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My Photo Much like Hector Salamanca, I believe family is everything. I run and cycle sometimes, too. I spend the majority of my week days implementing a solution, or solving problems at a computer, aided by a trusty bag of almond m&ms.

Google Accounts Multiple Sign-In

Google accounts now offers multiple sign-in. The feature may have to be enabled if you have not done so already for each account you plan to use...

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NTLM Authentication in IIS with FireFox Yields 401.2

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I made an interesting find. In firefox, there is a bug using ajax and ntlm authentication with IIS. After an initial authentication, the NTLM credentials should be cached and transmitted in the subsequent requests. On XMLHttpRequest requests, however, if a resource is nested, the header either is missing the credentials, or has it in an invalid format.
By nested, I mean for example that if there is a css file with links to images on the same IIS application, these subsequent requests will result in a 401.2 response. I have been able to duplicate this and have verified a workaround. The subsequent files in my case are images, and are wholy contained in an images folder, which I can configure for anonymous access. This removes the need to authenticate for the nested requests. Nevertheless, the bug remains.

Here is an excellent resource for configuring IIS for authentication.
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Cannot connect to user default database

To handle the message "Cannot connect to database. Cannot open user default database. Login Failed." you have to change the user default database.

To do this, click opens on your login form, and then type the name of the database you want to connect to.

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Tech Worker Dress Code

Work in IT requires interaction with people at varying levels. At my current job, we don't have a formal dress code. This differs from my most recent previous places of employment. The culture is more metro/urban also. Jeans are rarely seen on our team when someoone has a meeting with an external customer. As a developer, it is necessary sometimes to meet with internal customers. Rarely, with external customers.

I find it interesting that we are not banned from wearing sandals, shorts or flip flops. Previously I have worked in environments that require business casual of people who never have contact with anyone outside of there group. I have worked where they have casual Fridays. But with the lack of restriction at work, I routinely see people wearing suits, slack and jackets, business dresses without the code. Of course clothing in a work environment should be modest enough to not detract from the work, but I am not sure how having a dress code benefits an organization in which the majority of the workers have no interactions outside their internal group. Is it possible to consider coworkers professionals regardless of apparel?

I generally try to wear jeans twice a week and have noticed that I feel more productive with comfortable shoes and jeans than with not, but still feel obligated to not appear flagrantly inappropriate.

Do you think dress codes should be implemented at all businesses for IT people?
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Google Accounts Multiple Sign-in

Google accounts now offers multiple sign-in. The feature may have to be enabled if you have not done so already for each account you plan to use. This is a powerful enhancement that allows convenience when attempting to use more than one account on the same pc and browser session. This feature is utitlized by clicking on your profile and clicking the 'Switch Account's link. This works with Calendar, Reader, Code, Sites and Gmail. One annoyance is that for existing applications such as Gmail, the wrong account may keep coming up first. There is a way to set the default account, and even subsequent accounts in the shortcuts for the applications. Here's what you can do.

The first account you sign into is the default account when using mulitiple sign-on. There are a few google products that support it. Remember though, that if you sign out of any google product, it signs you out of all accounts. Now, Google's URLs include a different path for each account such as http://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/, http://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/, etc. This can allow you to update existing application shortcuts manually, to use the account you prefer, or even change with convenience.
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Droid 2 Global Keyboard Issue - Space Bar Crashing Google Voice

My wife and I purchased two Droid 2 Global phones last year. Recently, her phone started to lock up when she pressed either the space bar on the physical keyboard on the touchscreen one. Mine never experienced this.

Reinstalling, rebooting or restarting the google voice app did not resolve the issue. After some digging, it appears that the android keyboard application is the culprit. To resolve it, perform the following on your phone.

Menu - Settings - Applications - Manage Applications - All - Multi-Touch Keyboard - Clear Data
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