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Windows Home Server RTMs

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:18:12 GMT

I'm really excited about this product. I've been needing to update my home backup solution for a while now and have been holding out for the release of this product. I just have to make sure none of my PCs crash and burn between now and the fall release. :)

Windows Home Server Blog : Ship it!

Not who I pegged to be selling cosmetics

Thu, 31 May 2007 18:06:35 GMT

Saw this at the bottom of a chat window today:

Derek Jeter skin care? Is there really a market for this?

Turning on AutoComplete to make IE's history useful

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:39:07 GMT

For ages I've been annoyed by the IE history drop down which appears when you start typing an address. Here's the thing, most of the work we do is stored on our SharePoint server at work. This means that if I start to type the URL of the server I'll get a massive autocomplete list pop down in IE. This makes the recent history that drops down completely useless for me.

Now, however, thanks to Sean (via Omar) I have been shown the light. I followed the simple steps and my life is now better.

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My Favorite (hidden) IE feature

Whenever I install Windows on a new PC (which in my daily work happens far more frequently than I care to admit), there's one* setting that I always tweak before doing anything else:

Internet Options, Advanced tab, "Use inline AutoComplete"

What this does is enables autocomplete of URLs (and other commands) in the address bar, instead of just as a drop-down.
Here is an example. Let's say I visit both the IEblog (http://blogs.msdn.com/ie) and the RSS team blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/rssteam) regularly.
The next time I go to the address bar, I type "blo". IE shows me this:

Then I hit the right arrow (essentially to accept the text it's given me), and I type "r":

Press enter, and I'm at my favorite blog!
Bonus feature: this works in every address bar: explorer, the run dialog, and system-supplied open/save dialogs, and any app that uses the system edit control (and enables URL autocomplete).
Double bonus: this works in IE6 as well (but upgrade to IE7 now!).
Downside, you probably should be a touch typist before turning this on. If you're not paying attention to the screen while you type, you may inadvertently navigate to something you didn't want to. Windows developer guru and part-time Windows historian has blogged about this, so I dont have to (note: you should read the comments to see the correction to how he describes the feature -- it doesn't change the basic point, however).
* Truth in advertising: there were two settings I always changed. The second was to turn off "reuse windows for launching shortcuts" -- a highly annoying feature of IE6 that picked one of my open windows and changed the page being viewed whenever I clicked on a link in Outlook or elsewhere. It was designed to help users keep the number of windows being opened under control. But IE7's tabs make that unncessary, because now the default is to open a new tab in the same window. Both problems solved!

Fascinating self portrait

Sat, 04 Nov 2006 10:25:40 GMT

I saw this picture on Systim's space and it got me thinking... what makes an interesting self-portrait?

Ah, spaces

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:12:56 GMT

So, now that I'm digging on Windows Live Writer it is really easy for me to bounce around several different blogs for posting. I would, however, need a good mechanism for monitoring comments (which is always the issue for me). For a while I've been considering slowly teasing apart the content on my uber blog to allow me to have a little more coherent theme.

Does this mean my space is now going to spring back to life? Only time will tell.

This hardly seems a fair trade

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:13:05 GMT

… you just keep yours.

The frequent trips to Redmond paid off…

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:12:24 GMT

A free upgrade to business class for my flight back from New York.

This is a great type of specialist

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:46:40 GMT

This is a great speciality to look for in your podiatrist.

Tasty treat, part 2

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:29:25 GMT

Just don't read the back...

540 calories and 11 grams of saturated fat.

Tasty treat

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:25:16 GMT

I love these.

My favorite way to start the day

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 19:16:08 GMT

mmm… Jamba Juice.

Trackback and comment spam sucks

Sat, 19 Nov 2005 17:38:38 GMT

I'm working on configuring my other blog and, as part of that test, am making sure trackbacks are working. So, I'm going to trackback to the post about the value of my blog. If this trackback fails I know I have something mis-configured.

Update: Yay, it worked. I'm successfully rejecting trackback spam but not valid trackbacks.

Technocrati beacon

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 23:46:38 GMT

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House rocks

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:05:41 GMT

I decided to try out the Windows Media PowerToy on my space before implementing it on the team space. I figured the little clip I made of a great scene from House would be just great (though I won't be putting that clip on the team site ).

For more Spaces PowerToys visit the Spaces team blog.

Closed: Want to participate in the beta?

Fri, 05 Aug 2005 20:30:42 GMT

We quickly blew past our limit of 10 additions for right now, thanks to everyone who participated but we're done for now. Don't despair, however, there will be more opportunities coming up in the very near future. Keep an eye on the mail team site for more invites.

The mail beta has room for a few more enthusiastic beta testers. If you'd like to participate in the mail beta click the "Blog it" link for this post and add an entry in your space tracking back to this post. We'll respond to the first ten track backs by commenting on your space with instructions on how to join.

Hotmail team space

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 15:50:24 GMT

The Hotmail team now has a space. Go there if you're looking for news on upcoming products.

http://spaces.msn.com/members/mailcall/

Photo Album: Disneyland

Tue, 07 Dec 2004 20:03:06 GMT

Disneyland

Untitled Photo

More Photos...

Book List: Required Reading

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 22:32:25 GMT

Required Reading

Scott Kelby: The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers
Key tools and techniques for digital photographers

Blog list: Blog list

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 17:10:48 GMT

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