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Free mileage tracker with desktop import for Windows Mobile 6 Smartphones
It is finally ready – the new and improved TripsNMiles, pod consulting’s free mileage tracker for the Windows Mobile platform.
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Security
The effectiveness of black-listing mail servers is questionable. The overall spam volume does not appear to be impacted and keeps going ...
This article is no longer relevant. In Visual Studio 2008 SP1, setup projects allow you to select the 'User's Application ...
Another virus infection, courtesy of Yahoo News
The file was gone, but it was too late by then, the infection had already happened. CPU load was increasing, ...
I booted back into XP and deleted the three files (I should have saved them for analysis, but they are ...
Information Technology
T-Mobile Customer Support at It’s Best
This morning, my Nexus One stopped receiving emails. When I tried to refresh my Exchange inbox on the phone, I ...
10 Issue 1180: Email app does not display inline images (11/3/2008) This issue has been out there for several generations of phones ...
Bye-Bye Nexus One
I guess it was too good to be true. A phone that does everything that I want and need and ...
Internet Explorer (IE) 8 Deadlock
I frequently run into this very annoying bug in IE. I configured the browser to ask before writing cookies of ...
Google’s Nexus One for (potential) Windows Mobile converts
If you, like myself, resisted all the peer pressure out there for joining the iPhone crowd, and instead held on ...
Time has come to replace my T-Mobile Shadow. I am no longer under contract, and the phone is no longer cutting-edge ...
Scott explains the importance of the applicationName parameter for custom Membership providers. He explains why the applicationName should be set ...
Windows 7 – Tips & Tricks
Renaming multiple files In Windows 7 you no longer need to open a command shell or resort to 3rd party tools ...
The installation itself was almost eventless. I wiped out my boot drive and installed on a fresh partition. Windows 7 ...
Getting the Blackjack 2 ready for T-Mobile was not difficult, since I found a wealth of information on the web ...
Web
Internet Explorer (IE) 8 Deadlock I frequently run into this very annoying bug in IE. I configured the browser to ask before writing cookies of unknown sites. When I hit a site that has both a Javascript error and a cookie warning popping up, there is a deadlock situation, since neither of the dialog boxes responds to input. The only [...]
Business Intelligence
pod Business Intelligence ShowcaseThe Business Intelligence Showcase demonstrates our expertise with Microsoft’s business intelligence application suite. These technologies include the SQL Server database, Analysis Services, and Reporting Services. Recently added to the stack was the .Net chart control, a very powerful component that greatly improves productivity for producing visually appealing charts and diagrams on web sites and Windows [...]
Content Management
First steps with the SilverStripe Open Source CMS I learned about SilverStripe through an article in the German C’t magazine. The way it can be extended seems to be cleaner and better servicable than it’s competitors. The website of the 2008 Demcocratic Convention was built with SilverStripe, which should address concerns about scalability.
I decided to try it out, since our clients at pod frequently [...]
I18N and L10N
Presentation SlidesThe presentation slides from the 30th Internationalization and Unicode Conference are available right here.
The presentation slides from the Gilbane Conference on Content Technologies are available right here.
Mobile Devices
T-Mobile Customer Support at It’s Best This morning, my Nexus One stopped receiving emails. When I tried to refresh my Exchange inbox on the phone, I got a “cannot connect” error. Powering down and rebooting did not help. Any attempt to browse the web would just bring up the page shown below.
I called the T-Mobile Customer Support number while at a restaurant waiting for my [...]
Ethics
VoIP provider Lingo charging an outrageous cancellation feeI received this email today. I wonder if this will be part of their new ad campaign to help sign on new customers …
Dear Customer,
We appreciate your business with Lingo, and hope that you are availing and enjoying all its benefits!
We would like to inform you of updated terms and conditions of your [...]
SQL Server
pod Business Intelligence ShowcaseThe Business Intelligence Showcase demonstrates our expertise with Microsoft’s business intelligence application suite. These technologies include the SQL Server database, Analysis Services, and Reporting Services. Recently added to the stack was the .Net chart control, a very powerful component that greatly improves productivity for producing visually appealing charts and diagrams on web sites and Windows [...]
Music
The Daily Drama’s Online Music Launch PadSonett77.com – Electronic music radio (Germany)
Play.fm – DJ sessions (Austria)
Hitradio.de (Germany) – Web radio with special interest streams
Rautemusik.fm – Web radio (Germany)
Quu.fm (Germany)
Byte.fm (Germany) – Online radio with a journalistic touch
Musicovery.com (France) - ”Interactive” web readio
One.fm (USA) – The music starts here
Di.fm (USA) – Digitally imported
Last.fm (USA) – Largest music catalog online
Sky.fm (USA) – Up to 96k free [...]
Geek's Home
Climate change and capital investmentsA comment posted in response to an article on Boston.com that predicted yet another day of rainfall:
Now you know why solar panels are not exactly a sure bet for an alternative energy source. My 6KW setup has barely generated enough to keep my computer running. I do not dare get up on the roof to connect the [...]
Weekend Warrior
Vinyl Liner and Vermiculite Pool Installation QuestionI had an inground pool installed last year and would like to get opinions regarding the quality of the work, since I don’t have anything to compare it with. Please post a comment or vote on the poll on the home page.
Here are some pictures. Click on an image to see a version with higher [...]
