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DDD4 Returns 2nd December 2006!

Posted in Developer Day by zimakki on the August 30th, 2006

DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper day is back! So tell everyone you know!

  • I will be organizing the geek dinner again and will post as soon as I have more information.
  • If you fancy speaking then go here and submit a session proposal.
  • If you have an suggestions/questions/ideas feel free to mail me.

Making use of "Send To" in Windows XP

Posted in Tips n Tricks,Utilities by zimakki on the August 25th, 2006

One of my favourite utilities is Lutz Roeder’s Reflector. But I didn’t like the way I had to always open it then copy the DLL I am trying to reflect on into it (I’m lazy ok!). So adding a link into the “SendTo” folder enables me to right click a DLL and send it to reflector.

This is how I did it:

1. Open the SendTo folder:
 - Open the run dialog box (Windows Key + R) and type “SendTo” then click enter.
 - OR manually, it will be in the “Documents and Settings\Username\SendTo”.

2. Find the Reflector DLL:
- This is wherever you decided to put the Reflector DLL. I have mine in a Reflector folder under Program files.

3. Right Click drag into the SendTo folder. Click “create shortcut here” and you’re done!

Microsoft Windows Live Writer

Posted in Utilities,WordPress by zimakki on the August 17th, 2006

Really do need to get some more images!

Windows Live Writer has been released and this blog has been written with it. I think I prefer Word 2007 because of the inline spell checker and other more advanced features that I can’t remember at the moment. But for a free blog editor its pretty good!

One of the things that I really do miss is the ability to download older blogs and edit/update them.

Inserting images was simple. I was even able to align the image and the text without editing the HTML.

One other thing I noticed was the Windows Live Map which was pretty cool! Not sure if that option is available in Word 2007. This allows you to insert an map as an image.