I’m amazed that some of Microsoft’s MVP’s on Security are 14 and 17 years old. Just how do they manage to know all this stuff and get all those qualifications by their age?
I’ve used David Raynes: Closing comments on old entries script to hopefully close trackback on Kristen’s blog and at the same time I have started to play with some css for some learning time before I roll out a new blog/site. She now has a header image and we’ve also changed some colours and fonts although you get the best effect if you have curlz mt font installed. I’ve got to look up how to embed the font into the webpage. I know it is possible but can’t remember how to do it right now.
Willy Morin posted his stylesheet for Feed On Feeds, the (web based) rss reader that I use. However his files were uploaded in some weird compression routine so I’ve reloaded them up as a zip file which can be downloaded here.
As I also use the non frames version I edited the css slightly and saved it as fof.css in the fof directory (as well as keeping his download in the frames directory). The edits I made are in the extended entry.
Mike blogged about a problem with firefox extensions, in particular tabbrowser extensions. I used to be quite a fan of TBE but now I’ve found that I don’t really need the functionality of this plugin. However I do use the plugins ?adblock, autocopy , ieview, linky, local_install, all in one gestures,EditCSS, flashblock, web developer, colorzilla,tabbrowserpreferences and gmail notifier.
Speaking of training, it looks like there is some free training and practise exams for the Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician certification. Something that I’ve not looked at but shouldn’t/hopefully have a problem in obtaining.
In another DR situation coming up shortly, we are going to restore a w2k3 server with exchange2k3 on it. I’ve done it (for real) on exchange2000 and it wasn’t a pleasant experience but hopefully e2k3 has improved the methods used to do a recovery. Checking in technet I found a good page which has multimedia presentations on how to do various exchange2003 recovery procedures. Hopefully I can find this content on my technet cd’s so I don’t have to download it off the internet but again, useful training to do before the event.
We’re installing Windows Update Services on Monday in a test environment. It is something I’ve intended to do but did’t want to disrupt the network with changes before I leave. But now that I’m leaving we want something in place before I go. We downloaded the software and stepbystep guide from Windows Update Services Open Evaluation and I’ve got some bedtime reading to do.
Now that we had proved (or thought we had) that the DR recovery onto new hardware for our Symantec Enterprise Firewall worked it was time to upgrade to version 8 of the software.
An interesting concept in webdesign but there are some good pointers to computer stuff at Wilsonmar.com including some interesting notes on security which is how I stumbled across the site.
The government have launched Transport Direct which gives you maps, door to door planning, travel news on a website. Worth a bookmark and lets hope they keep developing it and making it better.
Update I am impressed that my destination can be as accurate as the company name that I work for – most of the time sites like this choke on the postcode as it is often not recognised. The only journey it recommends is by car and it reckons it will take 23 minutes – more likely 45 – the designers obviously not driven to Crewe at 9am in the morning. It would also be nice to get a routemap of the journey – something I’ve given them in the feedback so will be interesting to see what feedback I get.