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Send to FeedDemon, from IE context menu

When I reinstalled FeedDemon following my rebuild I found that there was not context menu to subscribe to a feed.  I previously used “send to default feed reader” which must have been added by NewsGator or one of the other products I have been testing.  Still easily fixed: This web...

Desktop or web 2.0

After reading about my rebuild nightmare you are probably thinking that I would be migrating fast to web 2.0 sites.  Wrong!  I really like some of the web 2.0 sites and work extensively in the browser – but I like to use the best tool for the job and right now I...

Rebuilds!

On Monday I started to notice that IE and Maxthon were not working correctly following the installation of IE7 on Windows 2003 server (my desktop).  IE would just stop opening new web pages completely, Firefox was fine but Maxthon is too integrated into my working practices so I decided IE7...

Morale, that’s an employee issue!

A couple of weeks ago I heard a manager say that employee morale was not a management issue, I hope I heard wrong, but I don’t think I did.  To be fair though I don’t think the manager concerned really meant what he said and was in fact referring to...

Workplace madness

I recently found out that my company is paying roughly $6000/year per person for a desk at one of our regional offices, in one of the cheapest areas of the UK.  I was a bit surprised although on reflection I am sure its typical.  What really amazed me is that...

Concentration & Music

When my Arthritis is flaring I really struggle to concentrate,  I have tried a wide range of things to improve it including: Meditation Exercise Work Variety Stimulating work locations Music A couple of supplements that were recommended in “Making a good brain great“ I have made some progress, but not...

Vista RTM on TC1100

I have been running Vista RTM on my TC1100 since Sunday and it has been working very well,  I had one issue with the Smart Fetch process stopping, but this would have been transparent to me if Vista hadn’t brought it to my attention. A lot of drivers are downloaded...

Vista RTM on Thinkpad T40

I have been running Vista Ultimate RTM on my aging Thinkpad T40 and its running reasonably well, although it’s my third machine (After my Desktop and Tablet) so I am not a demanding user.  I had to do a bare metal install though as I didn’t have enough disk space...

Upgrading to Office 2007 from Office 2007 beta 2

Last night I tried to upgrade from Office 2007 tech refresh, to Office 2007 RTM and received the following error: Setup is unable to proceed due to the following error(s): The 2007 Microsoft Office system does not support upgrading from a prerelease version of the 2007 Microsoft Office system. You...

What to look for in Enterprise RSS

I have recently been thinking a bit about Enterprise RSS and getting frustrated by key features that seem to be missing, confusing or partially implemented, two examples being: Lack of unread status syncing between multiple clients of the Windows Common Feed Store Lack of support for basic authentication in the Windows...