Ahhh VMware Fusion and Windows 7. The thought must upset the stomach of a hard-core Windows zealot but is a blessing for those who prefer Macs and can’t part ways with the other platform. Personally I use and enjoy both 😉 So if you have recently found yourself reinstalling Windows 7 you might be staring… Continue reading BSOD Blue Screen of Death in your Virtual Machine using Fusion and Windows 7
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Making the most out of Dropbox with symlinks
Dropbox is great. It is a folder where you can drop your files and have them sync into the cloud securely and sync them with any computers you want. I primarily use this for syncing my MacOS keychains between my Mac Pro and Macbook Pro. This in combination with MobileMe ensures that almost everything is… Continue reading Making the most out of Dropbox with symlinks
Accessing web services in Sharepoint with jQuery
Sharepoint can be a very useful collaboration tool but if you are stuck with WSS instead of MOSS you might find yourself wishing you could do more. Your organization probably won’t let you just start coding up .NET and sticking it anywhere you want in your site. So if you are looking to enhance your… Continue reading Accessing web services in Sharepoint with jQuery
Clean up Finder’s “Open With” menu
Recently VLC started showing up twice in my “Open With” menu in OSX Snow Leopard. In fact one of the links didn’t even work so I wanted to clean it up. This of course wouldn’t just apply to VLC, other apps can cause it as well. This list is built over time based upon the… Continue reading Clean up Finder’s “Open With” menu
Snow Leopard, Quicktime 7, and the new Quicktime X
So you upgraded to Snow Leopard? I did the day it came out, and it is a great release. So far I have found it very stable and it didn’t take long for the updates to the applications I use to flow in. In fact, many vendors had beta versions ahead of the release which… Continue reading Snow Leopard, Quicktime 7, and the new Quicktime X
Windows 7 fresh install with an upgrade version
Did you buy a copy of the upgrade but wanted to do a clean install on a fresh drive? Yeah, me too. So rather than having to install Vista or XP first, you can do a little bit of work to get it to accept your key. The important thing to remember is don’t activate… Continue reading Windows 7 fresh install with an upgrade version
Windows 7 on a Mac Pro w/ VMWare Fusion / Boot Camp
One of my missions of late has been to consolidate my machines and ultimately get down to one workstation if possible. This should eliminate 1-2 machines and give me more flexibility to run different OS’s and browsers as-needed. With my copy of Windows 7 Pro on preorder still I grabbed a copy of the RC… Continue reading Windows 7 on a Mac Pro w/ VMWare Fusion / Boot Camp
New Media Atlanta Conference
Well today was the New Media Atlanta conference. I was pleasantly surprised not only at the turnout but the expertise of speakers that were present. The panel segment offered fantastic insight into how social media is being leveraged at major companies today. Other speakers spoke about why social media is relevant and how you can… Continue reading New Media Atlanta Conference
Sharepoint: Hiding the unhidable fields
Sharepoint allows you a lot of freedom to control what your user sees in lists throughout your site. But if you like me have customized not only your theme and templates, you also want to customize the forms that your users interact with. To do this you likely are editing your NewForm.aspx and probably have… Continue reading Sharepoint: Hiding the unhidable fields
Sharepoint and the Invalid page URL error
I am working on a custom list for Sharepoint WSS. This involves creating a custom master which applies only to the new entry form for the list. This by itself has its own issues. You might think you can simply just change the name of your master from “default.master” to “custom.master” wouldn’t you? Well partner,… Continue reading Sharepoint and the Invalid page URL error