May
16
Wordpress Update Will Mess You Up
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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 admin [...]
Jul
24
Gmail Knows Me Better Than I Know Myself
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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 [...]
Jun
1
The Software You Need – AXIGEN Mail Server
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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 [...]
Dec
12
Friday is Blog Day
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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 [...]
Feb
5
Project Server Errors on User Edit Screen
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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 [...]
Apr
28
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 [...]
Mar
8
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 [...]

