Paul's Latest Public Bookmarks
Novatech nSpire N1593 laptop
Nice, PC laptop with plenty of oomph. Before buying see how Carl has got on with his.
Saved by: Paul on 13 Jan 2015
Black MacBook fan replacement steps
Guide for replacing the fan on 2006-2010ish MacBooks, which includes my Black MacBook Core 2 Duo. A very good guide from the iFixIt site.
Saved by: Paul on 29 Dec 2014
A brief history of web design for designers
Nice history, and great use of animated GIFs to illustrate the changes in design
Saved by: Paul on 4 Dec 2014
Amazon's European VAT number
Amazon EU Sarl (Kindle Sales) for any royalties/payments, is VAT registered 20260743
Saved by: Paul on 25 Nov 2014
Narcissists: Sexists, Racists, Child Abusers, Saboteurs, Internet Trolls
Amy Hoy writes on the problems of dealing with someone who is a Malignant Narcissist, and coping mechanisms for doing so. Some parts rather sad.
Saved by: Paul on 20 Oct 2014
How to Be Polite
An excellent piece on why you should be polite, it's effort and rewards. It occurred to me part way in that I am polite much of the time, and then that if you want to run a networking group successfully, politeness like this is an absolute requirement.
Saved by: Paul on 20 Oct 2014
Enabling remote connections for SQL Server Express 2014
I was having problems getting ColdFusion 11 on Windows 8.1 talking to SQL Server Express 2014. The answer in this Stackoverflow question led me through the right steps within SQL Server Configuration Manager. What an insane hassle. How do I configure SQL Server Express to allow remote tcp/ip connections on port 1433? Run SQL Server Configuration Manager. Go to SQL Server Network Configuration > Protocols for SQLEXPRESS. Make sure TCP/IP is enabled. So far, so good, and entirely expected. But then: Right-click on TCP/IP and select Properties. Verify that, under IP2, the IP Address is set to the computer's IP address on the local subnet. Scroll down to IPAll. Make sure that TCP Dynamic Ports is blank. (Mine was set to some 5-digit port number.) Make sure that TCP Port is set to 1433. (Mine was blank.)
Saved by: Paul on 16 Oct 2014
