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The back alleys around the castle are where the tourist shops are located (no surprises there I hear you add) and it's worth a wander to see some of the colour and local types of artworks on display.
There's a carpark up here as well though it has limited sites and, in "the season" it would be fairly hard to get a spot I imagine.Related to:
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Nuraghe Tuttusone
There are a few Nuraghe sites nearby; then again, that applies to everywhere in Sardinia.
One had the look of once being popular with a proper carpark and all but had fallen into disfavour in more modern times which would explain the overgrowth on the site.
They're interesting enough but, if you've managed to see a quality site, such as Prisgiona, you might find yourself a little disappointed.Related to:
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The harbour
The harbour is certainly popular. It's located on the southern side of town, around the next point from where the castle is and when you first come into town you may not realise it's there but, as you can clearly see from the second picture, many boat people have discovered the place.
The marina not only offers a safe mooring but the little beach in the opening picture is quite popular as well for those seeking to soak up some sun.Related to:
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Ristorante di Totti.: A Traditional Sardinian Dining...
At the top of Castlesardo tucked neatly into the veranda's and shutters, cobbled stoned via and directly infront of Castlesardo you will find this delightful little piece of heaven. In the summer months you can dine outside on the patio and enjoy the fresh sea breezes and the and sample the local/seasonal mangiare. I honestly can't say what dish is the best as I've never seen a menu but they do cook a mean white fish in a lemon grind sauce! And typical dining in Sardegna requires a few hours if you want to savour every bite and remember that here there is a first, second and third plate, they just keep on comming. Everything is fresh and caught that day, you will not be disappointed.
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Albergo Pensione Pinna: Restaurant with a view
We had no recommendations, simply pulled up and this place was open which, when we were there, was a big plus. The fact that there was a lovely view (pic 2) made me more enthusiastic.
Favorite Dish: We had the place to ourselves and the walls were decorated with basketry (pic 3) and art of a local nature that lent a nice ambience to the place. The lady who ran the place was lovely and, bolstered I guess by the fact that we were the only ones there, we got good service.
The food was good for the early courses, particularly the soup, and we were thoroughly enjoying ourselves.
Our hostess then suggested sardas (pic 4) for dessert, a Sardinian specialty. Frankly, I couldn't get excited about this pasrty wallowing in syrup but was glad I tried it because I then had boasting rights.
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Favorite thing: The Costa Esmeralda is famous these days but I found some of the beaches on the other side of the island (north west) just as attractive. This selection of pics were taken around 30-50 kms north of Castelsardo
Fondest memory: We pulled up here to check out the coastline to see what it had to offer and I was impressed. Not many beaches in Europe do a lot for me, bearing in mind I come from Australia, but this one had much to recommend it. The sand was nice, the backdrop was scenic and there was a lone fisherman and one walker to be seen.
Having said that, I can imagine it would be more crowded during "the season" but, since access is limited, I can't imagine it would ever be overcrowded.Related to:
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Favorite thing: The small town of Castelsardo is set on an imposing rock overlooking the sea. Built in such a strategically high position for defensive purposes from possible attacks from the sea. Castelsardo is an extraordinary example of Medieval town which developed around its castle. Its old town walls are still intact which makes it a magnet for tourists. The historical town centre is no doubt the most interesting part of the town. In the surrounding area the Elephant Rock, a prehistoric tomb that was shaped like an elephant by the atmospheric agents, is worth a visit; other sites are the old monastery and a few nuraghes.
Fondest memory: The town's position is geographically optimal for exploring the Northern coastline of Sardinia, with Sassari only 30 kilometres away and 35 kilometres from Porto Torres, from where one can go on a boat excursion to the island of Asinara, an ex prison island where you can see the Sardinian white donkeys. Stintino and the famous beach of La Pelosa, one of the most beautiful beaches in the Med, is 60 km away, while Santa Teresa di Gallura and Alghero are 70 kilometres away in opposite directions.
In Castelsardo itself you'll find a good selection of hotels, bars and restaurants, shops and many forms of entertainment. Like most holiday towns it is very lively in summer and sleepy in winter.Related to:
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Survivors: a daughters, Barbara Johnston of Syracuse; grandson Mark (Karen) Johnston of Syracuse; two great-grandchildren, Katelyn and Krista; extended family (who Mildred raised) Phyllis (Gates) (Tom) ElHage of Baldwinsville, and family Roderick (deceased) and Beverly Beebe and family of Parker, Colorado; many nieces and nephews (Ward and Beebe).
