Finally! Yesterday I’ve received my shining new B&N Nook Tablet, still with aroma of fresh plastic and artificial leather (from the cover). Mmm, yammy It cost me 10 000 RUR (which was ~280 USD + some taxes) and was brought here (to Moscow) by my fellow friend directly from NY Manhattan store. I’ll post some photos … Continue reading »
What if Android Market updates doesn’t work for apps installed on SD card
The problem: under Android OS applications installed to SD card using Android Market cannot be updated, showing error message. The solution (found here, thanks to cdore…@gmail.com): Connect your device to PC. On your device select Mount or External drive option. Open your device as a drive in My Computer. Find folder “.android.secure” or “/mnt/secure/asec/” Delete file … Continue reading »
Outlook tips’n'tricks
A few tips for Outlook users: Quick email sending: send emails quicker by pressing Ctrl+Enter instead of clicking Send button; if you’ve disabled this option, you can enable it via menu: Tools – Options – Email options – Advanced email options – Press Ctrl+Enter to send and email (in the bottom). Enabling Add to Dictionary context menu … Continue reading »
Getting to orbit
A few months ago I’ve changed my job from HR consulting (www.warhowell.com) to FMCG (Mars; food production) company. Some changes I’ve mentioned before: I make ~200 km per day; by car or by a corporate bus (which gives an unique opportunity to sleep while travelling with payoff in 2 additional hours of sleeping in the … Continue reading »
Web service review: ArrivedOK
While adding another TripIt plan I’ve found an application which was developed by Russian startup – it’s called ArrivedOK. The whole thing is about your relatives’ and friends’ nerves – nowadays plane delays and (OMG!) crashes happen so often that people are nervous about is you landed OK or not (hope that case will never … Continue reading »
Problems in setting up sync to Google services in Windows Mobile
The problem is in “the way we initially implemented the application”, says developer. Awesome, huh?! Continue reading »
Windows Mobile: restoring PIM & SMS data
Recently I’ve updated firmware on my Asus P527 and (insurprisingly) SMS & PIM data (contacts, calendar items, tasks, etc.) were wiped. Well, sure before updating I’ve: backed up the entire system state, manually copied two main files: cemail.vol little database containing SMS and email, pim.vol the same size DB with contacts, tasks and calendar items. … Continue reading »
MOSS 2007: Undeleteable (aka “sealed”) fields
Just understood that I can’t delete an “Article Date” column I’ve added to a document library. After a brief googling I’ve found an article by John F. Holiday (SharePoint Server MVP), where he sais, that following columns can’t be deleted after you’ve added them to an object: Article Date, Contact, Contact E-Mail Address, Contact Name, Contact … Continue reading »
Question of a day: where to put a message?
Just got this pic in my twitter from Valdis Krebs: I’ve decided for Heather, and let me explain: this person isn’t the most interconnected: Diane – 6 connections, Fernando, Garth – 5, Andre, Beverly – 4, Carol, Ed, Heather – 3, Ike – 2, Jane – 1. Diane is the most obvious selection – she … Continue reading »
New blog theme
Yeeeah, blog’s looking sooo nice now! So cool!! So awesome!!! Thanks to 85ideas. So inspirping (at least, for me).
