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Subversion - ARGH ! by Plip

Whilst the title of this post might indicate some sort of Pirate link, I'm afraid it's actually a statement of frustration with Subversion and TortoiseSVN on Windows Vista. I love SVN, it's really simple and clean, the TortoiseSVN shell extension for...
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Vista is stable - shame about everything else running on it by Plip

Here's what greated me earlier today, only 281 problems which needed reporting to Microsoft. Of those 281, Microsoft requested more information on five (yes 5!), which I duly sent. Whilst sending those five extra bits of information I was presented with...
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The real Vista Marketing by Plip

*hides*
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Vista a month on - how does it help the web developer? by Plip

Well, it's been over a month since I installed Vista on my shiny new(ish) Compaq nx9420. My machine proports to be Windows Vista Capable (via a rather fetching sticker as shown below) so I had decided as soon as vista hit the retail market I would install...
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Manchester Geek Dinner - 24th January 2007 by Plip

Well we're full up, if there's more demand we can always squeeze a few more in but you do need to put your name on the registration/wait list . Should be a good night :-)
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Time for a MacBook Pro by Plip

The last few grains of my chance of not spending a shedload of cash are slowly fading away.... Check out this video: - http://www.lifehacker.com/software/parallels/hack-attack-how-to-run-windows-and-mac-apps-sidebyside-with-parallels-221002.php
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Are Microsoft making a mistake with Gadgets? by Plip

There's an "interesting" post over on Neowin about Gadget development on Windows Vista . In general I agree with the post, however I think that the author has jumped the gun - Gdget development is very young, it doesn't have IDE support...
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Office 12 - off to a good start by Plip

Whilst installing Office 12 I got this error message: - A sign of things to come perhaps?
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IIS 7 Managed Module Starterkit by Plip

The IIS team have put together IIS.net and about time - IIS has for too long been a dirty word, IIS 6 is the best web server platform I've ever used and IIS 7 is better! Included on the site is the following Starter kit. http://www.iis.net/default.aspx...
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Windows Vista Capable by Plip

My new notebook is Windows Vista capable apparently - that doesn't instill me with confidence.
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