Memorial service: 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at the Baldwinsville First United Methodist Church Chapel, 17 W. Genesee Street, Baldwinsville. Calling hours: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Gates Funeral Home, Inc., 29 W. Genesee Street, Baldwinsville. The family would like to thank the Syracuse Home for the loving care given to Mildred, a special thanks to Ellen Jennings for her caring way. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Baldwinsville First United Methodist Church or Baldwinsville Community Food Pantry both at 17 W Genesee Street, Baldwinsville, NY 13027.
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So I recently built a SS Mountain bike and I am looking to run a primary chainring for city riding. What size chainring would you recommend for me.
The bike will not be doing a whole lot of hill climbing more of urban cruising.
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Bars: Swobo Folsom Handelbar
Headset: Chris King NoThread Set-11/8
Stem: Elite 5d 110mm Thomson
Front Hub: Chris King Front Disc Hub-32-h
Read Hub: Chris King Rear ISO SSP Hub-32h w/ 18t Cog
Skewers: CrankBrothers Split
Crank: Surly Mr. Whirly w/ 94x33t
Pedals: CrankBrothers XX 50/50 Sealed Bearings w/ Orange Inserts
Breaks: Avid 09 BB7 Disc Break Mnt Front/Reare 160mm Rotor
Rims: Sun CR-18 26" 32h PV Rim 559 ISO
Spokes: DT Champoin 2.0 914ga 262mm
Seatpost: Ritchey Pro
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Honda civic 1987 about 150,000 miles. Tried to take spark plugs out to replace them 3 came out 1 broke off. How the heck do I get it out? Please help! Thanks
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Although snow, ice and frigid temperatures are still recent memories for Denver, spring is technically here; and that means it's spring cleaning time. But as you're cleaning out the spare rooms and closets, don't forget to de-clutter your social media strategy. These three tips should help you streamline your approach and continue the year with a simpler, more effective strategy.
- Use social media, just not all of it
Just because a platform exists, doesn't mean your business should be using it. Twitter, for example, is an excellent tool for news organizations to quickly disseminate breaking information and updates; however, if your demographic is the 65+ age range, Twitter shouldn't be your main social media outlet. According to the Pew Research Center's data in 2014, just 10 percent of adults ages 65+ who use the internet also use Twitter. On the flip side, Facebook and Instagram are incredibly popular among young adults ages 18-29. Respectively, 84 and 53 percent of the internet users in this age group use these platforms as well.
The nature of your product or service should also be a factor. An indie rock band likely would not benefit from aggressive LinkedIn use, and Instagram and Pinterest wouldn't be very helpful for a bank or financial services company. It's not difficult to locate the big players in social media, but before you create an account, consider whether the platform is the best way to highlight what you have to offer.
- Map out your content strategy
Posting for the sake of posting never did anyone any good. Whether it's posting infrequently or posting far too much, unplanned social media activity is at best ineffective and at worst unprofessional. Before actively engaging with any social media platform, plan your content strategy in a calendar format. Similar to the editorial calendars used by newspapers and magazines, a social media editorial calendar should include the days and times you plan to post as well as the types of content—both your own and others'—you plan to post.
Use the "measure twice, cut once" principle in your planning, making sure to identify possible pitfalls. For instance, will you really be able to post as often as you say you will? Do you have enough content of your own to post (case studies, blog posts, etc.) or will your social media strategy need to include sharing content applicable to your company from other sources?
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Once you've cleaned out unnecessary posts and streamlined your posting strategy, consider a social media management tool like Hootsuite or Buffer to further simplify the nitty-gritty of daily posting.
- Aim for quality, not quantity, of followers
This one's personal. Not so long ago, when I was an employee of a small newspaper, I attempted to drum up a social media following on Facebook by asking for followers, all of whom were my friends and most of whom didn't live in the area at all. Needless to say, the followers I gained almost never interacted with the page. Where my strategy went wrong was that I neglected to appeal to the newspaper's target market. Sure, our likes went up, but they were essentially empty followers because of the lack of engagement. With that in mind, don't bother paying for followers (remember: it's generally frowned upon by most social media sites). Instead, focus on gaining real, engaged followers and avoiding irrelevant or uninterested ones.
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I hate to be pregnant
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I felt that way with my last pregnancy and I don't even get ms but I love this pregnancy, not sure why.
Im aGod fearin' married Texas woman with 3 beautiful girls. Audrey Nicole 5, Camille Eliza 3, & Ella Kate 1.
Right now I hate the nauseous feelings all day, the awful constipation, the needing to eat constantily, and having a 5 year old's bed time. I am asleep by or before 8. So ready for it to be summer!
