Dave Mc's Blog

  • Installing/Upgrading Windows 7 – Part 2

    OK, so it’s a sad tale … I found I couldn’t upgrade to Windows 7.  I removed the Daemon Tools installation I had which was complained about in the installation of Windows 7 as it gave rise to a SCSI/RAID Controller warning.  Uninstalled Intel Pro/Wireless it got all the way through then blue-screened and… more …

  • Installing/Upgrading Windows 7 – Part 1

      So yesterday was the day that Windows 7 was released via MSDN Subscriptions download, so I thought I’d blog my upgrade experience from Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate.  I really wanted to upgrade as I’d just got my laptop as I wanted it, but I also wanted to have Windows 7, having… more …

  • There is Life in the Old Dog Yet … (4th and Final Part)

    So to the main event, if you’ve been following my series on the Challenger Event this year, you’ll know by now that Team Tutti Frutti started to gel together really well in the third weekend training in the Peak District.  So now it was to the real event which took place over three and… more …

  • Talking about My Sessions

     Well SQLBITS is going West and I’ve submitted a session for it on Non-Relational Data Manipulation – no Silverlight for those of you suffering from Silverlight overload  … My Sessions more …

  • There is life in the old dog yet … (My Microsoft UK Challenger Story) – Part 3 of 4

    In the last two parts of my Microsoft UK Challenger Story I’ve described the first two training weekends.  Now we started coming into the real stuff.  First off though we had news that due to family commitments Ray Booyson, decided that he would pull out to let somebody else have a chance and that… more …

  • There is life in the old dog yet (My Microsoft UK Challenge Story) – Part 2 of 4

    Injury Problems Having returned from the first weekend training session with UPH and a bunch of of the other Challenger potentials I fully intended to knuckle down and start piling on the training. Only trouble was, I found that I’d picked up a back injury and my dreaded left knee was starting to play… more …

  • There is life in the old dog yet … (My Microsoft UK Challenge Story) – Part 1 of 4

    Introduction Some of you who I know are already aware that I recently took part in the Microsoft UK Challenger event, and it was such an amazing experience that I felt inclined to write a longer than usual blog post. Just to explain to those who are not aware of the Challenger events; they… more …

  • SharePoint Export using STSADM causing “Failed to compare two elements in the array”

    It’s a good job the internet is around and it’s a good job there are people who are committed and altruistically minded such that they take time to write useful stuff down for us to use.  Personally however, I dislike blogs which simple reproduce what somebody else has done, but there is something to… more …

  • Antarctica is not melting before our eyes …

    Check out this article I picked up via Slashdot. Once again the whole story is not being painted.  Yes, Western Antarctica is loosing ice, but Eastern is gaining and cooling and overall the ice volume around the continent is expanding and deepening.  Does this mean Global Warming is a lie? Of course not, Global… 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 …