Stumbled across this today via Google Images and I couldn't resist posting it on here. One frustration I have (like many others) is the insistence with many customers (particularly in SMB) who buy technology before mapping out what they are trying ...[Read More]

Considering Rogers is going to start charging me (us) for SMS Text messages inbound, and considering they do a really lousy job of reducing the amount of text spam I get, I took it upon myself to find a reference of Rogers text commands that can b ...[Read More]

How is it possible that 140% of my email can be spam? Does that mean my spam is somehow 'thicker', or more 'dense' than other emails?   Yeesh, couldn't let this go without posting it … somewhere. ...[Read More]

I'm a SharePoint fan (and presumably one of the reasons M$ expressed interest in awarding me the MVP, of which I'm very proud of the consideration).  Maybe I'm even a bit of a homer about it (a homer, for all you non-hockey fans is someone that ba ...[Read More]

Here's a listing of (no, I'm not ranting about how much I love SharePoint in this post, though I might reference it here and there) 3rd party tools that I use constantly and a brief summary of how I use it (I'm not listing the complete listing of ...[Read More]

One of my (and my wife’s) dearest friends, Bret (aka  Barf, Bart, etc.) has finally published some of his fantastic works on his newly revamped website.  Not only is he showing off his terrific sense of humour (desert dry, the way I like it), he’s s ...[Read More]

Well, what do ya know?  Apparently, Microsoft loves, my love for SharePoint (and all those other related things I do – SharePoint, Windows Server, Exchange, SQL, IIS, ASP.NET – you know, all those things that SharePoint works with – I think I was ...[Read More]

  Beer Me! Ok, I've been told I've helped a number of people, over the years, with my postings (in newsgroups and such) and my blog (blog.brainlitter.com). And people always tell me "oh, I owe you a beer", or "if you were nearby, ...[Read More]

SharePoint vs. the File Server SharePoint offers... 1. Web based access to your files from anywhere (work, home, the airport and from anything (PC, MAC, mobile devices) - in a Web browser or familiar Explorer view   2. SharePoint offers a &q ...[Read More]

Ran into this tonight and after hours of scouring (and Microsoft's own KB not helping me find the answer via their search ... yeesh!) Google, etc., finally found the solution to the issue I had at a client site. Default printer cannot be set Micro ...[Read More]