Category: Miscellaneous

Well, according to the Vista desktop gadget that I have installed, (shown below,) it's only 4 1/2 days until the MVP summit. Somehow, in that time, I still need to finish up a bunch of stuff at work, pack, and

Yesterday, I posted about crazy things I've seen in resume cover letters. This time around, I thought I'd share how I actually review the resumes and candidates themselves. If you are looking for a job, maybe there will be some

Over the past couple of weeks, I've been collecting resumes for a Senior Accountant at Fairwinds. This person is going to handle a bunch of the accounting work that I used to do in my previous position, allowing me to

This drives me crazy... I'm working on my year end at work, and we have a pretty tight deadline to get it out the door.  Naturally, time is of the essence, and anything that slows me down gets me a

I saw that Ross was a little curious about virtualization at the Smurf on Spreadsheets blog, and figured I'd share my reasons, some experiences, and methods for working with this tool. I might even post more on this, as VMWare

To quote my friend John, "The value of a backup is not in the backup.  It's in the restore."  I got to feel this first hand last night. I've been having some performance issues over the last week with my

This isn't a post specific to a computer technique, but it does relate to security. What the heck is a cipher, anyway, and why would I want one? As a matter of course, I teach every staff member this when

Today our A/P clerk came into my office with a letter from one of our suppliers.  The letter basically tells us that our credit terms are Net 30 days, and that our May 31 invoice is overdue. Upon emailing the

The other day my wife received over 5000 bounced emails... she hadn't sent any out, but I guess our email address got spoofed, not doubt when someone who knew us got a virus in their inbox.  I've looked into it,

Macro Purpose: This is a stand-alone routine that will allow a user to automate the process of sending an email via the Novell Groupwise email client using VBA. Examples of where this function shines: Assume that you want to email