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I've been reading UserFriendly for years, and Illiad's usually pretty funny (sometimes even when...
Author: reedme Date: 02/07/2007
I enjoy reading Bob Lewis' "Keep the Joint Running" newsletter... because I don't get enough...
Author: reedme Date: 02/06/2007
As a once-famous comedian always said (before he slipped into late night news obscurity), "I don't...
Author: reedme Date: 02/05/2007
Our friends over at SQLServerCentral.com put up a great article this morning: Putting Unit Tests to...
Author: reedme Date: 02/01/2007
I'm usually a fan of "pure" science, but only in an esoteric, mildly-interested sort of way. Oh, we...
Author: reedme Date: 01/26/2007
Although the subject "Apple Monopoly Attacked" might seem to be the stuff of satire written at The...
Author: reedme Date: 01/26/2007
It might not seem like a direct assault, but it's got to be in the threat matrix for the big...
Author: reedme Date: 01/25/2007
Is this more life immitating science fiction? E-mail from the grave? Microsoft seeks patent on...
Author: reedme Date: 01/23/2007
I'm not Mr. Anderson's age yet, but the next time I turn around, I probably will be. Anyway, I'm...
Author: reedme Date: 01/20/2007
Popular Science has an interesting article about RedOwl, a military application robot, built in part...
Author: reedme Date: 01/19/2007
.NET Developer's Journal has a good article about it. Microsoft Snags Don Ferguson, Former IBM Chief...
Author: reedme Date: 01/16/2007
This BusinessWeek.com article (Even Toyota Isn't Perfect) caught my attention, not because I'm a...
Author: reedme Date: 01/16/2007
Whatever you may think of the validity of "people's choice"-type awards*, it's always nice to know...
Author: reedme Date: 01/15/2007
I was just reading my morning blogs and email, and an internal email on this topic (Preparing for...
Author: reedme Date: 01/10/2007
When my wife decided that I need to do something other than play Gears of War, I don't think she had...
Author: reedme Date: 12/29/2006
Getting invited into the alpha playtest for a certain high profile science fiction save-the-Earth...
Author: reedme Date: 12/25/2006
As one of the letter people that has as many of the MCP certifications that I have time to take and...
Author: reedme Date: 11/20/2006
I don't know if it's me, Windows Vista or what, but the Configure Distribution Wizard fails with the...
Author: reedme Date: 11/16/2006
New Scientist Space has an interesting article on the Leonid meteor shower. Not as spectacular as...
Author: reedme Date: 11/16/2006
I am proud to announce that I have a new theme song! If you don't have one, I strongly recommend...
Author: reedme Date: 10/26/2006
Since the Word 2007 blog features can't seem to connect to my Blogger alter ego in the current...
Author: reedme Date: 10/26/2006
If anybody knows Joe Barton (R, Fort Worth, Texas), please ask him to explain what possible reform...
Author: reedme Date: 10/15/2006
This doesn't seem to be clearly documented anywhere, but the new version of Daemon Tools 4.0.6 seems...
Author: reedme Date: 10/15/2006
I think my fear of the wife's ire has just been surpassed (finally) by my need to possess Lego...
Author: reedme Date: 10/13/2006
It's taken a little while to arrive, but now that it's nigh, I wonder how many *nix users (who have...
Author: reedme Date: 10/10/2006
Because logging starts before configurations are loaded (classic chicken-egg thing, we went with...
Author: reedme Date: 10/04/2006
Integration Services is a beautiful high-speed engine. If BizTalk were that fast processing flat...
Author: reedme Date: 10/04/2006
I've consulted in more than my fair share of Integration Services (SSIS) engagements over the last...
Author: reedme Date: 09/29/2006
Of course, I'm talking about bad UI design conventions. In the strictest sense, you should be...
Author: reedme Date: 09/26/2006
This isn't about the woeful help facilities in most "modern" software. That's another rant for...
Author: reedme Date: 08/31/2006
In the immortal words of senior Microsoft consultant from EMEA who shall remain nameless, "What year...
Author: reedme Date: 08/25/2006
A conversation with another new addition to the crew of the mothership got me to thinking about how...
Author: reedme Date: 08/07/2006
I'm planning to coerce the otherwise appendix-like SD card slot on my Tablet PC into being the...
Author: reedme Date: 08/05/2006
I am starting to get concerned. A whole bunch of ISVs that rely heavily on the Windows platform for...
Author: reedme Date: 08/04/2006
The title of this post is dedicated to old high school buddies and a slacker class that they (we)...
Author: reedme Date: 08/04/2006
I got sidetracked, but I did want to put this someplace where I could find it again later. There...
Author: reedme Date: 08/03/2006
As the title might suggest, the very beta and very unsigned Bluetooth stack is excellent. Works like...
Author: reedme Date: 07/31/2006
One more piece of 3rd-party software that I don't need: VZAccess Manager. Keith's excellent post got...
Author: reedme Date: 07/28/2006
If you're not paying attention to the right blogs, newsgroups or email newsletters, you're probably...
Author: reedme Date: 07/27/2006
A large number of customers are probably wondering who beamed up all of the Microsoft consultants...
Author: reedme Date: 07/26/2006
Since I primarily work from remote locations (the client site, the home office, Starbucks,...
Author: reedme Date: 07/20/2006
I don't know why, but SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS) can't run a read-only package from...
Author: reedme Date: 07/18/2006
Occasionally, people send me cool links that aren't business intelligence or .NET software related....
Author: reedme Date: 07/14/2006
Lately, one of my missions in life has been migrating clients off of Teradata and Business Objects...
Author: reedme Date: 07/06/2006