Archive for the ‘Misc’ Category

Hot Computer = Slow Computer

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

I have had a Dell Latitude D830 laptop for the past couple of years. Core2 Duo, 2.5 Ghz, 4GB RAM, Vista64. In the beginning it was flying. Fastest computer I have ever had. But then as the months went by, it started to slow. Recently, performance has been horrible. Looking ...

Vaccines, MMR and the Withdrawn Lancet Study

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

A single study published in 1998 in the prestigious medical journal Lancet led to a large reduction in the rate of vaccinations in UK with MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine and consequent increases in diseases and number of deaths preventable by this outstanding vaccine. The reduced rate of vaccination stimulated by this ...

One More Important Question Answered on Yahoo

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Well, I'm glad that that one is finally all cleared up.

Viewing Emails by Conversation in Outlook

Monday, November 9th, 2009

I have been yearning for some time to have a gmail-like Conversation view in Outlook. Currently you can group by Conversation. However, this view will only allow you to group the emails in one folder (and if you can't combine emails you have received with emails that you have sent, ...

MS Office Live Addin for 2007 Causing Word, Excel and Powerpoint to Crash on Vista

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

I ran Windows Update a few days ago, and it ended up installing an add in for MS Office, to allow connectivity with Office Live Workspace. Very soon afterwards, Word, Excel and Powerpoint started to crash immediately after they were started up. The Office Live add in is the culprit. ...

No Budget for Off the Shelf Software?

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

I was reading a question today on StackOverFlow that was asking for advice on how to build a load-testing program for a website. At the end of the question is the following parenthetical remark (preempting the obvious answers pointing the questioner at any number of applications available for purchase that do ...