As arrogant as my domain name is "Guy Ellis Rocks Dot Com", I only chose it because Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants Dot Com was already taken. I've always attributed this quote to Sir Isaac Newton but just learned that it was originally coined by Bernard of Chartres. I take a moment to...
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I'm trying to install .NET 3.5 SP1 onto Server 2008 Enterprise and I'm getting this error: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0SP1 (x64) (CBS): [2] Error: Installation failed for component Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0SP1 (x64) (CBS). MSI returned error code 1 On inspection of the folders it appears that .NET...
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I regularly hear Scott Hanselman refer to a Rube Goldberg Machine on his Hansel Minutes podcast and once you hear something repeated enough times you need to look it up. From wikipedia: A Rube Goldberg machine is a deliberately over-engineered apparatus that performs a very simple task in very indirect...
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The first Phoenix Startup Weekend will be 17-19 October 2008. It looks intense (54 hours work over a weekend) but also very interesting. I've marked this on my calendar but haven't booked yet. I'm very keen on doing this although I'm guessing that I'll be shattered by the time Monday comes around and...
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I regularly backup my databases and transfer them from the server to a local machine. My strategy is to use the 7-Zip compression utility to compress the database first and then transfer it. A smaller file will obviously transfer faster and locally I'm going to zip it anyway to save space if I'm not...
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I subscribe to a Google Service called Google Alerts. Anytime certain keywords that I want to watch for are indexed by Google I get an email from them telling me about the new pages on the web that have those keywords.
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I thought that the following short story from Inspired eLearning was very interesting. I you found a USB drive without an owner would you plug it into your computer? Before reading this story I think that I would have. Now I'm more inclined to put it under the car's tire and run over it. Social Engineering...
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