I love my son and his pregnancy was not fun, but it's true that blinders go on when you decide it wasn't that bad and you can do it again! I'm very happy to be pregnant and spent a lit of money to get here, but I don't enjoy pregnancy one bit! Just have to think about the finish line!
Megan (30) DH Wally(32) DS Jameson (3) Isabelle (1).
I like months 5-7. Beautiful bump, you can still move around, the pain isn't too bad. My morning sickness this time around is horrible and later in pregnancy I get really bad pelvic pain, which I'm not looking forward to. It also takes me awhile to get a nice looking bump and not just look fatter.
So yeah, I totally get you! I wish I could just skip pregnancy and get the baby!
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This is my fourth and I absolutely HATE this part of it (the first trimester morning sickness).It makes it literally impossible to even be excited about having another....which I AM excited about. That being said, I LOVE the rest of pregnancy (and yes, I feel sexy even with all the weight gain). I have so much energy, I feel fantastic and I love, love, love feeling the baby (and seeing it) move inside me! This first part is enough to make me never want to do it again, though.


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The reaction to taking one pill for daily maintenance varies if you take it on an empty stomach. Increased adrenalin with an overwhelming heat rush. Does stimulate and get your circulation going. I have been taking prior to working out and has improved my stamina. It also does increase arousal feelings.
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Works great definitely for libido but side effects are also there. Avoir taking coffee with this product and do not take it after 3PM. Problem is that side effects are random, sometimes they are strong, sometimes not that much. The benefit on the secual performance is obvious. Side effects are well described here : shakings, heart rate increase, vertigo ... They are usually not serious but be carefull to take this product carefully and to increase the dose step by step. 1 per day was more than enough for me. Once i took 3 and i had very bad side effects.
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There are definitely some side effects. With one cap taken with breakfast I find it produces mild nausea and light headedness (just like you are about to come down with a head cold). Definitely no more than one should be taken per day, and do not take them later than breakfast otherwise you may have trouble sleeping. On the plus side I found I have plenty of energy during the day. Between the sheets, there is definitely a positive effect and it also enhances libido at all other times. One reviewer suggested that it takes two weeks of taking the caps before it has a really noticeable effect, and I think this is about right, although you notice some difference immediately you start using them.
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I like this because there are no side effects, like headaches. Love IHerb's quick service.
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Watch this superb animated parody of Halo. You'll be glad you did: High Larity. [url=/news/content.aspx?type=news&cid=13095] click for full story [/url]
Deleted User1/8/2008 7:41:38 PM Permalink[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] FungalTulipz Cough millions knives is a loser cough, knowing his overreacting and nerd like qualities im not coming back to this forum but other than that, it was good i seriously remember some of that happening, like with the invis. elite, i was looking at him like uhhh how arent the marines noticing him?[/quote] You are posting in a videogame developer's forum. You do not get to tell anyone else who is a loser or a nerd and who isn't, especially when you can't even punctuate your sentences properly.
BOB THE N00B1/6/2008 7:01:49 AM Permalinklol I have seen this a gazillion times and it never gets old. Ah... keys is g@y... and drunk... and Active Camo sucked all along, and lmao. [Edited on 01.05.2008 11:02 PM PST]
Noodleboy1111/1/2008 10:55:15 PM Permalink[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ThinManMrJones Thanks for recommending that lewd and offensive video, pervert.[/quote] If you look right next to the movie, it says "Excessive violence, Explicit Audio, and Mild Adult Themes. Also, coming in from the Newgrounds BBS.
Deleted User1/1/2008 8:51:21 PM PermalinkThanks for recommending that lewd and offensive video, pervert.
Deleted User12/29/2007 8:56:47 PM PermalinkThat was extremely weak, I'd give it a 2/10 at best.
Deleted User12/29/2007 10:52:21 AM Permalinkthe best halo parody ever this guy's a comedic genius, thank you hans for bestowing this video on us
Deleted User12/28/2007 9:48:47 PM PermalinkThis video was okay but i do think the ending was pretty stupid
Tartan 11812/27/2007 11:12:11 AM PermalinkReturn fire: 5/21 Awaiting First Martyr. - oldPretty damn good, but where the hell is the rest of the game/flash parody? Oh, and since when did the Assault Rifle become a Shotgun?[/pedantic no-lifer] I'm guessing the rest just isn't up yet. Wasn't on YouTube. [Edited on 12.27.2007 3:16 AM PST]
Deleted User12/27/2007 9:20:45 AM PermalinkNice, my favorite was the Elites watching Commander Keyes and that guy in the prison cell.
