SQL Server Mgmt Studio Templates

Here’s a little feature that has been shown to me multiple times over the years. Every time I see it I get all excited by the possibilities — then (sadly) quickly forget it. This time I hope that by writing it down I’ll remember longer… Enjoy the pictures!

It turns out that SQL Server Management Studio

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WordPress: Pasting from Word

Composing blog posts in MS Word and then pasting them directly into the WordPress post editor generally causes problems. Layout issues. Font sizes/faces. Broken validation. This is not really news… but based on activity at the WordPress.org support forums, people sure like to do it. Allow me to share a few thoughts.

Firstly, if you really

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Windows Live Writer 2009

Windows Live Writer, my favorite blogging client, got an upgrade and lost the beta tag yesterday. Lots of cool features have been added so if you’re a user you’ll want to go get the update. And hey, if you’re a blogger but not a user (and running Windows…) you really should give it a try.

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Wordpress Image Uploader Challenge

Hmm… When using WordPress 2.5.2’s media uploads I can upload images from Firefox 3 when running Vista. But I can’t when running FF3 from Ubuntu. Last I checked they’re running the same extensions.

No luck from Opera/Linux either. With either case, I end up with an HTTP error.

Guess I have some research to do. Switching to

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Picknik Plugin?

So who’s going to write a nice WordPress Picknick plugin? There is an API…

Would be slick to see on the Write Post page, don’t you think? Upload an image and edit in place.