Category: TBT
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TBT: Finding the name of a service
This post originally ran in October 2008. I am reposting it now, as part of my throwback thursday project, to give some of my older quality posts some love. Though the post references Windows XP; the method outlined below works in later versions, too. In my last post, I showed you how to use a batch script…
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TBT: Creating a shortcut to start a service
This post originally ran in October 2008. I am reposting it now, as part of my throwback thursday project, to give some of my older quality posts some love. Though the post references Windows XP; the command works in later versions, too. I’ve finally got my HTPC up and running with Team Mediaportal‘s lovely Media Center…
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TBT: FileZilla – the only FTP client you’ll ever need.
This post originally ran in October 2008. I am reposting it now, as part of my throwback thursday project, to give some of my older quality posts some love. I still use FileZilla on a regular basis, and still love it dearly. In managing two websites of my own, and one for an organisation I’m involved with,…
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TBT: Spelling it out – using the NATO phonetic alphabet to our advantage
This post originally ran in August 2008. I am reposting it now, as part of my throwback thursday project, to give some of my older quality posts some love. I still use the NATO phonetic alphabet on a weekly, if not daily, basis. Since posting it, I have also become aware of the beautifully designed chart from…
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TBT: Improvise, Adapt, Overcome
This post originally ran in July 2008. I am reposting it now, as part of my throwback thursday project, to give some of my older quality posts some love. The lessons outlined in this article are as relevant today as they were when the article was originally written. Improvise, adapt, overcome has for a long time been…
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TBT: Better Notepad
This post originally ran in June 2008. I am reposting it now, as part of my throwback thursday project, to give some of my older quality posts some love. To this day, Notepad++ is my default notepad app for use on Windows. It is regularly updated, and still works very well. I write a lot of different…
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TBT: Free and powerful image editing
This post originally ran in July 2008. I am reposting it now, as part of my throwback thursday project, to give some of my older quality posts some love. Until this day, Paint.NET remains one of a number of applications that I immediately install on any new Windows-machine, and it is still in frequent use. Continuing my…
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#TBT: Internet Explorer and me (Or: Why I choose)
This post originally ran in May 2008. I am reposting it now, as part of my throwback thursday project, to give some of my older quality posts some love. While Internet Explorer may have become better since the article was written, I still opt to use other browsers. I’ve been using computers more or less actively for…
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#TBT: Apt-get FTW or: How I learned to stop worrying and learned to love Ubuntu
This post originally ran in May 2008. I am reposting it now, as part of my throwback thursday project, to give some of my older quality posts some love. While I still like Linux and, as I have written about last year still use Linux, it is not my main working platform. I love technology and fiddling…
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#TBT: Why Webmail rocks my world
This post originally ran in May 2008. I am reposting it now, as part of my throwback thursday project, to give some of my older quality posts some love. With smartphones, tablets, and computers at home and work, webmail is still relevant; arguably more so than ever before. I’ve been using email since 1998, and from the get-go…
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#TBT: Uncovering Model-specific errors
This post originally ran in April 2008. I am reposting it now, as part of my throwback thursday project, to give some of my older quality posts some love. The ability to see trends is an important one to a support analyst, I would go so far as to call it an essential skill. Most models…