Blog du TristankSo terrific that 3 of 4 readers rated it "soporific"Oh, it's the 29th!- April 29, 2008 Which means I was going to go buy GTA IV today! GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas absolutely blew me away with the quality of the narrative and distinctive and unique open worlds. Best of all, guilty pleasures all in a consequence-free environment! I mean, I could jump buildings on a motorcycle! I can't do that in real life! GTA IV, though, apparently got edited to appease the crazy "games are not for adults" censorship laws we have here in Oz. I trust Rockstar to have...http://blogs.technet.com/tristank/archive/2008/04/29/oh-it-s-the-29th.aspx Generic Troubleshooting: "Is it still a problem"- April 28, 2008 I've been doing this support thing for a while now. Frequently, the basics are what get overlooked when troubleshooting an issue, particularly an issue that seems complex on the surface. Often, though, you'll find that the detailed techniques lead you back to a fairly basic set of rules, the most basic of which is: Everything's either a file issue, or a settings issue, or just how the software works (by bug or by design). If something seems unlikely to be a file (corrupted or incorrect...http://blogs.technet.com/tristank/archive/2008/04/28/generic-troubleshooting-is-it-still-a... Can Bluetooth Shut My Phone Up- April 28, 2008 I love my Touch Dual, but I'm one of those people that constantly forgets to shut it up when I'm at my desk. (This is a plea for help, rather than an apology to my coworkers, who deserve everything they get.) But anyway: my utopian vision is that of having a USB Bluetooth dongle in my work monitor, that I can allow to set my phone to vibration- or silent-only mode. When I wander away, it'd switch back to "normal". &160; I couldn't find such a thing from a web search (a mention of..http://blogs.technet.com/tristank/archive/2008/04/28/can-bluetooth-shut-my-phone-up.aspx It's A Saving, not A Savings!- April 28, 2008 Yes Atwood, it was you that drove me to this. "This power savings is achieved by dropping the CPU multiplier..." Gish! So I did a little digging to see whether I was alone in having the (vast unkempt) tufts of hair on my (manly) back try to punch their way through my shirt: http:www.thefreedictionary.comsaving b. savings (used with a sing. verb) Usage Problem An amount of money saved: a rebate that yielded a savings of $50. ...In the United States the plural form a...http://blogs.technet.com/tristank/archive/2008/04/28/it-s-a-saving-not-a-savings.aspx The Cat's Out Of The Bag: ISA Server will become ForeFront TMG- April 9, 2008 So, we all know that ISA 2006 doesn't work on Windows Server 2008. Massive architectural changes to the IP stack, blah blah, etc, etc. People (uh, yeah, just "people") have been asking about what's to become of ISA Server for a while: "There's no ISA 2008 announced!" they'd scream. "This surely means the end of one of the best product lines Microsoft has produced!" might have also been heard (in a somewhat muffled way). "Won't Tristan be out of a job".http://blogs.technet.com/tristank/archive/2008/04/09/the-cat-s-out-of-the-bag-isa-server-w... |