IT TidBits

Windows XP - Quick Shutdown

2009-02-15T14:15:00.000-08:00

To quickly shutdown WINXP: CTRL + Shutdown

Microsoft - Ftp Default Folder

2007-11-15T10:53:00.000-08:00

If your user defaults to your ftp folder instead of the root on an MS ftp site; it seems to be related to an MS feature:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;201771&id=kb;en-us;201771

Renaming a folder that has the same name as your user name resolves the issue.

GMAIL Plus Addressing

2007-10-10T12:34:00.000-07:00

Use Gmail to Generate Unlimited E-mail Addresses:

Gmail has an interesting quirk where you can add a plus sign (+) after your Gmail address, and it'll still get to your inbox. It's called plus-addressing, and it essentially gives you an unlimited number of e-mail addresses to play with. Here's how it works: say your address is pinkyrocks@gmail.com, and you want to automatically label all work e-mails. Add a plus sign and a phrase to make it pinkyrocks+work@gmail.com and set up a filter to label it work (to access your filters go to Settings->Filters and create a filter for messages addressed to pinkyrocks+work@gmail.com. Then add the label work).

More real world examples:

Find out who is spamming you: Be sure to use plus-addressing for every form you fill out online and give each site a different plus address.

Example: You could use
pinkyrocks+nytimes@gmail.com for nytimes.com
pinkyrocks+freestuff@gmail.com for freestuff.com
Then you can tell which site has given your e-mail address to spammers, and automatically send them to the trash.

Automatically label your incoming mail: I've talked about that above.

Archive your mail: If you receive periodic updates about your bank account balance or are subscribed to a lot of mailing lists that you don't check often, then you can send that sort of mail to the archives and bypass your Inbox.

Example: For the mailing list, you could give pinkyrocks+mailinglist1@gmail.com as your address, and assign a filter that will archive mail to that address automatically. Then you can just check in once in a while on the archive if you want to catch up.

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DEFINE - CBO

2007-10-10T09:00:00.000-07:00

A CBO is a community based organization organized as a non-profit (see nonprofit) either public or private under the US Tax Laws.

Ref: www.delawarecountybrc.com/glossaryterms.htm

Define: DRG

2007-10-06T09:58:00.000-07:00

A Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) is a classification system designed to manage, control, and reduce Medicare spending for hospital care. Reference: esri.com url no longer available.

Patient Financial Services (PFS) Terminology

2007-10-01T10:47:00.000-07:00

- PFS: patient financial billing services
- CBR: client billing record
- UB: unbilled receiveables

Meditech FS Apps

2007-09-27T08:55:00.000-07:00

FS stands for Functional System.
- POM
- PCS
- PCM
- EMR

Google Analytics for NPR Blog

2007-09-19T06:33:00.000-07:00

https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/dashboard?id=4966199

Why People Don't Visit Your Web Site

2007-09-05T23:30:00.001-07:00

http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/web-credibility/visit-website.shtml

Learn Visual Studio .NET

2007-09-03T13:19:00.000-07:00

Might be interesting for picking up new stuff on ASP.NET: http://www.learnvisualstudio.net/Default.aspx

ASP.NET Web Hosting

2007-09-03T13:12:00.000-07:00

https://www.discountasp.net

RackSpace for MS Exchange

2007-09-03T13:10:00.000-07:00

http://www.rackspace.com/managedexchange/calculator.php $897.00 for 5 mailboxes.

AT&T 5.8 GHZ Not Connecting

2007-08-27T15:34:00.000-07:00

My new AT&T handset was not connecting to the base. I assumed this would be a common problem with a solution somewhere on the internet. Googling for it, I found nothing.

What do you know though? Its a lot like Windows. I just rebooted it (unplugged the base and plugged back in) and the handset connected to the base. My office did lose power the other day; so that's probably what caused it.

Linksys Wireless Router Configuration

2007-06-26T15:28:00.000-07:00

http://www.linksys.com/connect

CoBranding

2007-05-28T11:49:00.000-07:00

Examples:

- https://www.copilot.com/branding/
- https://iatric.webex.com/mw0304l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=iatric

VB6 Wheel Mouse Events

2007-05-23T12:44:00.001-07:00

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837910

HL7 Data Elements As Objects

2007-05-19T17:20:00.000-07:00

Each data element is an object at each level. Each object has its own script. Development enviroment allows development and manipulation of messages where its easy to test changes.

"L" List & "A" List

2007-05-14T12:29:00.000-07:00

Array Software has an "A" List modelled after the Meditech "L" list.

Wininet Ftp to Unix vs Windows

2007-05-14T08:52:00.000-07:00

The code I'd been writing & testing was being used with a windows ftp server. This worked fine until, I changed the host from Windows to Unix.

Changing my file path from \home\himuser\ to /home/himuser/ resolved the issue.

5/14/2007 11:44:30 AM - Successfully processed input file: /home/himuser/logWed.doc

Unix Cron Tab

2007-05-12T19:37:00.000-07:00

Excellent Overview: http://www.adminschoice.com/docs/crontab.htm

Where crontabs live: /var/spool/cron

Windows Beep - Turn Off

2007-05-10T12:12:00.000-07:00

From a windows NT class machine, open your favorite registry editor.
Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound.
Set the Beeps REG_SZ value to 0.

A reboot is required for changes to take place.

Service Mark Defined

2007-05-04T11:03:00.001-07:00

A "service mark" is a form of trademark that is used in the sale or advertising of services.

Great Housing Market Blog

2007-05-01T10:38:00.000-07:00

http://housingpanic.blogspot.com/

Criteo Blog Roll Widget

2007-04-26T06:06:00.000-07:00

http://widget.criteo.com/

Joel Spolsky on Best Developers

2007-04-25T15:36:00.000-07:00

"The best developers invent new products, figure out shortcuts that save months of work, and, when there are no shortcuts, plow through coding tasks like a monster truck at a tea party."

Reference: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20070501/column-guest.html