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"The image Microsoft doesn't want you to see: Too tired to stay awake, the Chinese workers earning j
The image Microsoft doesn't want you to see: Too tired to stay awake, the Chinese workers earning just 34p an hour By Liz Hull and Lee Sorrell Last updated at 12:29 AM on 18th April 2010 Source Dailymail.co.uk Showing Chinese sweatshop workers slumped over their desks with exhaustion, it is an image that Microsoft won't want the world to see. Employed...
Apr 18, 2010, 11:41 am - konane

Reinstate gadgets on Windows 8!
I have always liked the concept of gadgets in Windows, delivering whatever real-time information you like right on your Windows desktop. In fact, I like gadgets so much that a few years ago I developed the Lottery Results Gadget , which has been installed by people around the world hundreds of thousands of times , and is still running strong today. Now Windows 8 is upon us, and Microsoft has ditched gadgets in fav...
Oct 29, 2012, 11:44 am - Todd

Firefox 3.5 now available for download
The latest version of Firefox is now available for automatic update. To install the update, simply open your existing Firefox and select Check for Updates on the Help menu. The new version is a much more advanced browser internally. It has a faster JavaScript engine, which means that pages whould operate quicker, and it also has a private mode, which is like the InPrivate mode that Microsoft added to IE8 several months ago....
Jun 30, 2009, 4:05 pm - Todd

RAM checking software
Computer was having some hiccups so decided to try this test, link given by Kim Komando in one of her newsletters. It was easiest for me to run on a floppy, went into its diagnostic booting up, interesting to watch it go through its test which you can pause, exit, etc. Long story short my power supply was the culprit not flaky RAM. Windows Memory Diagnostic The Windows Memory Diagnostic tests the Random Access Memory (RAM) on your computer for errors. The...
Feb 21, 2008, 10:58 pm - konane

New Technical Article Published
I am happy to announce my latest technical article was published this morning: http://dotnetslackers.com/articles/net/SettingsManagerforWindowsVistaSidebarGadgets.aspx This particular article represents the end result of a lengthy investigation of Vista Sidebar gadgets. There is not much solid technical information yet available for this new technology, so it...
May 30, 2007, 12:52 pm - Todd

New Free Abuse
The New Free Over Abused word is 'MY'. There is an escalation in the tagging of 'MY' to anything. I think it started with the Microsoft labeling of some desktop items like 'MY documents', 'MY computer' and 'MY network places'. It seemed innocent enough as long as it stayed there, not too bad to deal with. However, it's cropping up in other places. Watch for it. Pretty soon it will be as sickening to hear and say as 'American Idol', A. K. A. the New and Improved 'Star Search'....
Apr 15, 2007, 6:09 pm - JADELottery

6 year frustration has ended [?]
For about 6 years I have had this awful frustration. I have always put my lottery stuff on notepad. The notepad never had a coloring option. I tried microsoft works which has coloring option. Did not like the works for lottery stuff. WeLLLLLLLL. I knew I had wordpad but never used it. Grumble Groan. I checked it out the other day. Grumble groan. Can put my lottery stuff in living color. 6 year frustration ended. Thought it was something el...
Apr 5, 2007, 9:17 pm - JAP69

My new blog for technical articles
From Todd A.K.A. Speednet I want to post a brief intro to my new Blog, which I will be using to post technical articles about Microsoft development (such as ASP.NET, .NET in general, VB, C#, SQL Server), as well as other general technology-related topics. The reason I created this Blog was to keep my technology articles separate from all the personal stuff I like to post also. I figure that someone who came here looking for development info doesn't wa...
Mar 1, 2007, 8:59 am - Speednet

Article published today
I had my first article published this morning at DotNetSlackers , an excellent community site for Microsoft .NET developers. As I go through the very long process of re-programming this entire site using Microsoft's ASP.NET 2.0 technology (and other .NET technologies), there are lots of unique challenges created, just by the nature...
Dec 13, 2006, 11:16 am - Todd

Helicopter Problem
A helicopter was flying around above Seattle yesterday when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications equipment. Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter's position and course to steer to the airport. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign, and held it in the helicopter's window. The pilot's sign said WHERE AM I? in large letters....
Mar 31, 2006, 7:52 am - pacattack05