‘Write-In’ Currently Leads the Republican Pack
The primary elections for California will be coming up June 5th. Although I don’t consider myself a Democrat or a Republican, I am currently registered as a Republican. I could write another post...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome Extension for Contaxio (Experimental)
There are quite a few times when I need to quickly lookup one of my social media contacts. Most of the search options aren’t very robust or it takes too long to reach the search function. I thought...
View ArticleTwitter @Chat
Back in 2010, I complained that the “new” filter that Twitter had implemented would limit the conversations that we’d see. (The “@ reply” filter prevents you from viewing conversations between two...
View ArticleStolen Guitar Returned By Honest Internet User
“Do you want to hear the good news or the bad news?” My guitar instructor had a look on his face, and I knew he was only employing that expression for effect; there would be no good news. He walked...
View ArticleWindows Azure VMs
I’ve had some time to play with the new durable instances on Windows Azure. Overall, I’d say it’s been a good experience. The VM started up quickly and I was able to remote in without much trouble....
View ArticleTransact SQL Gems
New in 2012, they added OFFSET and FETCH. This is fantastic for paging! If you’ve ever used MySQL and wished for this in SQL Server, here you go. Windows Azure SQL DB (SQL Azure) is 2012, by the...
View ArticleCustomize the AddToAny Plugin for App.net
I use Share Buttons by Lockerz/AddToAny to generate the share buttons at the bottom of each post on this blog. The plugin doesn’t yet offer an option for App.net, but it was easy to extend the plugin...
View ArticleADN Status
I’ve also been playing with App.net user annotations. The ADN Status plugin allows you to update your status on App.net and display it on your blog’s sidebar. You can see a demo on my sidebar here....
View ArticleClick Me Twice for App.net
The January 2011 post and bookmarklet has been updated for App.net. Many moons ago, I wrote a bookmarklet for a url shortener called is.gd. It’s one of my favorite shorteners because it’s simple and...
View ArticleApp.net Private Message Checker
ADN Checker checks for unread messages in your private message inbox only (the content in omega.app.net). It does not check any other message streams. Installation Instructions Download the ZIP file....
View ArticleAn Average Joe’s View of Windows 8
In many ways, I’m an Average Joe. Yes, I know I’m a computer programmer, and that puts me ‘squarely’ in the geek category, but still… I didn’t install any of the Windows 8 beta releases and I haven’t...
View ArticleTask Scheduler Alert Task
We use Task Scheduler on Windows Server 2008 to run a few integration scripts. When those tasks fail, I’d like Task Scheduler to send me an email alert. In Task Scheduler, I created a task with a...
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