Archive for November, 2009

Egg Tax

By Paul Baker - Last updated: Monday, November 30, 2009

So I do quite a bit of Accounting Information Systems work (AIS).  I always have to write a report that does this or that to comply with some governmental agency or to give the boss the information they want.  This is the strangest report I have ever written and I call it the Egg Report.  [...]

Windows Mobile App Store

By Paul Baker - Last updated: Sunday, November 29, 2009

I guess I should check out the Windows Mobile App Store.  It does not have the quantity of apps that the iPhone does.  I hope to find a few good apps (free) to try out.

WordPress 2.8.6

By Paul Baker - Last updated: Sunday, November 29, 2009

I upgraded to WordPress 2.8.6.  I do not immediately see any significant changes – it must have been mainly a security update.

Personal Outlook Ribbon

By Paul Baker - Last updated: Sunday, November 29, 2009

Do you want a personalized ribbon?  One with your name on it?  Well now you can have it.  I remember reading about the inability of Office 2007 to create a ribbon and then just read the email that Microsoft sent me about Office 2010 and how you can create your very own ribbon.  I am [...]

Video Professor Scam

By Paul Baker - Last updated: Saturday, November 28, 2009

Read an article on the Video Professor being a scam at TechCrunch.  I have to say that I have not had but three experiences with the Video Professor and I would say that none of those three experiences would disagree with that sentiment.  Two of those experiences were older couples trying to learn about computers and [...]

Kindle 2.3 Update

By Paul Baker - Last updated: Saturday, November 28, 2009

I thought the Kindle would automatically update but as it had not I manually updated today.  Yes the battery life had a bit to do with it, but more so I was interested in the screen rotation (manual).  The rotation is cool and works well but I am not sure I will use it again. [...]

Outlook Quick Steps

By Paul Baker - Last updated: Saturday, November 28, 2009

One of the things I have setup in my Outlook now is a couple of short cuts – move to and copy to.  These make it easy to create tasks from emails and to move them out of the inbox.  One of the Quick Steps is “Done” which will mark the item as complete, read [...]

Kindle Update

By Paul Baker - Last updated: Friday, November 27, 2009

The new update for the Kindle that was automatically downloaded and installed if your wireless is on improves the battery life.  This to what I think was already a great battery life.  I normally read between 30 minutes to an hour at least five days a week (in the mornings when everyone else is asleep). [...]

Office 2010 – Delete All

By Paul Baker - Last updated: Friday, November 27, 2009

OK a bit more playing and there are a few small thing that I have found in Office 2010.  I actually went and read a bunch of reviews but they didn’t give me anything useful to me.  First thing is right click on a folder in Outlook and get the option – Delete All.  After [...]

QuickBooks Conversion Tool

By Paul Baker - Last updated: Thursday, November 26, 2009

With the announcement of Microsoft no longer advancing their accounting software, QuickBooks was quick to release a conversion tool.  I do not know any business that uses the Microsoft software.