Simon Barratt

Champions League

Simon Barratt — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:42:51 -0400

Here we go... I am looking forward to the game to tomorrow. Hope Chelski can do the deed against Scum U! I'm predict 2-1 to Chelski ...

FMC

Simon Barratt — Mon, 5 May 2008 14:10:47 -0400

One question I get from time to time is: "What does FMC do?". It is quite a complex one to answer. We do a lot! Well, Corporate Communications have just released this quick video. I think they have done a great job at summarising what is a relatively diverse company. Not bad for a stodgy old chemical company, with a top 20 oldest registered domain name! ...

WTF???

SIMON BARRATT — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:41:00 -0400

I can't quite beleive what I read this morning! ...

Man’s Reach

Simon Barratt — Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:23:55 -0400

It never ceases to amaze me how far man's reach can, and will, take us! With that in mind, it is so exciting to see the next great journey take shape. Today, two power houses of the 21st century, have announced their intent to colonise Mars! Virgin and Google have teamed up to make the dream a reality. For all you budding space travellers read on and sign up to volunteer as a pioneer of space. ...

Query Based Distribution Groups

Simon Barratt — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:24:48 -0400

One of the features I like in Exchange 2003 that Domino 6.5 was missing, is the Query Based Distribution Groups (QBDG) feature. This simply allows ...

Technology

Simon Barratt — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:44:18 -0400

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Another 6 pointer!

Simon Barratt — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:13:03 -0400

I had a great conversation with my little boy yesterday. Basically, it went along the lines of "I reckon City with beat United 2 nil." He smiled, ...

Microsoft RoundTable

Simon Barratt — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:37:26 -0400

I took delivery of the RoundTable device last Friday. On the surface it looks very eye catchy and garners lots of "what the hell is that?" types of comments! Installation was straight forward, although the sparsity of documentation is concerning. I had no idea what the Ethernet cable was for, until I started Googling around for more information. It turns out you can connect it to you LAN for remote management and also allow the device to auto download firmware updates from Microsoft. As a speaker phone, it works very well. Clear and loud! As a webcam it appears to offer good video quality, and the auto switching to focus on the current speaker seems to work very well. Not had chance to play with the panoramic view yet, as that requires Live Meeting 2007 to test, which I have not got around to yet. Now for some weirdness! Currently it has a strange habit of ringing out every 30-45 minutes for no obvious reason - three quick rings, then silence again. Very annoying and needs to be fixed asap. I have a call into MS top see what they say. ...

Launchy

Simon Barratt — Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:42:25 -0400

For those keyboard junkies out there (of which I consider myself a member of) you might want to take a look at Launchy ...

EOL for Digital Broadcasts

Simon Barratt — Thu, 3 Jan 2008 12:09:57 -0400

In case you don't know, analogue TV broadcasts will come to an end on February 17, 2009 in the USA. For those of you who still have analogue TVs an ...