The average kitchen contains a pretty diverse range of ingredients that fill our fridges, shelves and cupboards. The majority of people often find that despite this variety they still have nothing to eat! Gordon Ramsay would probably struggle to make a tasty dinner in 15 minutes with a tube of wasabi paste, 5 cans of … Continue reading Reverse Recipies – Search for receipes based on your ingredients
Where, not when – Rules for cheap & easy travel.
Many people, myself included, try to visit 'home' every now and then or have a list of places to visit. These casual 'optimistic' travellers are looking for that weekend or week etc.. where they can find the right flights (based on price & times). They are flexible on dates but have to work hard and … Continue reading Where, not when – Rules for cheap & easy travel.
Utility Television
Sling Media recently introduced the highly successful 'SlingBox' product to allow people access their home TV over the intranet. In reality I imagine that the average Slingbox owner does not utilise their service 24 hours a day as they are either working, traveling or sleeping.So is there an opportunity for these users to 're-sell' their … Continue reading Utility Television
Shortcut for opening and saving files in windows
Have you ever wished that when you saved or opened files in windows that the 'shortcut' locations on the left of the window contained more than just 5 standard options (i.e. Desktop, My Documents, etc...). I finally invested some time with Google and I'm delighted to report that it is very easy to implement this … Continue reading Shortcut for opening and saving files in windows
Are companies afraid of social technologies?
The democratic user controlled power of Facebook is spilling over into the corporate world as users ask for more control and functionality. However, companies have yet to be persuaded. Is there an argument that the collective is wary of the persuasive power of the individual? Giving everyone a voice is seen as threatening by those … Continue reading Are companies afraid of social technologies?
IT Therapy: Prevention is better than the cure
Therapy is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a diagnosis. So why not IT Therapy?Organisations regularly come to the IT department with symptoms and other ailments that they need treated. The flu strikes when your computer has a virus, you break a bone when the T1 connection to Asia goes down, and … Continue reading IT Therapy: Prevention is better than the cure
Investment Royals: King Cash and Queen Knowledge
For the last 6 months I have been searching the DC market for good investment properties. I continue to see properties deflate in prce and think we have yet to hit the bottom (as an example; see one of the properties I visited today at the Sonata). Many may think that this is a crazy … Continue reading Investment Royals: King Cash and Queen Knowledge
Mobile/Blackberry Intellisense to avoid duplicate alerts
I'm currently working in a small room with 15 people. Everybody is connected to the network and has access to Outlook via VPN. The room is constantly buzzing and singing with a variety of ring tones and chirping signals. The problem is that these alerts are unnecessary due to the fact that the messages are … Continue reading Mobile/Blackberry Intellisense to avoid duplicate alerts
NLP: Program your Communications
The lemon test is what first 'sold me' on the power of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) to improve communication skills. NLP also helps you recognise when others are trying to influence or control the outcome of a communication/interaction. Affective use of NLP can involve a lot or practice and study but sometimes just knowing the … Continue reading NLP: Program your Communications
Setting up Sharepoint Search Service:
While trying to configure SSP (shared services provider) i kept getting a 'no indexer error'. So of i went to set up a search services on MOSS 2007 when i got an annoying 'An unhandled exception occurred in the user interface.Exception Information: OSearch (AccountName)' error. Simple solution involved putting the DOMAIN NAME before the account … Continue reading Setting up Sharepoint Search Service:
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