Monthly Archives: March 2008

Windows Vista SP1 available now

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Simon

Well, it’s official. I’ve heard about it from Download Squad , LifeHacker, and Jason’s blog. And it’s really well written about in the Vista Blog. You can get it here, I am right now. Technorati Tags: vista,sp1,vista sp1

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Servant Leadership

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Simon

This is off topic for this blog, but Leadership is one of my favorite subjects – I read about it a lot, I do my best to practice it. I’ve just seen Eileen blog this excellent summary of Servant Leadership.  … Continue reading →

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Want Vista SP1, Now…

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Simon

TGB Just posted this: The Green Button – Vista SP1 DVD available now from scan.co.uk £0.50 ex VAT Not much you can say on that really!  I’ll be waiting for the download though! Technorati Tags: vista,sp1,scan.co.uk,thegreenbutton

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FolderShare – Wow! That was easy!

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Simon

Ian Dixon and the Live Team blogged yesterday about FolderShare.  It’s a little tool that’s in Live Beta that lets you synchronise your files between computers.  Ian brought up the BRILLIANT idea of synchronising your media using it.  I’ve decided … Continue reading →

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Projects I want to do

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Simon

It’s fair to say there are a number of projects I want to do ggua year and I intend to post about each of them as I do them. cctv: I want to be able to remotely monitor the house … Continue reading →

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Media Center – The Hardware

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Simon

Well I’ve already posted about my software setup, but just what do I use in hardware terms on my Media Center Rig? The Basics The basic PC is actually quite old, I bought it to replace something stole during a … Continue reading →

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Windows Vista & XP Media Center Support Community

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Simon

One of the best communities, and by that I mean most active, most knowlageable and friendly is the Australian Windows Vista & XP Media Center Support Community. I’ve been watching them for a while. It’s how I found out about … Continue reading →

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iPhone SDK and ActiveSync

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Simon

There have been a number of blogs out there, including this one – which by the way is excellent – talking about the fall of WinMo becuase of the iPhone’s SDK release and the fact that MS have licensed the … Continue reading →

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Windows Live Writer Portable 2.0 Now with U3

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Simon

I was just looking for couple of plugins for Windows Live Writer and came across this. I already use the brilliant portable apps suite to use Firefox but this is a really cool addition…tested and working fine…right now infact. Get … Continue reading →

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HomeEasy gets PC Control

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Simon

Very encouraging to see that this is now possible. If you know me you’ll know that I’m redoing the house at the moment, and that as a Geek I’m building some removable automation into the place. Currently we have two … Continue reading →

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