SharePoint Task Lists and Visio Integration
Much like JohnR whose blog I’ve linked to I had no idea that Sharepoint had such kickass integration into Visio for their built in Task list.
With literally 3 clicks you get beautifully visualized information about your workflows and tasks assigned. How did I not notice this earlier?!
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Office 2007 MIME type fail.
IIS6 doens’t know what to do with Office 2007 documents until you inform it of the proper MIME types… that’s fine, understandable.
It gets interesting though if you fat finger your copy and pastes and tell it that docx == powerpoint!
Given that under the hood all these files are XML it will go ahead and start rendering all your hosted .docx files as PowerPoint presentations, slides and all. Pretty wild!
Took about two seconds for me to realize what had happened once I got my first call from a user!
E.P.S.F.A. 2010 Tackle Swap & Meet
This looks like it could be fun. Especially the used tackle…! I also have had a desire to learn more about S.O.N.S., looks like $5 for a year membership.
I’m always a sucker for cheap lures… you should see me at wal-mart when the stuff hits the clearance isle, I’m like gollum as I seek the good stuff in the racks… “my precious…powerbait…”
From: http://www.epsfa.com/events.php
Too Cold To Go Fishing????
Join Us for E.P.S.F.A. 2010 Tackle Swap & Meet
Hosted by The Erie Pennsylvania Sport Fishing Association
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Lincoln School
831 East 31st Street, Erie, PA 16504
The following activities and vendors will be available from 11:00am til close:
- Used tackle tables
- New tackle tables
- Tackle Shops
- Manufacturer Reps
- Kids dart throwing contest
- Kids casting contest
- Arts & Crafts 101
- Food & Beverages
- S.O.N.S membership table
- 3-C-U membership table
- EPSFA membership and tournament table
- and more…
Google Fiber for Communities: Get involved
Google wants to get into the broadband game, offering “high speed fiber” (1-gigabit per second!) at competitive prices.
Erie should get on this, talk about high tech! A joint venture with google would be fantaboulous!
Use the link above to nominate Erie (done!) and maybe some other bigger blogs will see this post and also work to spread the word!
If you look at this article and it’s comments you’ll see that St. Louis residents started a facebook group to start some support, not a bad idea, what else can we do to raise Erie awareness?
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2010/02/google_fiber_for_communities.php
YourErie.com stability problems?
Anyone else have intermittent problems with YourErie.com?
Sikuli: Visual Scripting IDE for Automating Tasks
This is a mindblowing tool out of MIT for “visual scripting”.
You can mash code with “screenshots” of buttons, text areas, etc. where you want the actions to happen. It’s written in Jython (like Python but java-ier) so it understands anything you could throw at Python too. I don’t know any Python but could still figure this thing out.
Mainly something developers will appreciate but what a fantastic idea. This might not be practical for everyone and every task but I’m already considering abusing it for some unit testing of our applications against Windows 7 at work.
Watch this video to really get an idea of what it’s doing, hopefully you can survive the somewhat annoying voice on the video:
Hubble Detects Mysterious Spaceship-Shaped Object Traveling at 11,000MPH
Whoa. Pretty damn exciting!
Wegmans Ranks #1 on Greenpeace Supermarket Score
I <heart> wegmans.
I do believe I will shrivel up and die if I have to move to a region in which no wegmas exists.
Handheld Cellphone Bans Don't Reduce Car Crashes After All
Interesting article on measured impact of cell phone bans (read:no impact at all).
One line from the article struck me as rather poignant here in Erie: it may force other local governments to look a little more broadly at what’s behind all those collisions.
Month-to-month fluctuations in rates of collision claims in jurisdictions with bans didn’t change from before to after the laws were enacted. Nor did the patterns change in comparison with trends in jurisdictions that didn’t have such laws.
Erie Fine Dining, is it a deal?
I’ve thought about getting one of these Erie Fine Dining cards for years… Anyone have any feedback, good or bad on them?
Seem like a pretty good deal. Pay $50, get the card and you can use it twice at each of the 25 restaurants for “buy one get one dinners”. Given that it’s January now is the time to really get the best bang for the buck!
I’m kinda shocked I can’t buy the card online! It’s stupid simple to get some PayPal form of payment and not much more work to accept credit cards right on your own site. Looks like mailing a check or faxing an order form is their accepted methods of payment at the moment (lame in 2010).
I know there are some minor gotchas. A lot of these resturants will put certain dishes on a “no fine dining club card accepted list”. For instance, I think Pufferbelly’s does that with their prime rib dinner some nights.
The list of restaurants is impressive. I’ve actually used their site in the past just to find places to eat.
I haven’t been to a number of them and those I have eaten at I’ve really enjoyed. Theodore’s, for instance, way out on the west side has fantastic food. I especially love their perch, done ‘camp style’ with delicate breading. The CrayZ Parrot has atmosphere out the ying yang with that deck facing the lake, service can be better at times but good seafood and an amazing view of the sunset. Petra’s is amazing. I could go on.
