Sharepoint server quickly losing hard disk space or low hard disk space issues

For those who are finding that their SharePoint server (or at least their SharePoint farm SQL server/s) are running out of disk space quickly, here is a quick trick that you can do with your databases to free up some space.
Note: Although this procedure is fairly safe – Please only try this if you have [...]

Sharepoint 2010 missing library tool menu in document library

Sorry about the serious blog post but I thought this would help a few people with an annoying problem. As the title states, if you’ve just upgraded to Sharepoint 2010 (this will apply to mostly users who have upgraded from MOSS 2007 to Sharepoint 2010) and you find that some of your document libraries are [...]

A non-premature-ejaculatory look at the Samsung Galaxy S

For those of you who don’t want to read the full story… If you have a Samsung Galaxy S and you are really disappointed with:

Exchange mail push notifications not working at times and sluggish speeds of the app
Sluggish performance in general
Terrible battery life

Upgrade the firmware to 2.2 Froyo. This is available via Samsung Kies now [...]

Jet Reports – Slow when generating reports over Terminal Services

I was recently flown down to Canberra to investigate a finance system which was running NAV 2009 and JET v7 reporting over terminal services (remote desktop). The company was reporting poor performance issues when generating JET reports.
First thing I looked at was the hardware resources thrown at the system. I ran a bunch of reports [...]

Friendly advice from Night Pills and Beer

The past few days have been bad for me. I’ve had long hours at work and virtually no sleep. I have developed a cold and it’s not a great time to be sick so I went to the chemist and asked for the strongest cold and flu drugs they can give me. These tablets have [...]

World Cup 2010 Entertainment

Once every 4 years, the world is blessed with around a month worth of exciting soccer. I believe there is an adage – “World Cup gives you fever”…. Or is it just “World Cup Fever”? Either way, someone needs to take me to the hospital fever unit ‘cos I’ve got it BAD. This year it’s [...]

Annual triumph for Outofmysandbox

Recently I’ve been quite slack with updating the blog with some posts but that’s only because I’ve been busy working on a book about how to write a book and make money out of writing the book. The book is coming along nicely. I already have 8 pages worth of writing.
Anyway, recently it just occurred [...]

Dominos Value for Pizza

So I bet a lot of people order Dominos pizza online these days. Recently I’ve been ordering online a lot and I was looking for the best value pizza I can get while paying the least amount I can. I believe I have found a great way to use their lovely website to create a [...]

The Cinewheel couch

You know those people who wake up bright and early to run with their iPod shuffles and their jogging attire while you’re still trying to figure out the easiest way to get out of bed and to the bathroom with your eyes still closed?  I used to begrudgingly loathe their lifestyle until I recently realised [...]

Alexander Supertramp

I have always been inspired by the amazing story of Chris McCdandless, who, in many ways resembles my beliefs against the norms of society but expressed himself more veritably than I ever would be able to.
The man motivated me to believe in myself and convinced me that whatever I wanted to do, I could do. [...]