Archive for the ‘General’ Category

WordPress Update Will Mess You Up

Depending on your hosting provider, you may or not end up with portions of your WordPress blog (main site, admin site, plugins, etc.) that are completely hosed. Yes, that is a technical term. Like I said – it all depends on your hosting provider. My blogs use 1and1, and I experienced this issue with my [...]

Gmail Knows Me Better Than I Know Myself

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 [...]

The Software You Need – AXIGEN Mail Server

  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 [...]

Friday is Blog Day

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 [...]

Project Server Errors on User Edit Screen

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 [...]

Welcome

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 [...]

About Me

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 [...]