December 2006 - Posts

Mrs Robinson - the finest rhythym guitar you'll ever hear...
30 December 06 05:46 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

A bit off-topic this, but we had some friends staying over the other night and Julian just took up learning to play the guitar a couple of years ago, and is doing what new guitarists do (I've been noodling on all sorts of guitars for about 18 years but Read More...

Filed under: Random Stuff

Some Handy Windows shortcut keys...
27 December 06 05:29 PM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

I like the Windows GUI, and particularly since I'm use to it, the Vista UI. I don't think I follow a particularly usual pattern, though, because I tend to make use of lots of keyboard shortcuts which many people may not know, or may know about somewhere Read More...

Filed under: Vista, Random Stuff

Using HTC devices as a modem over USB in Vista RTM
21 December 06 03:47 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

One of the neat things with HTC Windows Mobile 5 devices on Windows Vista is when you activate the Wireless Modem over Bluetooth, Vista will just see the device and automatically detect it as a modem. When you plug the device in to a Vista PC using USB Read More...

Filed under: Vista, Mobile

Keeping my SPV M3100 from getting scratched
20 December 06 04:01 PM | Ewan | 2 Comments   

I said yesterday that I had a mixed experience from moving to the Orange SPV M3100 (aka HTC "Hermes"/TyTn design), particularly concerning the size of the device (compared to a regular phone) and the belt clip thing that it comes with. Jason , however, Read More...

Filed under: Consumer Tech, Mobile

My Pocket PC kept waking me up with middle-of-the-night reminders... :(
19 December 06 04:53 PM | Ewan | 2 Comments   

I switched fairly recently from using a Qtek 8500 Smartphone (which I still use occasionally and love for its form factor) to an Orange SPV M3100 Pocket PC Phone, and have had a somewhat mixed experience as a result. Pros: The M3100 has a nice screen, Read More...

Filed under: Mobile

SPAM SWAG up for grabs
18 December 06 07:04 AM | Ewan | 2 Comments   

SWAG == Stuff We All Get (named after the procedure of getting lots of branded merchandise you didn't realise you wanted - or maybe don't really...) Anyway, for my session at IT Forum (UCM313 - Anti-spam Enhancements in Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack Read More...

Low-cost hands-free kit, anyone?
15 December 06 08:00 AM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

I had to keep this post for a Friday. Was in a taxi going back to Barcelona airport after IT Forum last month, and had to laugh at the driver's low cost solution to what to do with his mobile phone... Actually, talking about mobility and Barcelona... Read More...

Filed under: Mobile, Humour

Sending SMTP Mail from the command line
14 December 06 08:18 PM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

I got an email the other day from someone who'd been at my session at IT Forum (UCM313 - Antispam Enhancements in Exchange 2003 SP2 ), where I'd done a few demos of sending SPAM, in order to show how Exchange could deal with it. I'd used a command line Read More...

Zooming in for demos
13 December 06 08:30 PM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

I remember seeing Mark Russinovich present at TechEd a while back, and was impressed when he used a zooming utility to show one quarter of the screen zoomed in enough that it was easy to read the screen, even from the back of the room. Presenting to even Read More...

Filed under: Vista

Outlook 2007 caches other people's calendars
12 December 06 09:03 PM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

In the default modus operandi , Outlook 2007 likes to be in cached mode when running against Exchange, which is generally a *good thing*. Cached mode means there are (by and large) fewer occasions to go back & forth to the server, as it operates by Read More...

Filed under: Exchange, Outlook

Windows Mobile Device Center in Vista
11 December 06 08:12 PM | Ewan | 0 Comments   

I've been a user of Windows CE/Windows Mobile devices ever since the early days of "Windows CE Services", which later morphed into ActiveSync (currently at version 4.2, but v4.5 should be with us soon). The software has certainly evolved over the years Read More...

Filed under: Vista, Mobile

I'll get my coat...
11 December 06 03:38 PM | Ewan | 1 Comments   

I've been shamed into resurrecting my blog, partly by talking with some people in Barcelona at the Tech Ed:IT Forum event last month, and partly from chatting with some other Microsoft bloggers who have popular and interesting blogs... (people like Darren Read More...