Take full length screenshots of webpages

The fastest way to take a screenshot of an entire web page is to use the Print Screen (PrtScn) button and paste the image in to something like Microsoft Word or Paint.  This is fine until you want a screenshot of a page that is longer than your screen resolution allows you to see.

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27 January | 0 Comments

Where to look to find what’s next

Most mainstream projects you see today derived from research projects. All big companies have research labs and some of them will give you a preview for their upcoming projects. Here is what I think it’s worth taking a look at:

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27 January | 0 Comments

Anybody out there using DotNetNuke version 4.4.0, be warned!

I have spent most of this evening trying to get some new CSS skins to work on a new DotNetNuke installation (version 4.4.0).  After getting nowhere fast for about hour I decided it was best to hit the DNN forums.  It would appear that they have forgotten to include some dll’s in the latest release, hence the errors. more..

13 January | 0 Comments

Deploying a local SQL database (.MDF file) to your remotely hosted server

We undertake a lot of ASP.Net development, and all too often one of the most time consuming tasks can be moving the finalised web application to our client’s live server.  Fortunately Microsoft is aware of this and has created a SQL Server Database Publishing Wizard more..

12 January | 0 Comments

Democracy in action

We don’t usually wade in to political arguments, however this one has got our attention and we thought that as it is obviously related to I.T. it was worthy of our blog…

“The government’s proposal to introduce road pricing will mean you having to purchase a tracking device for your car and paying a monthly bill to use it. more..

6 January | 0 Comments

Staying compatible with the new Office 2007 document formats

Sooner or later Microsoft Office 2007 documents will start to appear on your PC.  We have been using Office 2007 for some time now and I hope it won’t be long before we are able to send .docx documents to our contacts without having to remember to save them in Office 2003 format.

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6 January | 0 Comments

Finally, a computer interface worth using

We have found the following video on You Tube that demonstrates how some people have finally created a GUI that is more intuitive than anything Microsoft have ever put together…

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5 January | 0 Comments

Why big projects fail

For me this picture is a perfect illustration of what happens at most I.T. companies when a large project gets underway.

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4 January | 0 Comments
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