There is no nice way to say it: WordPress sucks for VBA code samples. The way it handles HTML coding isn't so hot either. WordPress was designed so people don't need to know anything about HTML. I've worked with HTML for 15 years. I understand HTML and I want near-total control over the HTML on […]

While I was working on the index, I decided I wanted to include a short excerpt instead of just making a list of hyperlinks. We're using a custom excerpt that was too long and while the RSS excerpt worked ok, I wanted shorter and control over the "more" indicator. I could have solved this problem […]

In Create a list of pages in a specific category, I showed how I created index pages for my WordPress site. It works great except with two categories. These two categories are parent categories and the code includes the child categories too. Because the number of pages in each category is high, this is not […]

I moved slipstick.com into WordPress as a CMS and wanted a list of articles in each category, on separate "index pages". On my old site, I used a fairly simple asp script to read one folder and list the files in the that directory. Each folder had its own directory.asp page. The guys I hired […]

When you try to preview Office documents in the File, Open dialog, an error is returned. The same document previews as expected in Windows Explorer or other Office applications. Steps to repro: Open Word Go to File, Open Select a folder where there is a Word document On right, "show the Preview pane" selected (highlighted […]

In a recent Facebook discussion about whether or not a problem with Media Center was caused by a virus or just some goofyness with the computer, I had this to say: "I've heard people tell others that stupid Outlook behavior was caused by a virus… when it was just stupid Outlook behavior so I tend […]

Some programs (especially older applications) need to run with administrator privileges in Windows 7. Or you may need to run the program with administrator privileges for other reasons. With most programs, you can right-click on the shortcut and choose Run as Administrator, but this doesn't work with Office applications – the shortcut doesn't have run […]

I got the following phishing email today. The first giveaway that it was not legit was in the first line... plus the message was formatted with ugly green text. ™From Microsoft windows lives corporation™ (TM marks?!?!) ? Hear by? Severe user? Every account user most get back to us? ™From Microsoft windows lives corporation™ We […]

I'm trying to set up a new Windows XP virtual machine (in Microsoft's Virtual Server) and the F8 (to accept the EULA) wouldn't in the virtual machine. I searched Bing (google searches are useless lately) and most websites say you need to set the F-lock key. However, I'm using a Toshiba laptop to access the […]