Master Chief Sir12/27/2007 7:25:59 AM PermalinkHa ha, Thanks for putting that on. That must have taken a long long tim to do 10/10 or 5/5 or 100% or what ever..
Deleted User12/25/2007 2:53:30 AM PermalinkWow, that was amazing. and for the first bit it makes you realize how stupid the first game started. not saying it wasn't a good game, but very thought evoking. i can't wait for the second one. funny stuff.
Deleted User12/22/2007 8:45:05 PM PermalinkCough millions knives is a loser cough, knowing his overreacting and nerd like qualities im not coming back to this forum but other than that, it was good i seriously remember some of that happening, like with the invis. elite, i was looking at him like uhhh how arent the marines noticing him?
Kid Charlemagne12/22/2007 4:57:39 AM Permalink[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Shin ViRuS I've seen this whole thing, the rest of it is up one youtube[/quote] I am going to murder you slowly and painfully.
Deleted User12/21/2007 8:03:14 PM Permalinkwow, i didn't mean to spark any arguements, the opinion about these kind of movies, short little flash cartoons on the interent break down to a postive/negative result. you either like it or you don't. It's your choice to say what you want about it but stop trying to convince other people what you think is right. that goes for both of you. It's just a cartoona a teenager made at home with some help of friends. no need to start arguing about it. take it or leave it, that's all. -HVH
Deleted User12/21/2007 4:01:14 PM Permalink[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] skwucky [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Millions Knives [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Clstirens [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Millions Knives [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] UncommonMidget [quote]blam!- fail. Why are you giving Newgrounds hits, Frankie? That site is full of nothing but flash crap.[/quote] That was one of the rudest and most [b]ignorant[/b] things i've ever heard. Newgrounds is an amazing site and community where flash artists can get feedback on their work. Some stuff on newgrounds is poor, but that's like saying youtube is bad because you've seen some bad videos on it. It happens with every user-content driven site. There are some AMAZING artists on newgrounds, and you just insulted all of them. Way to know things...jerk.[/quote] Welcome to the internet. Some of us aren't nice here. Get over it. If I think something sucks, I say so. And there isn't a goddamned thing you can do about it. It is not a crime if I am disinclined to think Newgrounds and the featured content here are crap and not worthy of a Bungie.net front-page post. Oh, and one other thing? And I want to be real clear on this, so I'll say it as 'loud' as the text formatting will allow me: [b][u]NOT EVERYONE ON [i]BUNGIE.NET[/i] IS A SYCOPHANT.[/b][/u] [/quote] Ah. Nice way of making an ass out of yourself. I don't care about your opinion. Besides, You probably don't have even half of the talent of even some of the less talented flash producers on NG. [b]Psycopath[/b][/quote] Ah. "Talent." I may not have, I guess you would call it "talent" with flash, I'll entertain that notion, sure... but what I do have is taste. Watching the Master Chief blow away a jizzed-on -blam!- guy who was supposed to be Captain Keyes' prison-lover or whatever, and then pronounce "There, problem solved!" Implies an explicit lack in taste. That among other things. The humor was tasteless and crude. There was no "talent" involved here. And [i]I'm[/i] the one making an ass out of myself? Oh, and news flash: No one cares about your opinion either, you sycophantic waste of space. As I said before: Welcome to the internet. Now GTFO.[/quote] nobody cares about your opinion either loser. which is worse? the video or you wasting all this time griping about it. i thought it was funny. not as good as redvsblue but the second funniest halo thing i've ever seen.[/quote] The video is worse. Okay, next question.
Lady Fi12/20/2007 2:58:06 PM Permalink[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] my persistance You said it before I got to dude. Their are even links to adult stuff. Sup Bungie, did you miss that stuff? [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] SNOWamI that was hilarious, coulda been better though. gotta question for you Bungie, how come you don't allow swearing and other nasty words be said on your forums, but you put a link to a video on your site that has a bunch of swearing, two men doing some very [u]G[/u] [u]A[/u] [u]Y[/u] stuff together, and a bunch of other random stuff, without even putting a warning saying there was things in there that your younger fanbase [i]should not[/i] see or even hear? go ahead and ban me for saying
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In a 200 million dollar production, there is no such thing as a VFX oddity.
That is plainly wrong.
It really isn't.
Also, you seem to think the director is some sort of omniscient micro-managing deity, and that every single aspect and decision of a massive production lasting months to a year and employing thousands of people receives exactly the same level of scrutiny and choice from them.
