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April 2004 - Posts

Tag Heuer Belt Drive Watch

Just read this on Gizmodo All I can say is I have to get one - I'll put my Breitling on Ebay ASAP :D Inspired by high-performance racing engines, the engineers at TAG Heuer have constructed the world's first drive-belt transmission-powered watch, the Read More
posted Friday, April 30, 2004 5:37 PM by adam | 2 Comments
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I made it onto MSDN!

Just noticed this from Paul Im on the MSDN list of UK bloggers. Get the full list here. Read More
posted Friday, April 30, 2004 5:31 PM by adam | 2 Comments
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UPDATE: UK Exchange Server User Group

I'm pretty much decided that this is a good idea. As such, I'm going to set up a conference call so that interested folk can have a chat with me and we can thrash out some detail. If you want to take part, either comment below or email me via my contact Read More
posted Friday, April 30, 2004 5:13 PM by adam | 10 Comments
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Would you read gadget reviews if I wrote them?

I accumulate lots of gadgets. It's just the way I am. As a consequence lots of people ask me what I think of things. At the moment, I just refer them to a website or two and thats it but what If i were to write reviews of stuff I like (and don't like) Read More
posted Friday, April 30, 2004 5:07 PM by adam | 6 Comments
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Purring Kitty - Vibrating Pleasure for your Mobile Phone!

It only had to be a matter of time before someone did it but you can now get a java app for your phone so that you can use the vibration function for 'massage' whenever you like At the modest price of $4.99 or £3, its cheaper than a visit to Ann Read More
posted Thursday, April 29, 2004 11:00 AM by adam | 1 Comments
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Exchange Webcasts aplenty

Just researching upcoming Exchange webcasts for this consultant guide and it looks like there are some pretty cool ones coming up. The full list is here complete with a synopsis of each presentation. TechNet Webcast: Exchange Server 2003: Technical Read More
posted Thursday, April 29, 2004 12:30 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Exchange 2003 Storage Design for the EVA5000: Internal deployment of the Operations Technical Group at Microsoft

Im just finishing off a consultant guide for consolidating Exchange 5.5 organizations into Exchange 2003 and I came across a neat whitepaper from HP on the storage design that OTG used for the Exchange 2003 deployment within Microsoft. This white paper Read More
posted Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:41 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Geekdojo Originals

Not exactly Haute Couture, but Richard, Ray and Ryan have created an original line of clothing for all of us blog geeks thanks to the wonderful folks of Cafe Press. As soon as they add a mug to the lineup, Im buying.. ;) Read More
posted Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:14 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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News on Baby #3

We went to the Midwife this afternoon and heard baby #3's heartbeat which was very strong and fast. When they did the last scan, they also revised the due date to 8th October. When I get a chance, i'll upload the pictures of the last scan. Read More
posted Tuesday, April 27, 2004 9:45 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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No such thing as a free lunch?

I beg to differ as I get them quite often. However, there is such a thing as a free copy of Visio 2003. I'm sure that I've blogged this before but if you go to the Microsoft Deployment Hands-On Lab Online website and complete 3 HOL's and register Read More
posted Tuesday, April 27, 2004 12:11 PM by adam | 3 Comments
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UK Event - Exploring the Advantages of Migrating to Windows Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2003

Just got this through on e-mail. Server Consolidation is one of the key selling points of Exchange 2003. The consultant guide that I have just finished developing is a specific Exchange Server consolidation offering so there is clearly a large market Read More
posted Tuesday, April 27, 2004 11:57 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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I Passed my Karate Grading!

I had a grading this evening for my 6th Kyu (White Belt + 2 Gold Tips). I passed but like most people, I think I could have done better still. My instructors said that I need to work on my fist when punching so that I'm using the correct knuckles. Read More
posted Monday, April 26, 2004 11:52 PM by adam | 6 Comments
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Preview: Managing Free/Busy Folders

Working with the Exchange Server 2003 Store is an upcoming addition to the Exchange Server 2003 Technical Documentation Library. In the "Managing Free/Busy Folders" chapter, you can learn how Exchange clients generate free/busy data, how Exchange stores Read More
posted Thursday, April 22, 2004 11:11 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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ISA Server 2000 Presentations

With ISA Server 2004 now not that far away, Microsoft have released a bunch of ISA 2000 Presentations. Internet Security and Acceleration Server Network Design for Microsoft .NET ApplicationsIn this presentation you will learn how to design a network Read More
posted Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:55 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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UK Exchange Server User Group?

