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  • A new Microsoft Server?

    Just signing up for some of the "community groups" at the MS Australian Partner conference in early August. In the signup process we need to give a little information about ourselves - fairly normal stuff. Once of the questions made me stop...

  • There's a whole world outside the USA...

    <Rant mode on> Microsoft - why can you not realise there is a whole world outside of the United States when it comes to setting up and MAINTAINING operating systems? I have lost count of the number of times I've setup a system, telling it to...

  • Feel like a good laugh?

    Got this link through earlier today from a mate. You just have to take a look... http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/2007/01/try_not_to_laug.html If you're have a tough day then you need to look at this video. If you're have a great day then watch this...
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  • Life can be too short

    I got a call yesterday from a client. The business owner & his wife were at the gym on Friday night - joined a few months ago to lose some left over Christmas cheer & get healthy. Anyway, they were just walking along on the treadmill when she...
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  • Resuming transmission

    guess it's time I got back to blogging. I've been getting hassled by numerous bodies about my silence here and it has been suggested that I pull my socks up and hit the keyboard. I've been spending the last few months focussing on my business...
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  • Don't be #801

    SMB Nation 2006 is open for registration. This is THE premier event for SME consultants/VARs/VAPs/resellers and you need to do all you can to be there. The conference will once again be held at Microsoft's Conference Centre in Redmond, Washington. There...

  • Taking care of busy-ness

    2006 has already shown itself to be a very full year. In fact I've been struggling to keep up with my email traffic let alone all the other things happening around the place. How's this for the current major projects on the go: * office relocation mid...
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  • What's your DRP?

    Our office was broken into a week before Christmas :( As it turned out we didn't have anything stolen ourselves although other tenants did. There was damage to one of the doors though, but the most important thing is it got me seriously thinking about...
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  • Packing the podcast

    I'm just packing my bag for the brief trip to Perth tomorrow for the first leg of the Microsoft for Partners Roadshow . Toothbrush - check Shirts - check Socks - check Podcasts - check Shaver - check “What???” I hear you ask? “Podcasts...
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  • Do you go fishing?

    It's been a very full week here in Seattle at the Microsoft global MVP summit. I've met most of the rest of the SBS MVPs (and they are as nutty as I thought they were!) and we've had a great time together. Last night those of us that were still here went...
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  • So it's been a while...

    ...since my last post. Does this mean I've not been doing anything? Absolutely not, quite the contrary really - been overly busy. June & July saw around 10 network installations take place with more through August. Add to this some new staff members...
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  • The Xware menace

    (snip from one of our recent client communiques)... Quite often we get asked about pop up screens when using Internet Explorer, alerting users that their systems are insecure or not performing correctly (for example). These messages typically have a button...
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  • Out of the mouths of babes...

    Took the family to KFC for dinner tonight (Vivienne had that desire for some junk food again!). Bought a family pack of 12 pieces and passed them around for consumption. As Brittany bit into her second piece she exclaimed in a loud excited voice “...
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  • What happened to the MVP summit entries?

    OK OK so perhaps I appear to have mislead you about my summit blogs. Firstly, I had MAJOR Internet connection problems whilst in Singapore - I think mostly because the conference venue and hotel were full of us MVP geeks hammering the Internet connection...
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  • Singapore MVP Summit - day 3 (pt 1)

    I'm now paying for my shopping sins (well, working). This morning I hit the shops in search of a new digital camera for myself and Stuart .The HP camera I brought with me decided to die and so is no good. Stuart was after a Canon IXUS 50 to give his Dad...
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  • Singapore MVP Summit - day 2

    Very sad news – the Ferraris had all gone by the time I went outside. Turns out the event was only for the Friday night. So I’m afraid there are no pictures. After breakfast I headed out for a walk to some of the shopping complexes. There...
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  • Singapore MVP Summit - day 1

    So I've arrived in Singapore after around 7.5 hours flying. The flight left the Adelaide International Airport around 11:10am and arrived in Darwin a bit over 3 hours later. The flight itself was fine (Airbus A330-300) although the TV set for my seat...
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  • Made the press

    Our state newspaper, The Advertiser, ran an article in last Tuesday's (Jan 11) edition, in the “Business Owner” section that I'm particularly fond of. You can see a copy of the article here Whilst the journalist did take some artistic licence...
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  • The roadshow is over...

    Last day of the MS/HP/Trend Micro SMB Partner Summit today. I'm sitting in the exhibition area looking at all the tired faces around me - it's been a long 5 weeks but certainly worthwhile. Firstly, David Allinson (MS Australia SBS & Windows Server...

  • Welcome aboard

    OK, so it was time to start blogging myself, after being encouraged, poked and prodded from my fellow geeks. So, what is a blog? Why blog? Why read these ramblings? Why not? We've all got 168 hours in a week and it's up to us to fill them as much as possible...
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