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A list of items I’ve come across recently that I found potentially useful, interesting, or just plain funny:
- Who Gets Windows Security Updates? – An interesting post that clarifies the situation with security updates for Windows.
- Noteboek – Very clever experimental film by Evelien Lohbeck (via Garry Martin).
- Microsoft server virtualisation resources – Adam Fazio's extensive list.
- Interfacing professional microphones to computer sound cards – Why it’s not always as simple as making sure the wires are connected… signal levels need to be considered too.
- How to connect a microphone to a computer – Three ways to connect a microphone to a computer for recording purposes.
- iOSMaps – An free Ordnance Survey map viewer for the iPhone 3G.
- FTP 7.5 for IIS 7.0 – Extend the IIS 7.0 FTP service in Windows Server 2008 with FTP 7.5.
- How Mac fanatics see the world – This may come from a well-known Windows journalist, but this blog post about Mac fanboys is so true!
- Migrate to Windows Server 2008 R2 (Beta) – Guidance on migrating to Windows Server 2008 R2.
- Remove watermark on Windows desktop – Cool patch for removing Windows watermarks (e.g. on evaluation machine) (via Matt McSpirit) (more information).
- Intel Processor Ratings – Intel Processor ratings (for consumer CPUs), with a star system to see which is best.
- Apple addressing cracks on white MacBook casings – AppleInsider reports on Apple’s acceptance that there is a problem with the plastics on white MacBooks (via David Wall).
- Engineering Windows 7 : Delivering a quality upgrade experience – How to avoid the pre-release code checks that prevent upgrading from the Windows 7 beta to release candidate.
- AirPort Express Compatibility? – Notes on getting an Apple AirPort Express to work with an existing (non-Apple) WiFi setup.
- Audi A4 Driving Challenge iPhone Game.
- Fiddler Web Debugger – A free web debugging proxy.
- Keep SharePoint Simple – Andy Dale outlines why he believes SharePoint development should not be over-engineered.
- UK digital TV reception predictor – Useful reference for TV channels that can be accessed from a given area (including channel information and compass bearing).
- Google removes “on behalf of” from GMail – Lifehacker highlights that Google has removed the “on behalf of” when sending mail from a non-Google domain in GMail.
- How to find BSOD error messages – A useful guide for locating and analysing BSOD error reports.