A couple years ago, I was in New York, visiting a good friend. As we stepped into his building’s lobby, my cell phone rang. It was a good friend I have in Colombia, we communicate by instant message regularly; we talk by phone maybe every one or two years. This was that phone call. In the [...]
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Internet Explorer 9 Errors
Note to self: If I’m getting display errors in IE9 (any sort of display errors), try disabling tracking protecion as the very first thing…
READ MORE »Solution to “The OutputPath property is not set for this project.”
Solving “The OutputPath property is not set for this project. Please check to make sure that you have specified a valid Configuration/Platform combination.”
READ MORE »Open source fails when it most matters
So I was looking for alternatives to the Mantis issue/bug tracking system. I am pretty much fed up with its lackluster usability. Simple things take several clicks. There is no ajax anywhere. You are redirected to pages just to be told that an operation completed (ie, change a user profile), and then you are forced [...]
READ MORE »Hotmail POP3 & SMTP connections – Or how to use Outlook with a Hotmail account
If you could point to a problem that a great many people have had over the years with different solutions and no clear answers, it is the problem of configuring Outlook (or any other email client) to access your Hotmail account. There are plug-ins, conflicting settings, unclear instructions, and differing requirements (ie, pay versus no-pay [...]
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