Autentisering via proxyservern misslyckades
(In Swedish) Ett märkligt problem dök upp när jag anslöt mitt Telenor-simkort till min Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 med Android 3.1 (Honeycomb). Datatrafik fungerade bra för allt utom webbläsaren. Följande felmeddelande visade sig när man försökte bläddra till valfri sida i valfri webbläsaren: Efter en del huvudbry inser jag att den automatiska inställningen för anslutningspunkten har blivit fel och …
Read MoreNumbers in perspective
While it is very nice to read about Microsoft’s free cloud service for research: http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2010/11/18/democratizing-research-with-the-cloud.aspx I couldn’t help noticing that their perspective on numbers are a bit peculiar. The comparison image they use even fail to link to their sources, you need to type them yourself: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/worldpop.php http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/genbankstats.html Link to original image in larger format: http://blogs.technet.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-80-54/8132.NCBI_2D00_lg.bmp While I …
Read MoreOutlook fails to send mails with international/extended characters – Misslyckad klientåtgärd
After an unknown update to my main Windows environment, this error message appeared when I tried to send some emails: Why, yes… its in Swedish. It mentions that an operation failed… And asks if the information was helpful. Not really, some more details as to what failed and what to do about it would have been more helpful. After scratching …
Read MoreWhat is the cost of cloudspamming?
Being of curious nature, I wanted to test if spam traffic would affect cloud services in a typical “pay as you go” scenario. I ordered an introductory SQL Azure package from Microsoft with a pay as you go pricing plan. By creating a plain, empty, SQL server instance with a random public access name I managed to get a monthly …
Read MoreObservation: the future of titles, SEO for your song
In the age of Spotify, Pandora and similar connected music streaming applications it seems beneficial for artists and labels to SEO titles so that they appear in listings even when they are not directly related. An example is Pernilla Andersson and her song “Johnny Cash & Nina P.” : Pernilla Andersson – Johnny Cash & Nina P. Since it features …
Read MoreHow to: get PowerShell Version number
PowerShell command to find PowerShell version: Get-Host
Read MoreJoining Solver
I have the pleasure of joining the winning BI team at Solver as a senior consultant specialising in BI implementations in SharePoint. I will also be leading the SharePoint centre of excellence initiative that strives to take BI implementations in SharePoint to the next level. Solver is a highly successful organisation that also was the 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner of …
Read MoreHow to: get WordPress, FeedBurner and LinkedIn to cooperate
When setting up this blog, I ran into a snag when I enabled one of the FeedBurner redirection plug-ins in WordPress and simultaneously wanted the blog to be visible in the WordPress application for LinkedIn. If I use the FeedBurner plugin, the WordPress application for LinkedIn fails to read the blog (since it uses the RSS feed) with the following …
Read MoreHow to: share cable based internet connection with your phone and more using WIFI
If you only have a single plain wired internet connection to one pc and you want to use that connection with multiple devices, such as you mobile phone or laptop, there are a few options available. One of the easier ways is to use connectify.me, a software that will make it happen fast, easy and free on your Windows 7 …
Read MoreTools to test Exchange connectivity
The following two tools enable testing of connection to an Exchange server Microsoft Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer http://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/ Exchange ActiveSync MD by MobilityDojo.net http://mobilitydojo.net/2010/03/30/rolling-your-own-exchange-activesync-client/ The first one is Microsoft’s own, the second one can be run on any computer so its easy to rule out any firewalls and gateways that might mess with the traffic. Unfortunately the MobilityDojo one …
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