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Hey - whats this feedback link?
Duh - I just discovered the feedback link. If you've left a comment in the past and wondered why it...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/18/2005
Tiny new tablet
I had coffee with Craig Pringle this morning. Craig runs the Tablet PC user group in Wellington. He...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/18/2005
On Windows Mobile, Media Player 10 and ActiveSync 4.0
This morning I synced my Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphone with ActiveSync 4.0 and noticed the Media...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/16/2005
Screenshots of the Hotmail Beta
If you want to know what the hotmail beta looks like - you should take a look at this page. Its nice...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/15/2005
Internet Explorer Beta 1
Last week I installed Internet Explorer beta 1, here are my thoughts. Its stable. I've had no...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/14/2005
SQL Server Hot Labs - Filling up fast
If you are interested in getting some SQL 2005 training - you'd better get in quick. We've got some...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/14/2005
More on the Change email address ability on Passport accounts...
I've had a few emails from people who would like to change their email addresses in Passport but...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/08/2005
Steve Ballmer on NZ TV
In case you missed it (I did) Steve Ballmers interview with TVNZ was aired tonight. You can see the...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/05/2005
On Windows Vista and gaming
If you read Major Nelsons blog, you'll know that he often has great information about the XBox and...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/03/2005
Ajax in .Net
Tim has started a blogversation in our community about AJAX. While I'm no ASP.Net expert and...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/03/2005
Change your MSN Passport email address
I just went to a session at Tech Ready on MSN Architecture. After the session I had a chat with the...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/02/2005
On the subject of Express editions...
If you are interested in getting into the express editions you'll want to check out the new video...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/02/2005
I dont believe these stats...
According to our stats only 926 New Zealanders have registered a Visual Studio 2005 Express edition....
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/02/2005
SQL Courses available in Wellington.
If you are interested - there is some training coming up in Wellington on SQL 2005. There is a small...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/02/2005
How to stitch photos in Acrylic
You've probably found people talking about the nice panoramic images they can make from Acrylic....
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 08/01/2005
CLR Upgrade event
If you read Seans blog, you may have seen this entry that talks about registering for a general...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/31/2005
SQL Upgrade Advisor now available for free download
If you've got a SQL 2000 solution in place somewhere and are looking to upgrade it to SQL 2005 in...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/28/2005
Want to develop for Vista?
I'm sure this is applicable for all 12 of you who want to develop specifically for the Vista...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/27/2005
Vista Beta 1 Released
According to MSDN Subscriptions page you can now download Beta 1 of Windows Vista from MSDN...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/27/2005
Tech Ed NZ - SOLD OUT
If you were looking forward to going to Tech Ed but were procrastinating - you've missed out! Thats...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/27/2005
Escape from Yesterworld
There is a cool new SQL Server & Visual Studio 2005 launch site. Its got a movie feel to it (see...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/26/2005
Longhorn no more....
Longhorn is officially to be named Windows Vista. It was announced yesterday internally and today...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/22/2005
Hello from Atlanta
I'm in Atlanta, waiting for the DPE Keynote to start - its hard to get on the net here (at least for...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/22/2005
About my tablet (for Craig)
So Craig - you want to know about my tablet? I was given the duty of speaking at the Tablet PC user...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/20/2005
Off to Atlanta
I'm about to head to the airport to catch a flight to Auckland. The goal is to get to Atlanta, but...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/17/2005
Shareware Starter kit now available
Matin emailed me to let me know about the new shareware starter kit. If you've been thinking about...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/15/2005
Did I mention I had a tablet?
I'm doing a presentation in September that I'll need a tablet for so I thought ld better learn! So...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/15/2005
SPB software - get it at 20% off!
I've Been a great fan of SPB Software for ages. They make some of the best software around for the...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/15/2005
This is a cool keyboard
This is the second cool keyboard I've seen today.... have a look at...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/14/2005
Tech Ed session details
Nigel has put up a first cut of the schedule for Tech Ed - if you've been waiting to see it - you...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/14/2005
Bravo Steve Jobs!
I just read on Digital Media Thoughts about a kid who was killed because he had an iPod (whether...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/14/2005
Apparently we are welcome back!
According to the Wellington Linux mailing list archive we are welcome to go back! It looks like our...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/13/2005
.Net User Group and resources
We had a great night last night at the Wellington .Net User Group. We had 50 people turn up to...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/13/2005
48% off MSDN Universal - get it while you can
If the previous ways to get MSDN Universal have still been out of your price range, you'll be...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/12/2005
Installing Kubuntu 5.04
When we went to the linux user group on Monday we were given Kubuntu 5.04 CDs (not because we were...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/12/2005
Tech Ed - sign up while you can!
We are now at over 60% capacity for Tech Ed 2005 on August 29-31 in Auckland. That is over 1200...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/11/2005
A couple more things....
I'm wearing out my keyboard on my blog today... but I wanted to add one or two more... Rory has a...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/10/2005
Guerilla marketing? - XBOX360
Check out this cool video of an XBOX 360 ad being put up opposite a Sony Playstation press event....
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/10/2005
AJAX - if you missed ScotGu's entry
AJAX = Asynchronous Javascript And Xml. Microsoft has a project called Atlas which will deliver some...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/10/2005
Invading the Wellington Linux User Group
Well - its hardly an invasion, but it makes for good headlines..... :-) Tonight myself and Brett...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/10/2005
Palm OS is dead?
I'm a little slow (I'm sick) - so this probably wont be news, but with the annoucements by...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/09/2005
Starting a software company in New Zealand?
If you are starting a software company in New Zealand - Microsoft have a heap of resources available...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/08/2005
Qantas coming out of the dark ages
I'm in Sydney today and tomorrow and on my flight over I noticed that Qantas were changing their...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/06/2005
Want to learn all about VS2005 but dont know where to start?
If you want to get a step up into Visual Studio 2005, .Net 2.0, ASP.Net 2.0, and all the other cool...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/06/2005
Need more buttons on your Pocket PC?
One thing I loved about my HTC Harrier (and the same applies to the PDA2K/HTC Blue Angel) was the...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 07/04/2005
Back on a Pocket PC Phone Edition
I've been having problems with my smartphone and getting frustrated with T9 SMS message authoring,...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/30/2005
What I've learned about IE
The IE post that I put up yesterday has generated a bit of discussion. Bruce Morgan from the IE team...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/26/2005
Should Microsoft ditch IE?
James A has written a great article on Firefox and Microsofts attitude to open source. I cant help...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/26/2005
In Queenstown
I'm getting ready to leave Queenstown after a few days here with the team from Microsoft New...
Author: Garry Trinder Date: 06/24/2005