He doesn't have to. The script says "The camera zooms in on Kirk looking out of the window" and the director works with the storyboard artist and director of cinematography and the VFX supervisor on that scene. And at some point the VFX supervisor realizes that the ship model they currently have doesn't have such a big window. And they change that to fit the vision of the director.
The director doesn't even have to know about that, but the change happens.
And as a result, you get inconsistent shots, one with a big window, one with small windows. But none of those individual shots is an oddity.
Heck, and I do think Abrams is very involved. At the end of the film, the Enterprise has a larger impulse engine, it's a refit. They didn't just do that for the heck of it because one of the 3D modelers had too much spare time and just slipped that modified version into the pipeline unnoticed. That's a conscious decision that the director certainly approved of.
A movie aiming low should not be praised for hitting that target.
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As I sit here, comfortable, in my climate-controlled home, my glass of clean, drinkable water beside me, I cannot, in any way, describe myself as persecuted. I believe I could describe myself as "bothered" sometimes, but not persecuted. I don't believe I can think of anyone I know that could be described as being persecuted … [Click to read more …]
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The Benefits of Using Commercial Cleaning Services in Phoenix
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Commercial cleaning services in Phoenix enable you to focus on providing your clients and owners with the best of the best throughout their entire relationship with your company. Bringing in an outside team of professionals to ensure all commercial properties are in tip-top shape before and after your tenants occupy them will not only help your company's reputation, but it will allow you to devote your attention to all other aspects of the management process. The overall ...Continue Reading →
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Marine Lance Cpl. Josh Misiewicz stood on his prosthetic legs with the help of a cane. A cold wind whipped around the ice rink set up on Soldier Field. But for the young native of La Grange, Ill., the scene was just part of one of his warmest hockey moments.
The USA Warriors, a hockey program designed to give military veterans who have been hurt in action a chance to play hockey again, just wrapped up their skate with the Chicago Blackhawks. And for Misiewicz, it was a hockey dream come true.
"I've been playing hockey my whole life, now sled hockey," said Misiewicz, who lost both of his legs and some of his hearing after he stepped on a bomb while serving in Afghanistan in July of 2011. "Being from here in Chicago, it's just awesome. You watch these guys; you idolize them. Just to talk to them on the ice is an incredible experience."
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The Blackhawks were feeling the same way about the USA Warriors.
The Warriors were the Blackhawks' guests for a 45-minute skate here on Saturday. It was the second skate they Blackhawks had with the group – they had one in Washington, D.C., back in the spring of 2011, when they made their post-Cup White House trip. And much like that first time, the Blackhawks came away inspired and awed by their military guests.
"It's awesome," said captain Jonathan Toews. "A bunch of us did it a couple years ago in Washington and went to meet the guys at Walter Reed (Hospital)… . Here we are again, and the honor is still the same. To talk to them and understand what they went through, it's definitely special for us. We appreciate everything they've done for us. To us, they're the real heroes."
The Blackhawks had a quick drill before the USA Warriors joined them for some impromptu games on each end of the ice. They celebrated goals together, shared a few stories and finished the day with a group photo.
"It's people who have sacrificed a lot and went through a lot to come back and enjoy a sport they love," said goaltender Ray Emery, who will be starting for the Blackhawks again on Sunday. "It's a great day. It's cool to play outside, but it's also a chance to have some fun with some good people."
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Troubleshooting Direct Push (Windows Mobile and Microsoft Exchange Server)
We have quite a collection of articles about this topic here on Geekzone, including configuration tips for Windows Mobile AUTD (the original version deployed with Windows Mobile 2003), an overview of Windows Mobile MSFP, and an end-user view of Windows Mobile Direct Push and other features introduced with AKU2.
If you want more detailed troubleshooting steps for Windows Mobile MSFP, I suggest you check this blog entry Direct push is just a heartbeat away.
Exchange 2003 introduced the Always Up To Date notification feature (AUTD) that kept devices up to date by sending SMS triggers to the device. The triggers were sent from the enterprise as SMTP messages to the SMTP front end at the mobile operator. They were then sent through the SMS gateway as SMS messages to the device. This approach had some limitations since not all mobile operators did the SMTP to SMS conversion. Even when they did, there was latency involved with SMS messages and there were end-to-end reliability issues. Also some mobile operators charged for each incoming SMS message so that added an extra dimension to the cost of staying up to date. To alleviate these issues, Exchange 2003 SP2 introduced Direct Push.