Is there one already? The only one I can think of would have been the Back Office User Group which then became the Enterprise Server Community which now seems to be just the magazine. A search on Microsoft Mindshare, the Micrsoft User Group resource Read More
posted Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:23 PM by adam | 5 Comments
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You can't get better than a Tech Blog Writer..

If you're an in-depth techie guy like me (this is what people tell me anyhow), you can't read a better blog than Larry Osterman KC just posted up one of his entries on how Exchange 5.5 permissions were mapped to Exchange 2000 in light of the fact that Read More
posted Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:06 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Page 23 Meme

Paul did his and Larry Osterman too so here goes:      Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 23. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. Ok, here goes: The karate Read More
posted Thursday, April 22, 2004 2:52 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Sophos and Sun Microsystems Team to Combat Multiple Email Threats

Granted I havent actually seen the product yet, but im guessing this will be a competitior for Exchange Edge Services. I wonder if EES will provide any kind of mail hygeine API for custom apps to use its services? Sophos and Sun Microsystems announced Read More
posted Thursday, April 22, 2004 2:22 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Virtual PC 2004 Bugfix

Hooray for Tim Sneath A large part of my work at Content Master involves creation of Virtual PC images for producing simulated environments. I see this bug a lot and I just thought it was a niggly problem with using VPC's.. I'll hand over to Tim for Read More
posted Thursday, April 22, 2004 2:13 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Tell Microsoft a Story

You can win a Pocket PC AND the chance of an all expenses paid trip to Tech-Ed in San Diego Win a ticket to Tech·Ed US 2004 - but you'll have to be quickBy entering our 'Real Stories' competition you not only have the chance to win a Pocket PC but Read More
posted Thursday, April 22, 2004 12:03 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Getting Things Done - Taking the Plunge

After reading about what verious peeps have said about Getting Things Done (GTD), Chris Kunicki's latest blog has spurred me to get the book and try it myself. GTD is a simple system to keep things organized and to help you get things done. The thing Read More
posted Wednesday, April 21, 2004 6:07 PM by adam | 2 Comments
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Back up and running

My PC is all back up and running after my reformat and so far (touches wood ;) is running better than ever More posts soon Read More
posted Wednesday, April 21, 2004 3:41 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Interesting time at Karate last night..

Last night at karate, we were doing Karate roulette. Basically what this involved was picking a page number at random from the technique pages in a textbook and then doing 2x10 of each technique on that page. In between each lot of 10, we had a minute Read More
posted Tuesday, April 20, 2004 1:27 PM by adam | 3 Comments
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It's end of project reformat time..

Its that time of year again when i get out the Windows XP CD, back up all my good stuff to removeable disk and then start from scratch. As such, I may be offline for a bit Read More
posted Tuesday, April 20, 2004 1:17 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Some Good Things Happening at TechEd Europe

Tim Sneath is in charge of organising TechEd Europe this year and he has blogged about 'Birds of a Feather' sessions. Basically, these sessions will allow you to vote on sessions that arent in the published schedule.. If you're attending TechEd Europe this Read More
posted Monday, April 19, 2004 2:47 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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New Photoblog

I'll be moving my moblog over from phlog.net to http://eyespace.textamerica.com/ fairly shortly It has RSS feeds and i can stick the images in the toolbar here with a little jiggery pokery.. Now if i can just get my MMS messages to show up... :S Read More
posted Friday, April 16, 2004 12:10 PM by adam | 1 Comments
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Are you a Grammar God?

John Pocaro is.. Alas, I'm just a masterYou are a MASTER of the English language! While your English is not exactly perfect,you are still more grammatically correct thanjust about every American. Still, there isalways room for improvement... How grammatically Read More
posted Friday, April 16, 2004 11:24 AM by adam | 5 Comments
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People from the UK - One in Twenty of us are Big Fat Liars! Apparently..

