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  • Nerd Alert: Sync iPhone Contacts & Calendars Over The Air

    I just finished upgrading my infrastructure to Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V and Exchange Server 2010 because... actually, I don't exactly remember why I embarked on this task, but I've found two advantages: I can handle my own outgoing...
    Posted to Ed's Blog by Ed on 07-09-2010
  • Exchange 2003 Resource Booking From Outlook 2010

    I happened to open up my calendar to reschedule a meeting and I noticed that none of my meetings were listed on the room schedules. The friendly administrators at my client site told me that nothing's changed; therefore, I deduced, the issue was in...
    Posted to Ed's Blog by Ed on 05-19-2010
  • Customer Disservice

    It's actually easy for me to boycott @MacaroniGrill since it's constituted 8 of my meals in just under three weeks and I could use a break. Perhaps you restaurant types can offer your inside information to help me justify or invalidate my claim...
    Posted to Ed's Blog by Ed on 02-12-2010
  • Does Pair Programming Work?

    Does pair programming work? I stayed up past my bedtime last night discussing this very subject with some of my colleagues. When I was asked this question, I was quick to respond with "I've seen it done, and no, it doesn't work." When...
    Posted to Ed's Blog by Ed on 01-19-2010
  • Microsoft Money to Quicken Migration: "Great" Software?

    Microsoft announced that they were discontinuing Microsoft Money and I just switched over to Quicken. I made a rookie mistake when I assumed that Quicken, being the market share leader, would have the superior product. Given that I use a Microsoft operating...
    Posted to Ed's Blog by Ed on 11-14-2009
  • Fix Adobe PDF Preview Handler on 64-Bit Windows Systems

    A while ago, I noticed that my Adobe PDF previews in Outlook 2007 weren't working, but I didn't notice until today that they stopped working right around the time that I upgraded to Windows 7 x64. A quick search came up with a quick-and-easy registry...
    Posted to Ed's Blog by Ed on 10-05-2009
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  • Who Won the Blue Iguana Free Lunch?

    It might be fixed, but I'm not complaining. At many establishments, they have those fish bowls where you can drop in your business card for a chance to win a free lunch. I've never been selected for any of these drawings until July, when I won...
    Posted to Ed's Blog by Ed on 08-14-2009
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  • Intermittent Network Connectivity On A Virtual Machine

    We ran into an interesting problem on a development PC that was converted using the physical-to-virtual (P2V) wizard in System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). The first sign of trouble was that some logins produced a 'local policy of this system...
    Posted to Ed's Blog by Ed on 07-21-2009
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  • Duplicate Best Bets In SharePoint 2007: An item with the same key has already been added.

    In the distant past, I ran into issues when I tried to add duplicate best bets entries in MOSS 2007. A Microsoft Hotfix ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939077 ) took care of that particular issue, although it caused some Advanced Search headaches.....
    Posted to Ed's Blog by Ed on 07-07-2009
  • SharePoint Web Parts with AJAX and WCF on an SSD

    Inspired by @sahilmalik, I spent most of my Sunday re-architecting a custom web part for Excella Consulting's intranet. I had originally planned on doing some "light" development work to try out my spiffy new SSD, but given that my development...
    Posted to Ed's Blog by Ed on 07-06-2009
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  • FAQs About My Head Trauma

    I've received a few questions following my recent status update regarding my recent encounter with a brick wall. I certainly feel blessed to hear from so many people who are either (a) concerned for my well-being, or (b) are curious to know what kind...
    Posted to Ed's Blog by Ed on 06-16-2009
  • $81,000 Credit Card Debt

    I'm watching On The Money on CNBC, and someone just called in to ask about their $81,000 credit card debt and how to correct it before her retirement in 5 years, perhaps putting her $400 per month of extra income towards it. Are these people serious...
    Posted to Ed's Blog by Ed on 05-29-2009
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  • Scrobbling... last.fm vs. Pandora

    After a rather unfortunate music binge late last night, I woke up to find myself penniless and with a collection of songs that I really should have previewed before I bought them (@)$%! one-click ordering). I've resurrected my last.fm and Pandora...
    Posted to Ed's Blog by Ed on 05-26-2009
  • Blog, Resurrected

    After a hard drive crash, I decided that I didn't need to restore my rarely-updated, rarely-viewed blog. Since then, I've run into many technical issues, consumer alerts, and miscellaneous life events that deserved to be journalled. Considering...
    Posted to Ed's Blog by Ed on 05-24-2009
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