Direct Push is a client initiated HTTP connection to the server where the device opens a connection to the Exchange Server and keeps it alive for a duration known as the heartbeat interval. Basically the client sets up the connection, chooses the appropriate heartbeat interval and tears down and reestablishes the connection if and when necessary. The server sends notifications about new items over this connection and the client synchronizes to get the new items.
The blog post contains useful information about server configuration, device configuration, log analysis and more. Worth a read if you are an IT administrator planning or running a Microsoft Exchange Server installation.
.Net Code Camp NZ 2006 details
I am participating this Sunday 23 April of a lunch session entitled From Spare Room to Board Room: Making great ideas into a successful business. Session description and speakers' profiles available here.
In this discussion Chris Auld, Mauricio Freitas (that's me) & Rod Drury will discuss their successes and learning experiences with their businesses, their plans for the future and where they see IT and software development going. This is an essential session for any budding business leaders wanting to start or grow a business from their passion in software.
Telecom matches Vodafone offer on mobile broadband
In summary Telecom users can get up to 1GB (gigabyte) of cellular data (CDMA EV-DO) for NZ$49/month.
This compares with Vodafone's offering of 1GB on UMTS for the same NZ$49/month.
Other things are similar too: this is a limited time offer, with exipry date set to 9 July 2006 - in both cases.
What is different here? First speed: Telecom's CDMA EV-DO provides a great performance when compared with Vodafone's UMTS technology (and that was shown before). But really, if you are using this for single connections (such as mobile e-mail or FTP) this is not much benefit. But the speed advantage really shines when browsing websites, which is what most people will probably want to do.
After all 1GB/month is more than most New Zealanders use on their dial-up connections (yes, we are a nation of dial-up users), and for this price either option is a great alternative to services such as Woosh, which has been slow in extending coverage and providing better support (according to lots of discussions in our Geekzone Forums).
Another difference: while the Vodafone plan includes a free PC card for use on laptops, the Telecom plan requires users to purchase a card, which is an additional NZ$199. Both Vodafone and Telecom require a 24 month term contract.
While the Vodafone plan applies to new and existing customers, Telecom is offering the deal to new accounts only.
And Telecom is explicitly restricting the use of VoIP software over this connection, exaclty like Vodafone. Interesting, because until now Telecom did not put any restriction in place for this kind of usage.
Which plan is better for you? Really it comes to what are your requirements and since you are locked for 24 months with whatever operator you join make sure you look at this carefully.
If overseas travel is part of your job, then the Vodafone plan should be ok, but remember that data roaming is still charged at exhorbitant prices and not included in the NZ$49 deal. But if you want some good national coverage and perhaps better performance then the Telecom plan is for you.
Of course everything will change in September, when Vodafone New Zealand will launch a new high speed network, based on the HSDPA standard (more on Juha's blog).
The jury is out now.
Vodafone New Zealand: the year ahead
First in the line was a HSDPA demo. Their current infrastructure supports 1.8Mbps, but they have plans to launch the service with support for 3.6Mbps. When? I was told September 2006 is the planned release date, but until then things can change.
The demo worked ok for streaming video clips, copying large files and such. It seems it adapts (or shape?) bandwidth based on use. Of course it was nice to see it working when you have a single user on a demo cell site. We still have to wait and see how real life load will affect performance on this environment.
The infrastructure is supplied and supported by Nokia. The main obstacle seems to be the availability of handsets and data cards supporting the new standard.
On this note I asked Phil Patel about fallback. Here in New Zealand UMTS users will fallback to GPRS when coverage is marginal or non-existant - but wouldn't be so nice to have EDGE instead of GPRS? Anyway, Patel tells me the initial plan is to have HSDPA covering the same UMTS footprint at least, and perhaps in the future migrate GPRS sites to UMTS for improved service. Nothing is certain though, except for the HSDPA plans.
It looks like the Linksys 3G Wi-Fi router we reviewed before will work just fine with HSDPA cards, so users will be able to have a faster wireless broadband alternative but just swapping cards (that is, if you already have the router). I have used the router for a month, and it impressed everyone: I was doing some consultancy work and the company didn't have wireless infrastructure, so I just brought my own network access point with me for that period.
Of note are the plans to release laptops with built-in cellular data support. The Lenovo T60 was on show, but Vodafone has plans to release at least other brands such as Acer and HP. Not confirmed yet, but under works are deals with Dell, Fujitsu and Toshiba. we can expect to see the first laptops coming out in the next two months or.
