 Pro and how disappointed I was that the stylus was on back-order until March.

Imagine my surprise, then, when a package arrived at the beginning of this week with a shiny new stylus in it!

Living with the Dell Venue 8 Pro

Sun, 26 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

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Some time ago I wrote about how disappointed I was with the Acer W3 tablet. I really wanted that small form factor device, but the Acer fell short in pretty much every regard. Late last year Dell launched the Venue 8 Pro – the first of the new generation of 8” Windows tablets out of the gate. I sat on the fence for a while, looking at community comments on the the device, then finally ordered one after speaking to Simon May about his impressions of it.

Generation 2 Virtual Machines on Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 plus other nice new features

Tue, 15 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

DDD North 2013 was a fantastic community conference but sadly I didn’t get chance to deliver my grok talk on Generation 2 virtual machines. A few people came up to me beforehand to say they were interested in the topic, and a few more spoke to me afterwards to ask if I would blog. I had planned to write a post anyway, but when you know it’s something people want to read you get a bit more of a push.

I wouldn’t be where I am today… How encouraging kids in computing is important

Sat, 31 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve been mulling this blog post for a while. Those of you who know Black Marble will have seen that we all believe very strongly in encouraging young people to take up computing and put time into sharing our knowledge and expertise. I thought it was worth sharing how I got to where I am today, which would not have been possible without the help and encouragement of three key people who worked with technology. There’s a message in the story though, about how we need to help the next generation of computing professionals in the same way.

Life with a Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13

Sat, 31 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

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My wife’s desktop computer is eight years old. In fairness, it was good kit at the time, and the dual core, 64-bit AMD CPU and it’s four gigabytes of RAM are still more than enough to run her apps today. But the disks are slow and, frankly, it’s just getting tired. Time to get a new one…

The Acer Iconia W3: An object lesson in how NOT to design a tablet

Mon, 08 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

As you may have seen from my recent tweets, I was fortunate enough to attend //Build again this year in lovely San Francisco. In what appears to be an emerging tradition, conference attendees received not one, but two Windows 8 tablets: A 128Gb Microsoft Surface Pro with Type Cover, and an Acer Iconia W3 with keyboard dock.

Living with the Nokia Lumia 800

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

If you call in at Black Marble you’ll see Nokia’s everywhere. They’re talking over the place. It takes me back… I remember when almost everybody I knew had some kind of Nokia or another. I started with the 5.1 on Orange, followed by a sequence of progressively smaller phones. Then came Series 60 and I walked away – I never liked the interface. I swapped to Sony Ericsson and the P800, P900 and P910. I moved to Windows Mobile for time, until I could stand it no more and swapped to an iPhone (much to the grumbling of folk round here!).

Fujitsu Stylistic Q550: A Tablet for the Enterprise

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Every now and again, whilst I’m away from the office, the gadget pixies visit my desk and leave something interesting for me to play with. It’s a bit like Bagpuss, except stuff works when it arrives and I can never get the guys to wake up when I need them too.

Fundaments of planning your beautiful SharePoint web site

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

This article is all about preparation. It’s about the thinking and planning you need to do if you’re going to successfully build your wonderful, unique and striking website on the SharePoint platform.

Living with the Acer Aspire 1420P

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

This blog has been a very quiet place for a long time now, reflecting somewhat how busy I have been elsewhere. During this period of heavy work I have found a new friend in my Aspire 1420P. In some ways it’s sad – my trusty and reliable Dell Mini 9 has been neglected in favour of a younger, sexier model.

Thoughts on the BCS EGM

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Stepping along the path ploughed by Richard and Robert, I thought I’d try to order my thoughts on the BCS EGM through a blog post. Like Richard, I am (as I begin writing) uncertain as to my final leaning on this, although I have clear views on some of the issues.

Social Networking: The double-edged sword of maintaining an online presence

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

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I’m writing this post whilst watching my Windows Home Server slowly copy data onto an external drive. I mention that not because of its pertinence, but to indicate why I found myself having time to join Facebook.

New and coming Microsoft technologies you need to look at

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Yesterday was the annual Black Marble Tech Update event, where we try to cover every product in the Microsoft arsenal in half a day, telling local businesses what’s coming and what deserves attention.

Remote working solutions (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the snow)

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

We lost remarkably few days of productivity to the bad weather at Black Marble. That wasn’t because we were all intrepid, hardy types and all made it into the office. Far from it – some of us live in areas where they don’t grit very often and can’t make it to the main roads.

