October 2006 - Posts

I know it's against industry best practice but...
You know you're in for an interesting conversation when the first sentence you hear starts with "I know it's against industry best practice but....". Know, there's nothing wrong with going against the "industry best practice" if you've got a good reason. Read More...
Posted 29 October 06 06:09 by brsmith | 1 Comments   
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New HP Compaq nc8430
Finally.... my new laptop should arrive tomorrow! :) Hopefully it will be rebuilt and ready for a flogging by tomorrow afternoon... Read More...
Posted 24 October 06 10:16 by brsmith | 2 Comments   
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Arranged by: Conversation
I get a reasonable amount of email each day. Not a lot, about a hundred or two each day (sometimes a lot more). I don't know why I did it, but a few years ago I tried arranging my email by "Conversation" and I really didn't like it. I much preferred to Read More...
Posted 21 October 06 10:11 by brsmith | 3 Comments   
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Disassemble the .NET framework to see what a method does
Yesterday I was asked if a certain method in the .NET framework returns a null. Too easy. Downloaded and installed Lutz Roeder's .NET Reflector (wasn't installed because I'm on a new machine... normally the first thing to be installed!) When you run it Read More...
Posted 20 October 06 10:15 by brsmith | (Comments Off)   
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Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP is ready!
Today we are making the English version available as a free download . Other languages will be available in the coming weeks. Read More...
Posted 20 October 06 10:11 by brsmith | (Comments Off)   
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Anglican Church’s first internet evangelist
David Horne is set to become the Anglican Church’s first internet evangelist. Evangelists :) Read more here... Read More...
Posted 18 October 06 05:42 by brsmith | (Comments Off)   
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David Suzuki
Wow! Last night I saw a talk from David Suzuki . It wasn't his normal environmental speach... it was just about his life. He's promoting his autobiography . Even if you don't agree with his views I urge you to go see him talk. He's a brilliant man. I Read More...
Posted 18 October 06 10:09 by brsmith | 5 Comments   
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Week off, iRiver Clix, and HDD Recorder
Well ... I'm back from my week off. While I was away I got a year older, gained a lawn mower, iRiver Clix, and a Panasonic HDD Recorder. Awesome week! I also did a heap of tourist stuff in Canberra! My parents were visiting so we spent the whole week Read More...
Posted 16 October 06 10:39 by brsmith | 1 Comments   
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Dad's Birthday Present: iRiver Clix
I just bought my Dad an iRiver Clix for his birthday. I've been waiting to buy it for a few weeks... was just waiting for the price to come down just that little bit extra at JB. Frank Arrigo has the same one :) I think I need one too! ps: Dad, if you're Read More...
Posted 06 October 06 08:10 by brsmith | 1 Comments   
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How to download Wikipedia
So you're looking for some dummy data? Well how about downloading the wikipedia ???!! There are over 2 milliion pages on the wikipedia. Don't try to crawl the site, it won't let you. No robots allowed! Go to http://download.wikipedia.org and you'll see Read More...
Posted 06 October 06 11:37 by brsmith | 4 Comments   
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What is Infrastructure Optimization (IO)???
In my previous post I mentioned that I found the Infrastructure Optimization blog. A few people have pointed out that I haven't actually mentioned what Infrastructure Optimization (IO) is. Fair call. Here follows the brief, mile high view. Infrastructure Read More...
Posted 05 October 06 03:11 by brsmith | 2 Comments   
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Infrastructure Optimization blog
Just found their blog at http://blogs.technet.com/io/default.aspx The first line of the most recent post is funny (or not, while it's happening)... you can probably relate. :) “ Almost half of all unplanned service outages happen because of system configuration Read More...
Posted 05 October 06 11:52 by brsmith | 3 Comments   
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Virtual PC for VSTS and TFS on MSDN Subscription Download site
Wow ... that's a long blog title, but it sums up this post nicely! :) There is a VPC ( Virtual PC ) available from the MSDN Subscriptions download area. Just do a search for “VPC” and you will find “ Visual Studio 2005 Team System VPC - Part 1 of 2 (English) Read More...
Posted 05 October 06 09:43 by brsmith | 4 Comments   
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What to blog??
I’ve been trying to figure out what to blog. Like everyone else in the world I can’t blog about confidential information I’m privy to from my employer and/or clients. The problem is that THIS content makes up about 90% of what I know about and deal with Read More...
Posted 04 October 06 05:43 by brsmith | 5 Comments   
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Australian TFS mailing list
I actually found out about (and joined) Grant Holliday's new TFS mailing list a while ago, but I thought I'd share it with the tiny audience who already read my blog. :) "On Saturday morning, I had an idea. It’s now Sunday evening and it’s off the ground. Read More...
Posted 04 October 06 01:13 by brsmith | 2 Comments   
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Enterprise Search Architecture for MOSS 2007 (Beta)
I've been chatting with a few guys I used to work with about the Enterprise Search capabilities of MOSS 2007 (Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server). They wanted some info on how it works and what it looks like from a dev and admin perspective, programatically. Read More...
Posted 04 October 06 12:30 by brsmith | 3 Comments   
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first post
Hello and welcome! I am a consultant with the Microsoft Services team in Canberra , Australia . I was a little apprehensive about creating a blog because I didn’t think I really had much to say… but then I read David Lempher’s first blog post and one Read More...
Posted 03 October 06 10:18 by brsmith | 6 Comments   
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