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 [...]

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 [...]

My trip to Malaysia

I have just returned from a wonderful holiday in Malaysia, Maldives and Sri Lanka. There were a few ups and downs but for the most part I had a great time! I would like to show you the great things that you can do at each country but if you’re just interested in how [...]

My trip to Sri Lanka

We had a short flight from the Maldives to Sri Lanka. It took 1 hour and 25 minutes -around the same distance as Brisbane to Sydney. The airport seemed kind of empty, and I expected a lot more security in the Sri Lankan airport but as we made our way further into baggage claim and [...]

My Holiday To Do List

So I bet you’re eager to find out how I went with doing the things on my ‘to do’ list? Well I did ok, but I’m a little disappointed I couldn’t complete all of my goals.

I should firstly admit to having 3 versions of this ‘to do’ list as I lost a few of them [...]

FIFA 08/09 Tips and Tricks for PS3

So I haven’t written a blog in a long time. I was too busy playing the best game in the world. I bet you’re all wondering what game I speak of? Probably not since I wrote it in the title of the blog but… yes you guessed correctly! It’s FIFA for Playstation 3. Now [...]

Getting to know my Sri Lankan Heritage

Every year, a big Sri Lankan association in Queensland hosts a camp for the Sri Lankans to network with each other. I try and make this camping trip each year, just to make sure that I don’t forget what it’s like to be Sri Lankan and hang out with some people I only really get [...]