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On Sunday afternoon, I finally got around to upgrading my jail-broken first-generation iPhone to the version 2.0 firmware. Previously, it was running 1.1.4, unlocked with ZiPhone. Overall, apart from forgetting to back up my contacts before I did the factory restore, the whole upgrade process was much easier than I expected. Here’s how I did [...]
According to a survey conducted last year, the average employee fritters away eight hours a week on non work-related activities. Personal Internet browsing was cited as the number one culprit; I know I’m a little bit guilty of it, too. Leaving my personal e-mail open all day (and stopping to read new messages as they [...]
At work over the past few months I have occasionally encountered a rather strange problem on newly-installed PCs. The problem is quite simple: If you type a single quote (‘) or double quote (“), nothing happens. If you type another, two suddenly appear. Furthermore, if you hit a quote key at one position then move [...]
I have just got a new computer at work, and over the past week I have been installing all the software that I like to use. One tool I rely on is IISAdmin, a program that sits in the system tray and allows you to run multiple IIS websites under non-server editions of Windows. Unfortunately, [...]
