Anith Gopal

I just found out that, fifty years ago, somebody told me a lie – though I suppose I can’t really blame him. Let’s face it, when you ask your grandfather a question to which he doesn’t know the answer, but he feels he really should (and you are of a suitably gullible age), making up something plausible is probably the typical response. …( read more )

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According to folklore, in 1943 IBM’s chairman Thomas J. Watson said that the world would only ever need five computers.

They say that the first step in achieving a cure is to actually admit you are an addict. So here we go: “My name is Alex and I’m an inveterate Ctrl-clicker”.

I’ve been struggling with the meanings of words again this week. Partly it’s because I’m not a native US-English speaker, and partly it’s because I tend to make wild assumptions about the way that the major IT hardware companies view their customers. I suppose I could buy a US-English to Queen’s English phrase book to solve the first issue; and take more notice of website product reviews to resolve the second..

Is it really possible to love jQuery? It certainly seems like it is from the numerous blog and forum posts I’ve read while trying to figure out how to make it do some fairly simple things.

As in many households, several regular and occasional computer users take advantage of my connection to the outside world. I use ISA Server 2006 running as a virtual Hyper-V instance for firewalling and connection management (I’m not brave enough to upgrade to Forefront yet), and all incoming ports are firmly closed. But these days the risk of picking up some nasty infection is just as great from mistaken actions by users inside the network as from the proliferation of malware distributors outside.

There are 2 new series of Hand-On-Labs related to Windows Azure. The first, Moving Application to the Cloud & the second, Developing Applications for the Cloud. Download and try! Similar Posts: None Found…( read more )

Let’s start the year with some fun. Read More……( read more )

So here a question: in how many consecutive years must something happen before it stops being a once-in-twenty-year event?

So here’s the problem with the Internet. They say it’s supposed to bring everyone closer together and make the world a smaller place

If you are using or considering using Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010 Team Build, then you must have a look at the AIT Build Suite 2010 at http://www.tfsblog.de/2010/02/07/company-wide-build-processes-a-vision-within-reach (German article: http://www.tfsblog.de/2010/02/05/unternehmensweite-buildprozesse-eine-vision-rckt-in-greifbare-nhe/ ). In collaboration with the Rangers we are considering a build quick reference poster as part of the VS 2010 Quick Reference Guidance , which includes this Build Suite, and have requested AIT to deliver a step-step walkthrough to make this “free” nugget an invaluable asset to the power and standard users of TFS 2010. Take a look at the referenced blog post9s), download  and evaluate this nugget!