In terms of handsets Vodafone is on a roll. They plan to have up to 10 different Windows Mobile devices by the end of this year. This includes new entrants in the New Zealand market, such as Asus and Benq. I was told they are very keen on the Motorola Q as well, because it is such an appealing form factor, in direct competition with BlackBerry handhelds.
Talking about BlackBerry, I was shown the latest BlackBerry 8700 and I have to agree, it is very fast and it does have nice screen. But so is the Nokia N61. The BlackBerry 8700 is one of the new models based on the Intel xScale processors.
Also talked about was the integration of PBX systems and mobile services, including mobile desk phones. They look exactly like the kind of phone you would expect to find in any office, but without wires. Of course this is a transitional form factor, because the whole ide is to have a single device, and in this case the mobile phone form factor is better suited for the job. PBX functionality is provided at network level.
I was disapointed to find out that unlike Vodafone UK, Vodafone New Zealand is not planning to directly provide a push e-mail service based on Microsoft Exchange and Windows Mobile 5.0. Instead, clients who do not have a Microsoft Exchange server will be referred to a parner for a hosted solution. One of the partners is Auckland-based ICONZ for example.
On fixed and mobile convergence, the plan of having mobile phones receiving calls as local numbers (similar to what Vodagone Germany is doing) is still under work, pending some government regulations. As far as they are concerned they would launch this service pretty soon, but alas this will take sometime. The idea is to have a Vodafone number that would be treated as a local phone number when within a certain area (cell site coverage). Of course the main opposition to this idea comes from Telecom New Zealand.
I also asked about live TV. With the recent announcement of live streaming of Prime News it would be interesting to see if any plans of a full live TV channel is in the plans. Of course I asked about satellite broadcast, since streaming over a packet network is not the most effective way. According to Patel this is something that could be looked at, but nothing in the near future - or at least this year.
Overall Vodafone New Zealand showed an interesting and consistent approach to a variety of mobile services, but the most concrete action with most impact is certainly the new 1GB traffic plan for $49/month. For almost everything else we will have to wait a few months and see.
Windows Mobile: mobile e-mail for the masses:
The native and best solution for Windows Mobile e-mail and push e-mail is still a Microsoft Exchange account. But not every company can afford to run their own e-mail infrastructure (both in terms of software costs, administration, hardware infrastructure), but IMAP and POP3 protocols are implemented on mobile devices, and it's interesting to read about someone's experiences in real life.
Our company mail-systems are based on IMAP: our IT department, like many IT departments, knows that allowing POP3 introduces big risks in losing mail. This can be either in one of the many synchronizations to clients or by losing the device which stores the mail alltogether. Therefore we have to use regular IMAP-functionality of the Windows Mobile mail client: Pocket Outlook. According to the specifications of Windows Mobile, it should work. I am using this combination for a year now, so i was pretty confident that it would be a solution without any problems. I am a very technocratic user of e-mail: all mail that is not new should not be on the server. How little did I know about the totally different approaches of my colleagues for reading e-mail and the problems they cause in use on a mobile device...The article goes on to discuss strategies on synchronisation and e-mail management.
Microsofts implementation of the IMAP protocol isn't one of the best, the general impression is that the POP implementation has had a lot more attention. My colleague found out the hard way. He started downloading the messages in his inbox, but the downloading did not complete. It simply stopped halfway. Upon closer investigation, we discovered something: the client tried to download his entire inbox, despite the setting to limit the view only to the mails recieved in the last three days. Pocket Outlook downloaded them anyway. Downloading his entire mailbox became problematic, since his mailbox contained more than 6000 messages and the mobile device simply could not deal with the volume of the mailbox: it took about two hours before the device ran out of the memory and hung itself. So handling one big inbox through IMAP is not really an option, even with limiting the view severly.
Some companies offer hosted Exchange accounts, including push e-mail options. One of these companies is 4Smartphone.net (affiliate link). The synchronisation of a Windows Mobile device with an Exchange server is flawless and performance is greatly improved with Windows Mobile 5.0 AKU2 and Microsoft Exchange 2003 SP2.
Overcoming limits with technology: Tablet PC review
David is an IT Coordinator, but he was actually a mechanic before being involved in a car accident that left him with a disability (C4 quadriplegic). His blog tells us about solving problems and getting the most out of life.
And that's why this Tablet PC review is something everyone interested in technology should read.
Via the UberTablet blog.
Help us donate server software to a New Zealand school or charity organisation: we accept suggestions
As part of the worldwide launch of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, thanks to Microsoft and Culminis, I have been given a few copies of Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (25 Cals) for giveaway.
