Contents tagged with Personal
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2020 Personal year in review - Theme: "Unprecedented times"
This post is a little late but the more I thought about it, the more I thought I should do this. In addition, a little prodding from a friend on twitter (thanks Miguel) helped to push me along. Last year, I wrote a post detailing my personal 2019 year in review. As I read it, a lot of it related to many of the same things for this year. While 2019 was a little tough personally, 2020 (as you are well aware) expanded that on a global scale (yeah thanks COVID). So here goes.
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My Code Kata–A Solution Kata
There are many developers and coders out there who like to do code Kata’s to keep their coding ability up to scratch and to practice their skills. I think it is a good idea.
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Fujitsu T900 and Fingerprint Sensor Problems
Not so long ago, I bought a Fujitsu T900 Notebook computer from TegaTech (many thanks to the great service and help I received from Hugo Ortega who runs it).
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Advanced Options Screen
Here is a screen shot of the only available options screen for my audio device on Vista. It just happens to be an "Advanced" options screen. Hate to see the simplified one....
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RSS Feeds in Outlook 2007 - Part 2. Bye bye Outlook
The other day, I posted about my issues with Outlook 2007 and its handling of my RSS feeds. I tried a number of things to fix it, the latest effort being to export all my feeds, delete all of them from Outlook, then re-import. Didn't work, dates were still all wrong.
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XBox 360 120Gb Hard Disk
So I got me a 120Gb hard disk for my XBox 360 for my birthday a few days ago. Its pretty sweet and came with a transfer cable and software to migrate all my stuff from the 20Gb unit to my 120Gb unit. It feels quite a bit faster too. The demo's I have all seem to load a lot faster.
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Replacement XBox360 for me
I blogged just recently about my 360 getting the red ring of death after only a year and 1 month of operation. I purchased an extended warranty agreement with the retailer for on the spot replacement of the unit for 2 years from the date of purchase. So luckily, I now have a brand new Xbox360 to replace the dead one. The same hard drive was moved to the new unit so I don't lose anything which is good.
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3 out of 3 Xbox units die
Just awesome. I have owned 3 Xbox units in my time. Every single unit has died a little after a year of operation. My first original XBox console died around 1 year and 2 months after I bought it. My second original XBox console died another year and a bit after purchasing it.
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Website update with AJAX, WPF Password Manager, and Web Client Factory
Couple of things in this post. Firstly (and long overdue), I have updated my personal website to get rid of the Atlas CTP functionality and replace that with ASP.NET AJAX 1.0 features. There is not much actually a few update panels, and the inclusion of an AJAX Control toolkit control, the Accordion on the front page to help with useability and screen real estate. Here is a screen shot of the new layout:
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Doug Reilly
Doug Reilly passed away today. I met him only a few times and he was a good guy. Fellow MVP, ASPInsider, and lover of technology. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.