Twitter clients: Twinbox and Tweetz

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Anybody who follows me on twitter will know that @rikhepworth is by no means a prolific tweeter. However, I do follow a number of people around the planet, and in addition to the ubiquitous Tweetie2 on my iPhone, I have found two clients to be useful and reliable.

Places to eat in Berlin: Grenander

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Lets get this straight right of the bat: Grenander is not a restaurant. Sure, it’s open in the evening and it does light meals (think: soup and a roll). However, it’s really a cafe (‘cafehaus and icecream’, says my receipt).

Places to eat in Berlin: La Sepia

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Anybody who knows me well will tell you that I am prone to waxing lyrical about Portugal. Whilst I haven’t been there for a good few years now, it was a regular destination for my family when I was younger and I have strong, fond memories of the place and its food.

Places to eat in Berlin: Mola

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Mola is opposite the Wittenbergplatz U-bahn station, just along the Ku’damme from KaDeWe. It’s not the most sophisticated restaurant you’ll find, but it’s a wonderfully authentic Italian restaurant.

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The first thing you’ll notice is the marvellously jovial owner (at least I think he was the owner) who welcomes you in Italian. The next thing that you’ll notice is the large traditional pizza oven, with the pizza chef making fresh pizza by hand right in front of you.

Joining in the background noise: I am now on Twitter

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

One of the reasons I enjoy conferences like @media is that I can be persuaded to change my mind on things. After a persuasive argument from Nick I’ve decided to alter my stance on twitter and give it a go for a while.

Places to eat on the South Bank in London

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

A set of conference posts wouldn’t be complete without a run down of the local culinary delights. We haven’t strayed far from the South Bank Centre for the past few days, but we’ve had a great variety of meals.

Things to do in Seattle: Gameworks

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

As you probably guess, Richard and myself were in Seattle for a short conference last week. The evening entertainment on one night was a trip to Gameworks. If you like playing video games with your mates, going head-to-head at things like Sega Rally, then you’ll have a good time in Gameworks.

Places to eat in Seattle: Etta’s Seafood

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

On our arrival in Seattle, Richard and I had a great meal in Etta’s Seafood, which is not far along the road from Pike’s Market, heading out with the bay on your left. The food was excellent – fantastic chowder and a burger cooked just to your taste. A warning though – if you’re a wee slip of a lad like I am you may find the portions daunting. It was a friendly, charming place and great welcome to the city.

Places to eat in Seattle: Marcella’s Cookery

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Tonight we ate in a place we’d seen recommended by Sara Ford in her blog: Marcella’s Cookery. A fantastic little New Orleans-style eatery run by the eponymous (and very friendly) Marcella and her husband, Anthony. The food was fabulous, well cooked and happily discussed by the chef himself. Between us we tried a number of dishes and all were excellent. Anthony (the chef) told us that he moved to Seattle after Hurricane Katrina and I think it’s Seattle’s gain – we had a great time and I can wholeheartedly recommend the place.

Places to eat in Seattle: Lowell’s

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

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Richard’s an old hand in Seattle, so he suggested we ate breakfast at Lowell’s down at the Pike Place Market. I’m really glad he did – the eggs benedict were fantastic. We ate great food with a fantastic view of the bay. If you’re ever in Seattle I can wholeheartedly recommend that you try Lowell’s while you’re here.

UK Hotels take note – this how to do coffee in my room!

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

I’m in Seattle this week (just as a big heatwave has rolled in). As I type this I’m looking out from my room at the Westin over a great view of the bay. In the corner I hear my coffee brewing. None of your little kettles and sachets of instant coffee here. Look what I got:

Configuring IIS Bindings to include host headers with https on Windows Server 2008 (for SharePoint)

Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

NOTE: We use a wildcard SSL certificate which makes our life much easier when dealing with multiple hostnames. I have not tested this approach with multiple SSL certificates for specific sites.

NewSID fails on Windows Server 2008 R2

Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The title says it all. I’m currently building a virtual lab to test DirectAccess and every time I run newsid on windows server 2008 R2 the system bluescreens irrevocably on reboot. I’ve now switched to using sysprep to change the SID. Here’s hoping the sysinternals guys update what is undoubtedly one of the most useful tools around!

Windows 7 on the 8Gb SSD Mini 9: Redux

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

You may remember that I ended my previous post with about 1.6Gb free on the 8Gb SSD of the Mini 9 after installing Windows 7.