Since we have lots of companies already using this server software in our groups, I thought an interesting way to help others would be by donating two copies of this software to a couple of school or groups with direct actions and impact on the community (one copy each).
Schools could use this fo administrative purposes, or in a tech lab for teaching purposes. Non-profit organisations can use the software for administrative purposes.
The rules are simple: if you want to nominate a New Zealand-based school or non-profit organisation to receive a copy of this software on DVD (NFR), then post your suggestion as a comment on this blog entry.
We will draw two schools or non-profit organisation from all suggestions, contact them and arrange to have the software delivered.
Also, if your suggestion is the lucky one, I will send you a Windows Server water bottle.
We are not donating the hardware. This is the server software only, so you should be sure that the organisation you are suggesting can arrange proper hardware to be used - perhaps someone else reading this blog post can arrange some desktop to be donated to run this software?
I will close the suggestions on Monday 24 April 2006.
Note that we expect suggestions to point to active groups, not some Church of the Flying Spagetthi Monster, sect or political party.
Google Calendar is live
I am just playing around with it now, and I can see they have SMS notification for events, although the list of mobile operators seems to be limited to US-based carriers. It would be interesting if it would allow SMS address in the format [phone]@[operator.com] for example for those with e-mail-to-SMS gateways.
I've read on News.com that Google plans to launch synchronisation tools, including Exchange, Outlook, iCalendar, and even mobile devices, albeit no specific type is listed (no word if this would be with a Palm, Symbian, Windows Mobile or SyncML-compatible feature phones).
Each event can be individual, or with invited guests. Like other solutions, guests are notified through an e-mail, although I tried this using some of my test e-mail accounts and no e-mail was received. Perhaps they are only sending to GMAIL accounts, or having problems at the moment?
The service also sends a daily agenda, every morning at 5am, your local time.
If you want to start using Google Calendar now, it allows you to load a file with iCal or VCAL formatted events.
An interesting feature is the "Event Publisher". If a website mentions events, including shows, bookings, meetings, then an entry can be automatically added to the Google Calendar from an icon on the website. This is done through a specially formatted URL and an icon that looks like this:
Now, back to testing this new feature.
Update: the problem with the e-mail notifications not being received is probably due to overload. The notifications did arrive, some 4 hours after being sent. At the same time, other users report errors while trying to access Google Calendar. I would have thought that Google was going to make sure enough resources were available, after the load of problems experienced before with Google Pages and Google Analytics.
Application debug on Windows Mobile
I removed a couple of applications I thought could be causing this problem (task manager, battery meters, etc) but the behaviour was still there.
Next step was to remove all software - short of a hard reset, and the Pocket PC in question is working fine since then.
What is really annoying is that a second Pocket PC (another model though) works perfectly well with the same mix of software.
I am now going to reinstall one by one and see when the problem happens. It may be a slow process, since the lock up used to happen only two or three times a day.
Does anyone know of a better way of finding the culprit?
Is Vodafone PLC up for grabs now?
According to an article published on thisismoney.co.uk (found through Engadget):
Documents circulating the City suggest that a consortium including US firm Verizon, Telefonica of Spain and private equity firm Blackstone hope to find funding for a 160p-a-share offer. That would value Vodafone at an eye-watering £96bn. JP Morgan Cazenove is thought to be masterminding the plan.
Sources say the bid, if successful, would lead to a complicated break-up. Verizon, with which Vodafone has a joint venture in America, would take control of the US and UK assets.
Telefonica, which paid £18bn for mobile firm O2 in November, is said to be interested in Vodafone's remaining European activities, including Italy and Germany.
Blackstone and other private equity firm would carve up the rest, including stakes in South Africa and China.
Almost 100 billion UK Pounds! That's NZ$300 billion, or US$167 billion.
Verizon Wireless, a CDMA operator in the USA, might be really interested in that. Apparently they have tried a few times in the recent past to buy Vodafone's participation on their American operations, and having a UK carrier would be an interesting side effect, except that it uses a completely different technlogy and this could have problems in adapting services, etc.
The whole thing leaves in the air what would happen with non-European operations. Vodafone Japan was sold to the SoftBank, leaving China, Australia and New Zealand for the grabs. I read somewhere that Vodafone could just close Vodafone Australia because it's not a leader in that market (not even close, really, with Telstra and Optus really leading the charge), but Vodafone New Zealand is another matter, since the company here shares the market with Telecom New Zealand almost on a 50/50 split.
Interesting times ahead, when the largest mobile operator in the world could be made into pieces. Is that what CEO Sarin has been working on all this time?