Jeff Key

It works on my machine

Sponsors

My Job

My stuff

Old stuff

Useful Stuff

Browse by Tags

All Tags » Beef (RSS)
Sometimes, it's the small things..
I'm a Firefox guy. The only reason I use it instead of IE is that it feels faster. Seriously. I find it incredibly annoying that the only websites I frequent that require IE are those run by Microsoft. I've nothing against IE (I've never had the malware...
Posted: Apr 30 2006, 11:41 AM by jeffreykey | with 2 comment(s)
Filed under: ,
Yes, it does mean everything
While doing my first ASP.NET 2.0 "publish" tonight I was presented with the following dialog box: Assuming that apps delete as few items as possible, I assumed that "existing files" meant files that matched those that were being copied. I was wrong. It...
Windows Desktop Search experiences
At home: It refuses to install on the x64 flavor of Windows. Nice. At work: Used it on Win2003 for approx two hours, then it crashed and greeted me with this when I restarted it: "We're sorry, but Windows Desktop Search has detected a problem with your...
Posted: May 17 2005, 09:56 AM by jeffreykey | with 12 comment(s)
Filed under: ,
Wuh, Orkut?
Oh, right. The Next Big Thing. I'd completely forgotten about it until I was Orkutspammed by some guy today. Thanks, pal, I'll check out your band PRONTO.
Posted: Nov 29 2004, 06:04 PM by jeffreykey | with no comments
Filed under:
Microsoft Hardware: What have I done to deserve this?
Seriously. It's bad enough that you rearrange my keyboard layout every year. Now , you release a new IntelliType that changes the default behavior of the bloody wheel button! Today I was viewing a zoomed-in image in the Windows Picture Viewer. Like any...
Posted: Oct 08 2004, 11:23 PM by jeffreykey | with no comments
Filed under: ,
Offshore this, Earthlink
I've been a very happy Earthlink/Mindspring customer for years -- until today. My service has been down for 19 hours and I tried calling for help twice. Both times I didn't talk to the tech support guys for more than a minute. I had no idea what they...
Posted: Jul 15 2004, 08:14 PM by jeffreykey | with 10 comment(s)
Filed under: ,
XML programmers near top of salary list (again)
It must be salary survey time -- I've seen a bunch roll through my inbox lately. Enterprise Systems Magazine has a section for “Programmer/Analysts” in theirs and lists the following “programming environments“, with salaries from...
Posted: Jun 22 2004, 09:37 PM by jeffreykey | with 3 comment(s)
Filed under: ,
More "journalist" FUD
It's no secret that I have almost no respect for most of the “journalists” that cover our industry. My inbox is full of reasons why every morning and today it contained yet another perfect example: Promising fast and efficient PC and network...
Posted: May 19 2004, 10:30 AM by jeffreykey | with 8 comment(s)
Filed under: ,
Call the Justice Department, there's a monopoly in the house
I'm looking for a pair of Bauer inline hockey skates. Every pair of (ice) hockey skates I've ever owned have been Bauer, and I love the boot. I couldn't find any around here a few years ago when I was looking for my first pair of inline hockey skates...
Posted: May 10 2004, 09:34 PM by jeffreykey | with 2 comment(s)
Filed under:
Error messages that tell you what's wrong, but not what's right
So I'm trying to do the right thing and validate a web page to ensure it's XHTML compliant. Here's the result: Sorry, I am unable to validate this document because its content type is text/plain , which is not currently supported by this service. OK,...
More Posts Next page »