Dave Mc's Blog

  • 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 …

  • IIS WAMREG Admin Service – A Classic

      What is the IIS WAMREG Admin Service?  It often rears it’s ugly head in multi-server SharePoint farm installations.  If you don’t encounter it in configuring kerberos, then you encounter it  anyhow as your Event Log fills up with errors similar to this:   Log Name:            SystemLevel:                    Error Event Source:        System Event… more …

  • SharePoint in 2010

    Notice the title of this blog entry in SharePoint IN 2010, not SharePoint 2010, subtle huh?  OK I was spurred on to write this little missive, by reading Furuknaps latest blog entry here.  It’s a nice little entry and I thought I’d put my own spin on it as he raises some great points. … more …

  • If you’ve followed Copenhagen, then check out this video …

      Now you know me, I’m one of those horrible Anthropologic Global Warming sceptics – you now one of those evil deniers who actually has the gall to even think that there is a possibility that we humans are not actually totally responsible for the current apparent trend in rising temperatures … as I… more …

  • SharePoint 2010 at The Edge User Group

      I’m speaking at The Edge User Group in London on Wednesday January 20th on SharePoint 2010 – running my overview session. I’ll be sharing stage with Ian Cooper of  London .NET User Group and Alt .NET fame.  Not seen Ian for a while so it wil be good to catch up and also to… more …

  • Visio Services in SharePoint 2010 – Part 1

    Introduction This is Part 1 of a series of articles on Visio Services. One of the most exciting new features of SharePoint 2010 is the new Visio Services which enables you to publish data-bound Visio Diagrams to the web to view in either a full page screen or in a web part.  It’s a… 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 …