I still needed to install Office 2007, or at the very least Word and Excel for the ‘book to be useful. I therefore rummaged out another 16Gb SD card and revisited my earlier vista post about installing apps to an SD card. This time I simply let the card allocate a drive letter and installed Office to d:\Program Files instead.

Windows 7: Attempting to install to VHD – an odyssey

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

One of the things I am most impressed about with Windows 7 is the latest Media Center. As a result, I wanted to install the build 7000 beta release onto our media PC at home. However, I already have that working nicely with Windows Vista and, frankly, I didn’t want to have to repeatedly reinstall if the beta caused problems.

Windows 7 on the Dell Mini 9

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

What better way to try Windows 7 then installing it on the Mini 9? Having read all the commentary about the smaller footprint of the new OS I couldn’t resist.

TechEd EMEA IT: Day 2 - Threat Management Gateway

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Andy and I are now in a TMG preview demo. This looks really interesting - we spoke to the guys at ATE last night and saw a few items that I hope to see now in more detail. TMG is ISA Server vnext - codenamed ‘Nitrogen’ and part of the ‘Stirling’ next wave of Forefront.

TechEd EMEA IT: Day 1

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

It’s 7:25 AM. Andy and I are hoping to make a whistle-stop trip to the Cathedral before making it to the conference early enough to get good seats for the keynote.

TechEd EMEA IT: Day 0 - Greetings from Barcelona

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Ola! Andy and I are now in sunny Espana. Only it’s not sunny. Oh well… However, true to form we started our trip, having registered at the conference centre, by eating hot dogs in a german fast food joint in a Spanish shopping centre! If you’re passing, Kurz & Gut does pretty good food.

Mix Remixed

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t visit the Mix community site often – historically, the content has been of little interest and infrequently updated. Imagine my surprise, then, to find a relaunched Mix Online with a new Microformats project – Oomph.

Vista on the Dell Mini 9: Installing applications on an SD card

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I’m still trying new things with the Mini 9. I now have an image file that I can restore to the Mini which has my base install after running sysprep. The problem I have is storage space – the SSD isn’t quite big enough.

Getting Vista on the Dell Mini 9

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Our second Mini 9 arrived in the office today. This one is for Andy and myself to use whilst out of the office. Richard has successfully upgraded his to XP Professional, so we had to try to push the bar out a little further – we’re running Vista Business.

Vista on the Dell Mini 9: Redux

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve been chipping away at this for a while now today, and I’ve learned a few things on the way:

When Vista says it suggests installing the battery drivers for the system, don’t. The zip file it suggested I install broke power management.
Patch the system fully as an admin user before logging in as a restricted user. It will save you hours of time.
Sysinternals Diskmon doesn’t work with Vista - you need to run it as admin, and that certainly isn’t an option for my restricted users.
Vista when hibernating just shows a black screen. That’s not very helpful the first time you try it, on a silent machine with no disk activity lights at all.
think Vista takes longer to hibernate and come back from hibernation than XP, although coming back from sleep is much quicker than it’s older sibling.

Overall, I’m still happy. I have Vista, Office 2007 and Live Writer and 3.5Gb of disk space free. With no serious hacking the Dell runs at around 50% memory usage witrh a browser and live writer running. I can live with that. Battery life appears OK. It’s 10:30 and I’ve been using the Dell since 8pm, thrashing the disk (as much as there is one) and the wi-fi, and I’m at 38% battery. That puts me on track for about four hours or so and I can live with that.

First thoughts on the Acer Aspire One

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

You can’t say that things never change. I nipped out to Tesco last night for a few bits of shopping – you know, some beer, spices for cooking, etc – and came back with an Acer Aspire One. As you do…

Dell Mini 9: A Day In The Life

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Colour me impressed. I managed well over four hours’ battery life today and found the Mini 9 a joy to use. I have encountered a snag, however, and it wasn’t one that I expected.

First thoughts on the Dell Mini 9

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I’m down in London tomorrow, and rather than lug my laptop on the train I’ve borrowed Richard’s shiny new Mini 9.

Overall, I’m quite impressed with it. I’m still not sure about the keyboard, even after a couple of hours typing away – the keys are small and some of them are smaller still, which makes typing an interesting experience. However, I’m sure I would get used to it with time. The thing is, a netbook is not aimed at being your everyday machine, so does a quirky keyboard become a barrier to use if that use is intermittent?

