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Info: Windows 8–first peek at UI and experience

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Rick

I’ve been anxiously awaiting for some REAL visuals and a first demo at the experience of what Windows 8 could look like. Finally after waiting a couple of years, Sinofsky was on stage talking about Windows 8 with Walt on stage at AllThingsD. Before continuing have a look at the video they published below. >(embeded…

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HowTo: Optimizing your Home Wireless Network

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Rick

So now that we have Joey figured out in the last article – I got pinged by @kjb_Photography on twitter yesterday – asking about extending coverage in his home wireless networking environment. I could take the consultant answer easy out and reply “it depends” but hey – this is a learning environment, let me share…

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Wanted: Designer or Framework?

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Rick

Before anyone says anything – yes – I am not a designer / WP expert in the slightest sense. I design infrastructure, put up servers and architect solutions for a living – I don’t make them look nice. Hence the reason this blog currently has a default theme and no framework or cool thingies /…

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How to re-broadcast a public WiFi network

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Rick

I was catching up with Joey the @AccordionGuy earlier today – chatting over coffee. He used to work on the same team as me at Microsoft before heading out on his next adventure. His current gig has him living in a luxury furnished bachelor pad here in Ottawa with all the amenities – including Big…

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Swapping out the php.ini file for uploads

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Rick

Maybe I am just a glutton for punishment. My other online buddy @rbuike – who also dabbles in WordPress on occasion has suggested I check out some php.ini file modifications. I updated the file based on this link he sent over from the support forums: memory_limit = 100Mupload_max_filesize = 192Mpost_max_size = 100Mfile_uploads = On As…

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Windows Live Writer and WordPress Image Uploads

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Rick

Ok – not exactly the first post I wanted to put up – but I’ve spent the better part of an evening with @energizedTech helping me figure out why I have been unable to easily upload blog posts with images imbedded in them written by LiveWriter. I was leaving the default options of using the…

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