Might as well use it
I finally took some of that new web tech I was talking about here and used it here. I couldn’t stand the “brick” look anymore, so it’s mostly border-radius and box-shadow, but there’s also an RGBA...
View ArticleSunrise, sunset
I’ve been making this web stuff long enough that some is well past its expiration date. Memoriam for ScriptConverter
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“Notice a chromatic theme?” revisited
A few years ago, I noticed an orange chromatic theme in application icons. Seems things really have “gone green” since then: Left to right that’s uTorrent, Update Checker, Windows Home Server,...
View ArticleGreat article on Designing URLs
If you do anything on the web, you should read this great article on URL Design by Kyle Neath. (hat-tip to Trevor Davis for sharing)
View ArticleVista/Win7 Solution: Skip the Switch User screen
So I’ve been happily using Windows 7 for a couple years (since the beta), but just finally moved my family into it, and discovered a new issue in the process: Like XP, the “Win+L” key combination locks...
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How to redirect OWA HTTP to HTTPS (the actually easy way that works)
With SBS 2008, if try to open Outlook Web Access at http://remote.example.com/owa, you’ll get “Error 403 – Forbidden: Access is denied…”, because SSL is required in IIS. The proper URL is...
View ArticleFinally! Hyper-V Replica
Server geeks, read and gasp: One of Windows Server 2012’s secret weapons: Hyper-V Replica This is huge, and will change how Slingshot does servers: Just use 2 cheap boxes? Sure! Replicate your server...
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Dear Acer: It’s your own fault
So Microsoft is about to sell its own hardware running Windows. And Acer is unhappy, because Microsoft is effectively competing with its own partners. Now, working for a Microsoft Partner, I can...
View ArticleFool me 8 times, shame on me.
Reader Postini Calendar sync iGoogle Gears Code Search Pack and now Voice XMPP integration These are a few of my favorite things, …that Google has yanked out from under my feet. And let’s not forget...
View ArticleDecrapify NCH VideoPad
NCH VideoPad is an excellent “free” video editor. I would recommend VideoPad heartily if NCH didn’t crap on their own work. But unfortunately “free” needs those scare quotes, because its installer just...
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Upgrade HP Stream to Windows 10
Last December I grabbed a deal on a cheap HP Stream laptop for my family. It’s been a nice little convenience screen, but with gotchas: 1) Tiny hard drive – 30GB total, with 10 gone to Windows (as...
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GPO To Set Firewall Exception For Windows 10 RDP
Slingshot recently rolled out several Windows 10 Pro systems for a customer, and discovered their existing GPO’s firewall rules weren’t enough to allow RDP from within the LAN. Susan’s post Windows 10...
View Articlewww.WildcatSERVE.org
This one’s quite simple, but I’m always glad to make a new website, especially for a good cause: This is a great help for families who are in need in our district — please check it out and consider...
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How To Not Get Extorted By Ransomware
(Following is some material that Slingshot recently wrote up to help guide our customers through securing their IT systems against Ransomware. It’s too good to not share with the world, though, so...
View ArticlejsDate update
I just updated my jsDate library (easier Date manipulation for Javascript) with a couple small improvements. After all these years, I’m not sure why this stuff still isn’t baked in (or at least...
View ArticleExcelMicro.com RSS feeds
Are you an ExcelMicro partner who needs to stay in the loop on what they’re doing? They’ve got some great services and folks, but it sounds like they’re swamped with a lot of internal changes over...
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