Browsers are like buses

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

You wait around for ages and then two come along, all at once! No sooner have I downloaded IE8 beta 2 than Google announce Chrome!

I’ve been using IE8 for a few days and I’m quite impressed. I’ve just downloaded Chrome and I have to say, it’s a darn good browser. The feature I most wanted from any tab-based browser and one I’ve mentioned before in the context of IE is present in Chrome - tabs you can drag between windows.

Site Policies and FBA in SharePoint: Update

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

My apologies to Craig, who posted a comment to my earlier post about our FBA problems and I didn’t notice until today.

To update you all on the situation, the fault is still with Microsoft and I have not yet received a hotfix.

Life with a Diamond: nearly two weeks on

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I said I’d post again once I’d had the Diamond a little while. It’s now been two weeks and I can honestly say I’m completely happy with it. Battery life for me is fine - I charge it about every three days and it chugs along with exchange push pretty much constantly. I am quite comfortable with the soft keyboard and I can honestly say I haven’t noticed any issues with the speed of the device either.

blogging on the move: redux

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Richard’s little mobile blogging app is nice, but he isn’t that responsive to user requests (ie, mine!) so I thought I would see if anything else was out there.
Sadly, the answer appears to be ’not really’
However, I did come across Diarist, from Kevin Daly. Perhaps not surprisingly I am using it now. I must say that two thumb typing on the diamond keyboard is not bad, although nowhere near as fast as the real keyboard on the tytn.
So is diarist better than blogwriter? Well, it’s easier to add links and images… Still no real formatting support though, which is a shame.
Try it for yourself.

My Orange Diamond is... err... black

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

That might sound like a strange thing to say, but when my shiny new Touch Diamond, which I picked up from Orange this week, has no Orange branding or customisation of the UI. I hadn’t really noticed that until I went into the manual, where the screenshots are totally different from my phone. I was beginning to wonder if something had gone wrong with the setup process, when I saw this thread at XDA-Developers.

HTC Touch Diamond on Orange

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks to the advanced notice from Tracy and Matt’s blog, I picked up my HTC Touch Diamond yesterday from the Orange Store and it’s great!

‘But wait!’ I hear you cry, ‘didn’t he go on about the experia x1 and how he wanted one?’

Useful .Net Search and Replace tool

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I need to update something like 300 web.config files today, with the same change in each. I turned to my old friend Google for his recommendations and up popped a magnificent free tool from Nodesoft.

Congratulations Richard!

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Well done Richard, who has been given the accolade of Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Visual Studio Team System.

Workflow History and SQL Error

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

When trying to view an item in a list which has workflows run against it, you get an error:

Some part of your SQL statement is nested too deeply. Rewrite the query or break it up into smaller queries

Blogging On The Move

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We try to dogfood here at Black Marble so I’m writing this on my HTC TYTN. How? With Richard’s new app

Hats off, lads

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Just seen the sad news of the passing of Arthur C. Clarke. The world was better for his having been in it, and will not be the same without him.

Taking time to enjoy the scenery

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

You know, the thing about RSS is that it’s a bit like the advent of the motor car - you miss things. Just as driving around means you don’t get to pass the time of day with folk, or discover that tiny little deli you’d never notice from the road, RSS dehumanises the web.

IE8 Rapid Fire Site Test

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I can’t spend much longer playing with IE8 or my wife will skin me. However, from my cursory browsing experience I’m worried. Either the devs have a good deal of work to do or I’m going to be very busy with CSS rules for a while.

Internet Explorer 8...

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Well, as expected, the public beta of IE8 appeared on the web pretty much straight after the Mix08 keynote mentioned it. I managed to grab it within mere moments and I now have it installed on my trusty laptop.

The XPERIA X1 - A Windows Mobile device that I could really get excited over

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Before I joined Black Marble I had a succession of Sony Ericsson smartphones - the P800, P900 and finally a P910i. They were great - the size was good, the UI was good, the handwriting recognition was excellent (with a grafitti-style interface that meant I could really get a good turn of speed) and I could work most functions one handed with the fabulous Jog Dial. Please note that the jog dial was sadly emasculated with phones after the P910i when Sony Ericsson foolishly reduced it’s degrees of freedom to simply rolling back and forth and clicking.

Balancing customer needs against forward motion: IE8

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve watched the debate with interest but not posted anything until now. The news of Internet Explorer 8 keeping it’s new rendering engine to itself unless you tell it otherwise caused a strong outpouring of opinion around the web.

