I have spent most of the day learning about Open XML. My goal is to use it to create office documents programmatically using the data contained within the database that powers the web site I run at work. If you are interested in Open XML, you will find below links to the sites I found most helpful... [More]

I came across a post by the MS Word team about the Bibliography and Citations Feature in Word 2007 while researching something entirely different. I read the post though with some interest as doing these were always a pain for me in school as so much of my time was spent trying to figure out the f... [More]

I have been using MS Virtual PC 2007 for several months now. What is Virtual PC you ask. Well, from the MS web site: Use Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to run multiple operating systems at the same time on the same physical computer. Switch between virtual machines with the click of a button. Use vir... [More]

We had a bunch of snow overnight and it is still going.       Non Silverlight Slide Show for those who don't wish to download and experience the greatness of Silverlight.

I have been using the Office 2007 products for 8 or 10 months now and really feel they have been worth the cost ($) of upgrading and learning the new user interface. Outlook 2007 was a huge improvement over 2003! Anyway, for those of you who may be using Office 2007, make sure you have the free Sa... [More]

My fiance just asked if it was possible to increase the size of the thumbnails (96x96 pixel default) in her windows dialogs. Luckily, I knew this was one of the many options that can be tweaked by using the TweakUI Windows PowerToy which is a free download from Microsoft.   Once you downlo... [More]

One of the reasons I started this blog was to tell you about the handy computer programs that I find or use on a regular basis. One such program is SlickRun (freeware from Bayden Systems). From the company's web site: SlickRun is a free floating command line utility for Windows. Slick... [More]

Lately I have been on a business psychology kick for some reason. I think it stems from a question a friend asked me on whether I thought that his employees believed he was a good boss or not. I had a lot of trouble quantifying what made a good boss. In search of criteria I came across How t... [More]

Introducing Snap Shots from Snap.com I just installed a nice little tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s... [More]

TechCrunch posted an article tonight about a company that just launched a new home monitoring system at CES. By creating a passive monitoring network around a senior in their normal home setting, both family members and professional care-givers can log into a personalized Web page and get... [More]