Dave Mc's Blog

  • SharePoint 2010 Foundation Rocks!

      I finally got around to installing SharePoint 2010 Foundation today on my laptop.  I followed the MSDN article at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee554869(office.14).aspx to the letter and it was a Ronseal moment (it did exactly what it said on the tin).  My thanks to my good friend Andy Maggs for pointing out the article to me.  So,… more …

  • Which Search Engine?

    I’m a convert to Bing.  Great results and great features. Google is still an awesome search engine though. It’s Google themselves I’m starting to have issues with, but if you want to compare results between the search engines try this great link.  You’ll see this rather … um .. green screen …     Type… more …

  • 2010 – A Scottish Odyssey: Part 2 – Trainspotting and Bodge Tape

    The Pro’s and Con’s of Rail Travel After completing my preparation in Part 1, I decided to get to Scotland by train.  Moreover I decided I’d treat myself to first class. I was heading for the North West highlands and a few people said, “Why the heck am I going by train? Why don’t… more …

  • 2010 – A Scottish Odyssey: Part 1 – The Kit and Kaboodle

    Good Decisions, Bad Decisions I’m writing this entry on the train, returning from 5 days in the highlands of Scotland, walking and hiking.  It’s good I think that working in the IT industry, that we occasionally get ourselves away from the hustle and bustle and do something completely different.  I thought I’d share my… more …

  • Finally!

      I was very happy to see this following image when I went to visit my MSDN downloads today …     It’s not available to everyone yet, but if you’ve got the relevant MSDN subscription – it’s there for the taking. Result.   Cheers   Dave Mc more …

  • It’s a Pretty Cool World Really …

      It’s a pretty cool world really when you can just dial up a WebCam on the Internet and watcha real volcano go off.  So left is a snap I made from one of the webcams looking at the talk of the town at the moment, the Eyjafjallajökull volcano.  What a phenomenal sight!  Not… more …

  • SharePoint Article on Dev Fusion

    I’ve just had a SharePoint overview article published on Developer Fusion here.  Would be nice if you could read it, let me know what you think …   Cheers   Dave Mc more …

  • SharePoint 2010 Developer Dashboard

      I needed the SharePoint Developer Dashboard today but couldn’t remember how to get it switched on.  Should have known it would be an STSADM command!  Anyhow if you’re wondering, here’s the answer at http://www.drowningintechnicaldebt.com/DennisBottjer/archive/2009/12/07/sharepoint-where-is-developer-dashboard.aspx.   Cheers   Dave Mc     more …

  • Bing Search Rocks – Really!

      Has anybody noticed how cool Bing Search is becoming.  No? Then I’ll just highlight some bits:   Search Results   First off about a year ago I would search for something on Bing then do the same search on Google – just in case. To be fair I’d say 95% of the time even… more …

Meet the blog host, Dave Mc.

Dave Mc muses about history, travel, writing, coaching, technology and life, family and the world around us. You may agree with his opinions, you may not, that’s life …