After more than 3 years on the same team I’ve accepted a Senior Developer job offer from Extended Results. I will be starting my new job September 7th. Extended Results was founded in 2006 and specializes in business intelligence software solutions, a huge market in this economy. I think I’ll be able to make a [...]

The popularity of short URL services, like tinyurl.com and bit.ly, has grown due to the character limits of Twitter. These services pose a security risk because they could be used to conceal the addresses malicious sites. Users are being taught to trust all URLs and just blindly click. Sites like Twitter should offer users the [...]

Problem Step Recorder is a neat new tool built into Windows 7. On a Windows 7 machine type PSR in the search box and Problem Step Recorder will open.  Click “Start Record” and reproduce the problem/error/step. Once PSR is running you can add comments by clicking “Add Comments” . When the issue has been reproduced click “Stop Record” and save [...]

To improve a monthly process I created a SQL script to break mirroring, drop the old database, and swap the new database into rotation. This process was a manual task that is performed every month in three regions. By using the new script we will see some significant reduction in downtime caused by the process. [...]

I ran into some issues when I tried to install Ruby On Rails on Windows. These are the steps I used to finally get Ruby On Rails running on a Window box. To start you need to download the Windows Ruby installer from Here. I used the 1.8.6-26.exe Final Release. I ran into some issues [...]

I’ve had my phone for a little while now. After trying out a bunch of free apps and games, I’ve found that a lot suck, some are ok, very few apps are any good. So far I’ve only looked at free apps and games because I haven’t seen thing that make me want to open my wallet. [...]

I got an email today from an advantageous SPAMer. Apparently, I have $11.5 million dollars coming to me. I found it interesting that this email had a disclaimer at the bottom.  These guys are getting creative. At first glance the email looked very official. These guys must make a good amount of money off the [...]

List of the new Windows 7 Keyboard and Mouse shortcuts. I really like the short cut to move a window between montiors. Share and Enjoy:

I feel a little silly. Yesterday I fixed the problems I was having with Windows 7. I had issues with the UI going funny and blacking out parts of the screen. Yesterday I looked into this issue. While in device manager I noticed the display I was running was a beta version of the video [...]

I’m really enjoying the Windows 7 build that I’m running. It really does seem to run smoother and quicker than Windows Vista. Even after I installed all the programs I had running on my Vista build it still feels quicker. I have had no problems with drivers or programs installing. It has taken a bit [...]