I have just started a new project at OpenNTF, the Lotus Notes Open Source community. The base is a project that I in part developed together with SKF about 18 months ago. Thanks to SKF and Gunilla Darrell for agreeing to donate this code to the OpenNTF community. The aim was to enhance current functionality… Continue reading Word as Editor in Lotus Notes
New blog design
For you who have visited before you will notice that I’ve changed my blog design from an all grey to all white… It’s difficult to change and find design templates for Blogger. I’m thinking maybe I picked the wrong blog system and should have chosen Word Press or one of the others instead. I’ve spent… Continue reading New blog design
Outlook and outgoing SMTP servers
I have just moved and changed my ISP to one that not only blocks port 25 but also only allows their SMTP relay server to be accessed from within their own network. When I’m at home with my laptop I have set my outgoing SMTP server as smtp.myhome-isp.com and all is fine. But when I… Continue reading Outlook and outgoing SMTP servers
Windows DNS fails with SPF/TXT too long
I run my own DNS for some of my domains. My primary DNS is the built-in DNS service in Windows 2003 SP1 and as backup/secondary DNS I’m using a free service from Twisted4Life. I’ve been using SPF for a couple of years and it has been working fine.(SPF – Sender Policy Framework – is way… Continue reading Windows DNS fails with SPF/TXT too long
SQL Server 2005 SP2 killed my web sites
A few days ago I was visiting my web server (running Windows 2003). Windows Update prompted me to install the SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 update so I went ahead and clicked ok to do that. Yesterday I was surfing thru my web sites and realized that some of my web sites running on… Continue reading SQL Server 2005 SP2 killed my web sites
Unable to convert MySQL date/time value to System.DateTime
After switching from MySQL ODBC driver to the .NET connector I have been getting this error: Unable to convert MySQL date/time value to System.DateTime. This is when a DATETIME or DATE field contains an invalid value. It turns out that 0000-00-00 which I have used as default value in a DATE column is considered an… Continue reading Unable to convert MySQL date/time value to System.DateTime
Vista and World Community Grid
I haven’t been able to get the World Community Grid (WCG) client (United Devices UD.EXE) to run well on my Vista machine. It has been running for awhile then giving me messages like “Unable to process Task data. Backing-off.” I have Googled but not found a solution. Then today I went directly to the World… Continue reading Vista and World Community Grid
.NET and MySQL in Five Easy Steps
I’ve been using the MySQL ODBC driver for a long time now in my ASP.NET projects (as posted about here). But today when I was about to start a new project on my new Vista machine I thought I’d check if anything new had emerged the last years when it comes to MySQL drivers for… Continue reading .NET and MySQL in Five Easy Steps
Loan a stranger your hard earned money without interest or payback guarantee (no kidding!)
This is great – keep reading! As you may or may not know Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts with micro credits (or microloans or microfinance) in Bangladesh. Now you too can support a small business in the developing world! Just go to www.kiva.org and… Continue reading Loan a stranger your hard earned money without interest or payback guarantee (no kidding!)
Things I can and cannot get to work in Vista and Office 2007
I just upgraded my laptop running XP to Office 2007 and I’ve also started using my new desktop computer running Vista and Office 2007. These are a few things that have bugged me and how I made them work (or not): 1) I could no longer run my macros in Outlook 2007. Whenever I went… Continue reading Things I can and cannot get to work in Vista and Office 2007