Re: [OT] mSATA SDDs

2013-08-20 Thread osjasonroberts
Sweet, thank Ken, that would be awesome!  Jason Roberts Journeyman Software Developer Twitter: @robertsjason Blog: http://DontCodeTired.com Pluralsight Courses: http://bit.ly/psjasonroberts From: Ken Schaefer Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎20‎ ‎August‎ ‎2013 ‎12‎:‎22‎ ‎PM To: ozDotNet I think the

Re: [OT] mSATA SDDs

2013-08-20 Thread Stephen Price
I got one of these little bad boys for my Gigabyte Brix recently. http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/list.aspx?s=47ck=104 No fans, small, fast. Its advertised as DIY as you have to buy the RAM and mSata separate. Makes for an AWESOME media center pc. Mine went from the size of a Desktop HIFI

RE: [OT] mSATA SDDs

2013-08-20 Thread Ian Thomas
You have the GB-XM14-1037 model, with Celeron CPU? I like the gigabit Ethernet and WiFi. Are you running Windows Media Centre for Windows 7? _ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen

RE: [OT] mSATA SDDs

2013-08-20 Thread Ken Schaefer
Or just buy a Mac Mini and run Windows MCE / XMBC / Frontrow etc. on it From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2013 7:12 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] mSATA SDDs I got one of these little bad boys for my

Re: [OT] mSATA SDDs

2013-08-20 Thread Stephen Price
Don't be silly. I got the i7. :D Running Windows 8. Yeah I bought the Media Center thingy but to be honest with my NAS and Netflix I never use it so could have done without that. On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Ian Thomas il.tho...@iinet.net.au wrote: You have the GB-XM14-1037 model, with

RE: [OT] mSATA SDDs

2013-08-20 Thread Ken Schaefer
So what are you running on the Brix to provide the UI? Or are you just navigating Win8 using a keyboard or mouse? (I think the thrust of the question was are you using MCE as the UI, or something else?) From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of

Re: [OT] Developer keyboard

2013-08-20 Thread David Richards
Just an epilogue for those that are interested. I've got my new mouse and keyboard set up and have been using it for a couple of days. The closer mouse is much more comfortable and the keys on the new keyboard are very nice to type on. The separate wireless number pad is quite good too. I'm

Re: [OT] Developer keyboard

2013-08-20 Thread Stephen Price
Slick looking mouse. *want* On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 7:38 AM, David Richards ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com wrote: Just an epilogue for those that are interested. I've got my new mouse and keyboard set up and have been using it for a couple of days. The closer mouse is much more comfortable

msbuild

2013-08-20 Thread Stephen Price
Hey all, I have a batch file that deploys to the required environment and i'm setting it up to output the deploy script into a folder as part of the build on TFS. Part of the batch file maps a drive using pushd and then the current path of the drop. This changes with each build and contains the

Re: msbuild

2013-08-20 Thread Preet Sangha
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3848597/bat-current-folder-name set startdir=%cd% echo %startdir% is my current directory On 21 August 2013 13:37, Stephen Price step...@perthprojects.com wrote: Hey all, I have a batch file that deploys to the required environment and i'm setting it up

Re: [OT] Developer keyboard

2013-08-20 Thread osjasonroberts
That mouse looks like some crazy borg-transformers love-child  Like the idea of programmable buttons though, any good for big-handed oafs like me? Jason Roberts Journeyman Software Developer Twitter: @robertsjason Blog: http://DontCodeTired.com Pluralsight Courses:

Re: msbuild

2013-08-20 Thread Stephen Price
That won't work because if you double click the bat file in a \\unc share then you get that error saying the UNC paths are not supported. It then defaults to the Windows directory, so %cd% would be c:\windows in my case. I ended up going with this: @set uncpath=%0:\Dev.deployWeb.bat=% @pushd

Re: [OT] Developer keyboard

2013-08-20 Thread David Richards
Jason, The mouse is adjustable. The palm rest comes in two heights and can slide in and out to suite. The thumb part with the buttons can be adjusted forwards and backwards. The pinky rest can be removed. There are other models where the thumb part can also tilt outward but I read somewhere

Re: [OT] Developer keyboard

2013-08-20 Thread Stephen Price
A heavier mouse would help with your Right BICEP. :) On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:37 AM, David Richards ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com wrote: Jason, The mouse is adjustable. The palm rest comes in two heights and can slide in and out to suite. The thumb part with the buttons can be

Re: [OT] Developer keyboard

2013-08-20 Thread mike smith
It's the 'transformers' look. It doubles as a backup drive. On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Stephen Price step...@perthprojects.comwrote: Slick looking mouse. *want* On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 7:38 AM, David Richards ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com wrote: Just an epilogue for those that

Re: [OT] Developer keyboard

2013-08-20 Thread osjasonroberts
Cool, thanks David  Jason Roberts Journeyman Software Developer Twitter: @robertsjason Blog: http://DontCodeTired.com Pluralsight Courses: http://bit.ly/psjasonroberts From: David Richards Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎21‎ ‎August‎ ‎2013 ‎11‎:‎37‎ ‎AM To: ozDotNet Jason, The mouse is

Re: [OT] Developer keyboard

2013-08-20 Thread Stephen Price
Where did you buy the mouse from? Looking about on my normal online stores, can't find that particular model. cheers, Stephen On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:57 AM, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: It's the 'transformers' look. It doubles as a backup drive. On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:09

Re: msbuild

2013-08-20 Thread Peter Gfader
That won't work because if you double click the bat file in a \\unc share then you get that error saying the UNC paths are not supported. It then defaults to the Windows directory, so %cd% would be c:\windows in my case. Does Powershell have the same problem? Would it help to use powershell for

Re: [OT] Developer keyboard

2013-08-20 Thread David Richards
I got it from mighty ape on sale but I'm pretty sure I saw it for similar prices elsewhere. The link below is for a cyborg branded one which is the same thing. mad catz own the cyborg brand. http://www.mightyape.com.au/product/Cyborg-MMO7-Gaming-Mouse/19700928/ David If we can hit that

Re: [OT] Developer keyboard

2013-08-20 Thread Peter Gfader
Nice keyboard! How loud is it? I bought the daskeyboard ultimate silent and I am not so happy with it. I got the silent one, but it is still too loud. I use it at home where no one else sits in my home office, but doing remote pairing or calls is not a nice experience... Here how loud that

Re: msbuild

2013-08-20 Thread Preet Sangha
Cool, that's good to know. On 21 August 2013 15:22, Stephen Price step...@perthprojects.com wrote: That won't work because if you double click the bat file in a \\unc share then you get that error saying the UNC paths are not supported. It then defaults to the Windows directory, so %cd%

Re: [OT] Developer keyboard

2013-08-20 Thread David Richards
It's louder than the Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard 1.0a I was using before. It sounds very similar to that video. It's a bit hard to tell if its louder or not since it kind of depended on how loud I set the volume :) But if it has the same switches its probably the same. It's much quieter

Visual Studio 2012 diseased

2013-08-20 Thread Greg Keogh
Folks, sometime in the last two weeks my VS2012 has become diseased with the following symptoms: (1) It *sometimes* forgets which files were open when I reopen a solution (2) Intellisense suddenly stops. I just can't find a pattern to any of this so far. I deleted suo files, looked for access