A survey by Direct Line, a UK Insurance company has found that 1 in 20 of us have lied so that we can upgrade our gadgets to the latest version. Brits are prepared to lie about losing technology goods in order to upgrade their product with a newer version, Read More
posted Friday, April 16, 2004 11:02 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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New Outlook Tools

I recently found a couple of cool Outlook tools that I thought I'd share with all of you. First up is an add-on for Winzip 9.0 that lets you zip attachments natively in Outlook. For someone like me on a dialup connection, this is really cool as it has Read More
posted Friday, April 16, 2004 10:15 AM by adam | 3 Comments
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Microsoft Release Update Rollup Package for Exchange 5.0

No.. Not a Typo.. read the KB Article (834130) here. INTRODUCTIONMicrosoft has released an update rollup package for Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 that includes the hotfixes and updates that are described in the following list. This small, comprehensive Read More
posted Wednesday, April 14, 2004 1:42 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Why wait for a relational file system when we have Lookout?

Lookout rocks! Every time I've been in a jam and had to find something (e-mail or files) it has delivered and saved my bacon (could I get any more cliches in that sentence?).  Lookout is a Microsoft OutlookTM plug-in that provides advanced, Read More
posted Tuesday, April 13, 2004 7:53 PM by adam | 4 Comments
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Exchange 2K - 16GB limit reached = defrag vs. Enterprise upgrade

I just got an e-mail based on a comment i left over on MS Exchange Blog. I thought it may make interesting reading for others, along with my reply, Sender: Deb Serrano ===================================== I read your post on hellomate.typepad.com Read More
posted Tuesday, April 13, 2004 6:07 PM by adam | 3 Comments
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No ADSL for me after all :(

After all that hype, I just got this e-mail: Dear Mr Field, Thank you for your order for Demon Internet services. Unfortunately, we are unable to proceed with your order for Demon's ADSL service at this time. This is due to: * Line Length / Loss Read More
posted Thursday, April 08, 2004 5:09 PM by adam | 2 Comments
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It's copy edit time!

What most people don't realise about working as a technical author is that, as well as having to be a subject matter expert and know what you're writing about inside out, you are also expected to cover the non tech stuff such as verb confusion, excessive Read More
posted Thursday, April 08, 2004 11:55 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Everything a girl wants in a mobile... apparently :s

When you list the features you want in a mobile phone, you probably come up with a similar list to me At least Tri-Band Camera Polyphonic Ringtones Not shaped like a house brick Features you probably wouldnt come up with are: 2 Batteries (1 Read More
posted Wednesday, April 07, 2004 5:08 PM by adam | 5 Comments
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Increase your work avoidance arsenal

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posted Wednesday, April 07, 2004 10:29 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Looks like a return to the 21st Century for me!

I had a new phone line installed so that when I was online it didn't tie up the voice line. For some odd reason, i thought i would try a broadband availability check. It Passed!!! I ordered broadband within minutes :D Maybe I'm just a pessimist but Read More
posted Wednesday, April 07, 2004 12:08 AM by adam | 2 Comments
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My Pet Peeve

Focus Stealing Apps Surely I cant be the only one who gets ticked off at typing a load of text only to glance up and see that another app has brought itself into focus and all of my typing has been in vain. Anyone know of an easy solution (other than Read More
posted Tuesday, April 06, 2004 12:29 PM by adam | 4 Comments
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PocketSkype

Skype have just released a version that lets you make VOIP calls from your WiFi enabled Pocket PC PocketSkype is free software that enables you to make Skype voice calls using your WiFi-enabled Microsoft PocketPC based handheld computer from any WiFi Read More
posted Tuesday, April 06, 2004 12:26 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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Gretchen's a recruiter and she's shy!?!

Gretchen, one of the moon loving girls of Jobsblog fame blogged on Sunday night about how she's not your average recruiter. She says she's scared of the phone which is quite unusual for someone who phone screens as part of their job... Hi, I’m Read More
posted Tuesday, April 06, 2004 1:15 AM by adam | 0 Comments
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Optical Mouse Weirdness

I just bought a Creative Labs Optical Mouse and I always thought that an optical rodent would work on any surface. Apparently, this doesn't include Ikea desks. I was cursing the new mouse as all the right lights seemed to be on but it didn't seem Read More
posted Monday, April 05, 2004 4:28 PM by adam | 5 Comments
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Microsoft Announces New Innovations and Investments in Storage

Today at Storage Networking World (SNW) Spring 2004, Microsoft Corp. announced a new feature pack for Windows® Storage Server 2003, part of Windows Server System (TM) . The solution allows customers to consolidate Microsoft® Exchange Server Read More
posted Monday, April 05, 2004 4:20 PM by adam | 0 Comments
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