Archive for May, 2009

WebKut – Capture the Web

May 29th, 2009 by sirslur


I have been looking at screen capture programs for a while and ran across WebKut.  WebKut is a program written in Adobe Air.  Adobe Air is a runtime engine (similar to Java and .Net).  It was designed by Adobe as a way to deliver rich internet applications outside of a browser.
With that said, I like [...]

Windows Home Server

May 28th, 2009 by sirslur


Well, like many other folks around, I need a good backup option for my computers at home.  We have so many home movies of our family digital photos that it is filling up our laptop.  I also need to have a way to access these files from any computer in my house.  I don’t want [...]

MS CRM and SQL Reporting Services

May 27th, 2009 by sirslur


As many know, SRS is the reporting tool for MS CRM.  I have one suggestion for them.  Have a way to auto-attach a report to an entity if the entity is activated.
Here is an example:
If you do not want to use the mail merge for MS Word on the quote entity, SRS is your way [...]

Get Product Price from Pricelist

May 27th, 2009 by sirslur


I have created a custom entity in MS CRM 4.  I have a couple of lookups (one for product, one for currency), an integer field (quantity) and a couple of money fields (price per unit and total).  I wanted to be able to lookup the product and have it populate the price per unit and [...]

IPhone Weight Loss App

May 21st, 2009 by sirslur


I have started using a program called Lose It! on my IPhone.  It is pretty easy to use and does what I want.  Some of the features are:

Enter and track meals and nutrients
Graph of weight loss progress
Track exercise

I have only used it for 4 days, but it is what I wanted.

Web Site Hosting

May 18th, 2009 by sirslur


Who is your web host.  I happen to use 1&1.  It is not bad for what I do.  I have had no issues in the last few years.  I have a couple of friends that are having issues with their host though.  They have a host that is low cost with unlimited traffic.  Or so [...]

Get Adobe Flash playerPlugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes