Emancipate yourself from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds. – Nesta

Gmail saved me from some mild embarrassment earlier tonight.  At first, I was pretty impressed by the sheer idiot-proof-ness of it…until I realized that without it, I would have looked like an idiot.  I guess that is how idiotproofing works…but it was more than a little disconcerting that I was the idiot beneficiary in this [...]

 
If you are like me and do a lot of demos, especially ones that are running within a virtual environment (Virtual PC, VMWare Server, etc.) you have probably struggled with the best way to demonstrate the e-mail capabilities of whatever you are going to demo.  In my case, Microsoft SharePoint is what I am trying [...]

Well, I have been neglecting my readers in favor of billable work for way too long now.  In an effort to make sure that I have a chance to contribute to the blog with at least a few articles every week, I have convened with myself a la the MTL Commish and named Friday "Blog [...]

At a client recently, I noticed that their Project Server implementation is having some issues with the edit user page throwing errors for certain users.  I will try to get a screenshot later and marry it up with this post.
After some research, we were able to determine that one of the Project Server databases had [...]

Welcome

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Welcome to the Mack Blog!
After much cajoling and gentle prodding, I have finally decided to enter the blogosphere. I will try to make a little time once in a while to chime in with my two cents about something or other.
Here are the things that are keeping my interest these days, and as such comprise [...]

About Me

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More information about me…

My Days - I am an independent Microsoft Information Worker Architect, delivering Microsoft SharePoint and Business Intelligence solutions throughout the northern Midwest.  You can find my company online at:  www.theportalgroup.biz.  You can also find my off-site SharePoint support concept at: www.sharepointsupport.com.

My Nights - I enjoy, in the following order:

being a husband to my perfect wife

being a father to my even more perfect children

coding…really, I do…call me a glutton

Xbox 360

Woodworking

My Weekends – mostly more of the same things I do in the evening, with the [...]