Microsoft Certifications : September 2007

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September 2007 - Posts

I'm Back on Verizon DSL

Yes, that's right. After a completely not understandable delay of almost a month after my move to the new house, my DSL connection was up and running on the 26th just like they said. So, what was the "not understandable" part? Well, I realize that not Read More...

Posted: Friday, September 28, 2007 8:45 AM by Gerry O'Brien | 0 Comments

VSTS Web Client Is in CTP

Talk about your cool tools, the Visual Studio Team System group has just released a CTP for a web access client for Visual Studio Team System. Visit Brian's blog for more details. I have tested this with TFS 2005 and it works great. Why? Well because Read More...

Posted: Friday, September 21, 2007 12:16 PM by Gerry O'Brien | 0 Comments

Filed under: developer

How to Drive a Standard Transmission Vehicle

This post is a result of being behind someone in a manual shift car yesterday who clearly had no idea how to drive it. Having been a driver instructor and driver examiner in the Canadian military for some time, perhaps I'm a little too hard nosed on this Read More...

Posted: Friday, September 21, 2007 12:06 PM by Gerry O'Brien | 43 Comments

Filed under: standard transmission, Driving

ClearWire Inbound Ports

As I continue my experiences with ClearWire, I am running across more items that are actually issues for me. I run a web server where I test technologies and code samples etc. I want to be able to test these from systems outside my own network Read More...

Posted: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 11:44 AM by Gerry O'Brien | 2 Comments

Toshiba's Bluetooth Stack on the Portege M200

Ok, for no reason at all, today my Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 appeared to stop working. This is a major catasophre for me because I hate touchpads. The mouse has been working great for quite some time albeit, the last couple of days I noticed some Read More...

Posted: Friday, September 14, 2007 3:13 PM by Gerry O'Brien | 6 Comments

What Tasks do You Perform Daily as a Developer or Network Professional?

Part of our processes here at Microsoft Learning is working towards creating relevant training and certification exams. Over the past couple of years, we have introduced some new ideas and modified exisitng ones to work towards this goal. Two of these Read More...

Posted: Thursday, September 13, 2007 11:47 AM by Gerry O'Brien | 0 Comments

Filed under: Certifications, network administration, training, courseware, developer

Clearwire..ISPs Have Us By The... (Addendum)

I meant to post this earlier when I talked about Clearwire but forgot. There is one issue that I have not been able to resolve in my limited attempts so far. Clearwire does not have a Usenet server and my attempts to connect to some public Read More...

Posted: Sunday, September 09, 2007 12:41 PM by Gerry O'Brien | 1 Comments

Filed under: ISP, Clearwire, Internet

ISPs Have Us By The......

Yeah, just like lawyers, the IRS and any other category you can name. Why you ask? Let me relate my story to you. My previous post indicated that we moved into a new house. As a result, all utilities need to move and this includes the Internet connection. Read More...

Posted: Sunday, September 09, 2007 10:10 AM by Gerry O'Brien | 0 Comments