Since a few weeks I’m using my own domain name to create short URLs. When choosing the right solution, I had some particular requirements: Being able to use any domain of my choice Have total control over the syntax of the generated links when I want to View statistics on how many people click my [...]
Moved my WordPress blog to Windows Azure
April 12, 2013 by 1 Comment
Since a few months I was contemplating on moving my WordPress-based blog to Windows Azure Websites. Although I was pretty satisfied with my current hoster at the time, I felt it was time to put more of my online presence in the hands of Microsoft. Call me stupid, but hey – I’m a fanboy you [...]
Leaving the Mothership
October 1, 2012 by 2 Comments
After 12 years of loyal service, I’ve decided to leave Atos to go work for Xylos (@XylosICT) as a SharePoint Technology Consultant. That all sounds great, but in reality I’ll be doing much of the same things I’m doing now: helping customers architect, deploy and maintain their SharePoint infrastructures. On the side you’ll still see [...]
DuckDuckGo – Probably the World’s best search engine
June 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Over the years, I’ve tried both main search engines but always ended up using Google. On my Windows Phone 7 I use Bing as you don’t have a real choice there. Google’s decision to include social network content into the search results and the way they handle your privacy made me look for something else. [...]
My Test Environment Setup (Part 3)
May 25, 2012 by 2 Comments
Installing SQL 2012 on Windows Server Core One of the great features of SQL Server 2012 is that it can be installed on Windows Server Core. Not all features are available when running on core, but as I normally only use the database engine this fits my setup nicely. I’m now able to run a [...]
