February 2005
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Mapping with Google and Firefox
By now, you've surely heard about Google Maps. This is a very cool mapping service, which easily blows away both Yahoo! Maps and Mapquest. As with most other services, it could always stand to be closer at hand. It seems that someone has created an extension for the…
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Outlook Error 0x80040600
I just ran into this bizarre error in Outlook, that told me absolutely nothing – the detail says Unknown Error (it also refers to a messaging interface). This particular beauty came up while sending and receiving while I was trying it – may have occurred at other times…
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Simplifying Voice Mail Menus
I think I'm probably in the minority when I say that I don't mind voice mail menus. I really don't. However, I mind how they are implemented. I cannot count the number of times I've been in a maze of menus, heading down what I think is the…
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Trying to Block the Bad People
I've received only a small taste of the trackback spam that has been floating around, yet it's still enough to be annoying, especially since I didn't really have any good way of addressing it. With comments, I can moderate them. I can make sure they have approval. Not…
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Manually Remove a Windows Service
I needed to remove some services the other day and could not recall the name of the tool that allows you to easily add and remove services from Windows. I think it's srvany.exe, but I have no idea how recently it has been updated, and I couldn't find…
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To Click or not to Click
This week has been really busy. I feel like I have accomplished exactly nothing all week. But I have been insanely busy just doing things. There are people all over talking about Getting Things Done, and while I suspect that the system is a good one, I know…