Tim Long

Forever in Electric Dreams
The life and times of a Small Business Server MVP and all-round technology enthusiast. Tim is founder of TiGra Networks, a company based in South Wales UK specialising in small business IT. This blog is aimed at Microsoft Small Business Specialists, IT professionals, Astronomers and anyone interested in science and technology.

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ServerQuest: eighties retro chic
Move over Minesweeper! I received a link to this from my MVP lead and I'm hooked, despite the blatant advertising. The cleverly done retro-chic "plinky plonky" music, chunky graphics and office politics takes me straight back to the early...
Less is More
Remember Clippy? Remember Office XP? It seems like the biggest selling point of Office XP is that Microsoft took away Clippy. Those office assistants were a pretty neat idea at the time, but are now regarded scornfully. How times change. I was cleaning...
Live Meeting Boogie
I saw this on Sean Daniel's blog - classic. Have you ever wondered what Microsoft people get up to while they are waiting for their LiveMeeting to start?
How Not To Store Contacts (or, The Migration From Hell)
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I will begin. I've had fun migrating one particular company to a new server recently. It started out before Christmas as a simple redeployment swing migration, but what I didn't know when I started the job is...
There are three types of mathematicians...
There are three types of mathematicians. Those who can add up, and those who can't. To see which type you are, open Microsoft Excel 2007 and type this formula: =77.1*850 Now try the same thing on your pocket calculator or abacus. [ UPDATE 9 October...
Through the Looking Glass
A funny thing happened today. I was installing AsteriskNow (a VOIP virtual PBX based on Linux) in a virtual machine within Virtual Server. I was viewing the virtual machine's console within the Virtual Server web application (using the VMRC component...
My Mate Marmite
Susan B mentions Dean Calvert and his Vegemite Croissants and gives a link to where you can purchase the product, however I would like to propose that you try an alternative but similar product, Marmite . Don't think these products are equivalent...
Posted: Jul 11 2007, 11:35 AM by Tim Long | with 2 comment(s)
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Joel on Back-peddling and a nod to Windows Vista's SuperFetch and ReadyBoost technologies
Apple Safari for Windows: The world's slowest web browser - Joel on Software Joel Spolsky is someone whose writings I respect greatly, but I had to chuckle when I read Joel's latest blog post - it started well but then sort of got away from him...
The Art of Arithmetic
There are only three types of people: those who can count and those who can't. According to LinkedIn. To be fair to LinkedIn, this condition only persisted for a few minutes. On a more serious note, I've been playing around with LinkedIn for a few months...
Ever Wondered How Your Mouse Works?
All is now revealed. This highly magnified interactive reveals what goes on beneath your mouse cursor. Don't forget to click!
Posted: May 13 2007, 07:50 PM by Tim Long | with no comments
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Stupid Questions
I recently worked through a technical support issue using the SBSC managed newsgroups. Today I received an email that asked me to complete a customer satisfaction survey. Although I was very happy with the results, I couldn't resist poking fun at the...
What Would You Miss?
I've been getting used to using Windows Vista on my tablet PC, so that when I go back to my Windows XP development workstation I suddenly miss all the bells and whistles of Vista. I was wondering what people would miss if their Vista were taken away and...
Up, Up and Away!
You can blame Chris Parkes for this (who in turn blames John Westworth ). Hmm, nice blog, John! Your results: You are Superman Superman 80% Green Lantern 75% Supergirl 67% Robin 67% Spider-Man 65% Iron Man 60% Hulk 55% The Flash 50% Catwoman 45% Wonder...
Posted: Jan 08 2007, 08:29 PM by Tim Long | with 1 comment(s)
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The High-tech answer to writing your password on a post-it note
I really love this blog - The Daily WTF . It is full of amusing anecdotes that really happened - perversions in information technology so strange that it would be funny if it wasn't sad. It has something of a developer slant but most IT people will apreciate...
Posted: Dec 19 2006, 03:00 AM by Tim Long | with no comments
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Bellagio, eat your heart out!
I've just seen this video that really rivals the display at Bellagio on the Las Vegas Strip and uses no electricity! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-274981837129821058 This has to be the most wonderful and spectacular waste of time I have seen...
Posted: Nov 01 2006, 08:46 PM by Tim Long | with 1 comment(s)
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