In the Mix

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Well, it’s just after 3pm on day one of Mix:UK 07. I’m taking a break with a coffee so I thought I’d post.

It’s mixed bag down here (sorry - no pun intended). The technology is fantastic - the stuff that can be achieved with WPF and Silverlight is excellent. I’m still a little uncertain that usability has been sacrificed on the sacrificial alter of bling, however. To be fair, that’s more telling about the rapid-development nature of conference demos, where the wow-factor is more important, but I think it’s a very, very significant issue which should not be allowed to get lost in the excitement.

Analysing Active Directory

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

I think I’ve mentioned before how I’ve been updating our IT infrastructure. Company growth has meant a need for expanded services. Add to that new versions of SharePoint and Exchange, mix in a need to run virtual servers for development and you have a need for more tin.

What happened to the idealists?

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Douglas Coupland’s Jpod has been doing the rounds in the office of late. I enjoyed MicroSerfs, so approached Jpod with excitement.

Frankly, I’m disappointed.

It’s not the writing - I ’ve enjoyed pretty much all of his books. It’s not that the books are similar in approach and style (they are) but rather the contrast in the lives of the characters.

Vista Upgrade - attempts 4, success 0

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

I have yet to succeed in upgrading from Windows XP to Windows Vista. Each time it runs through to the completing upgrade phase, gets about halfway through that bit whereupon I get stuck in a reboot cycle.

Windows Home Server - something for my father

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

On Saturday I got the email telling me that I’d been accepted onto the Home Server Beta 2. I’m excited about this product in a way that I haven’t been about new software solutions for a while.

Opinion on When Software Attacks!

Net Writer: A great UWP blog editor

A week with the Surface Pro 3

Using the Dell Venue 8 Pro Stylus

Living with the Dell Venue 8 Pro

Generation 2 Virtual Machines on Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 plus other nice new features

I wouldn’t be where I am today… How encouraging kids in computing is important

Life with a Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13

The Acer Iconia W3: An object lesson in how NOT to design a tablet

Living with the Nokia Lumia 800

Fujitsu Stylistic Q550: A Tablet for the Enterprise

Fundaments of planning your beautiful SharePoint web site

Living with the Acer Aspire 1420P

Thoughts on the BCS EGM

Social Networking: The double-edged sword of maintaining an online presence

Exploring the new frontier #

New and coming Microsoft technologies you need to look at

Remote working solutions (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the snow)

Twitter clients: Twinbox and Tweetz

Places to eat in Berlin: Grenander

Places to eat in Berlin: La Sepia

Places to eat in Berlin: Mola

Joining in the background noise: I am now on Twitter

Places to eat on the South Bank in London

Things to do in Seattle: Gameworks

Places to eat in Seattle: Etta’s Seafood

Places to eat in Seattle: Marcella’s Cookery

Places to eat in Seattle: Lowell’s

UK Hotels take note – this how to do coffee in my room!

Configuring IIS Bindings to include host headers with https on Windows Server 2008 (for SharePoint)

NewSID fails on Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows 7 on the 8Gb SSD Mini 9: Redux

Windows 7: Attempting to install to VHD – an odyssey

Windows 7 on the Dell Mini 9

TechEd EMEA IT: Day 2 - Threat Management Gateway

TechEd EMEA IT: Day 1

TechEd EMEA IT: Day 0 - Greetings from Barcelona

Mix Remixed

Vista on the Dell Mini 9: Installing applications on an SD card

Getting Vista on the Dell Mini 9

Vista on the Dell Mini 9: Redux

First thoughts on the Acer Aspire One

Dell Mini 9: A Day In The Life

First thoughts on the Dell Mini 9

Browsers are like buses

Site Policies and FBA in SharePoint: Update

Life with a Diamond: nearly two weeks on

blogging on the move: redux

My Orange Diamond is... err... black

HTC Touch Diamond on Orange

Useful .Net Search and Replace tool

Congratulations Richard!

Workflow History and SQL Error

Blogging On The Move

Hats off, lads

Taking time to enjoy the scenery

IE8 Rapid Fire Site Test

Internet Explorer 8...

The XPERIA X1 - A Windows Mobile device that I could really get excited over

Balancing customer needs against forward motion: IE8

In the Mix

Analysing Active Directory

What happened to the idealists?

Vista Upgrade - attempts 4, success 0

Windows Home Server - something for my father

Exploring the new frontier
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