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  • Opting out

    I'm on a mission to reduce the junk mail that I get. I figure it'll reduce the time I waste sorting through it, and help the environment at the same time. Each time I get a catalog that just gets thrown into the trash, instead of throwing it away, I put it in a little pile in my office, and when I need...
    Posted to Security Briefs by keith-brown on 05-02-2007
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  • Back from Prague

    What a whirlwind February and March have been. Sydney one week, home the next, Campsight in Redmond the next week, home for a week, then off to Beijing for a week, home for a week and then off to Prague. I'm happy to say that I've not got much travel on my calendar for the next few months other than...
    Posted to Security Briefs by keith-brown on 04-06-2006
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  • Workarounds for disabling overwrite mode in various apps

    Thanks to Marcus for the comment pointing to this post , showing how to disable the Insert key in Word. It's a nice workaround, if the app you're using allows you to assign a macro to the Insert key, as Word does. I tried the same thing in VS 2005, but it doesn't recognize the Insert key in the “shortcut...
    Posted to Security Briefs by keith-brown on 12-09-2005
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  • Overwrite mode should be optional

    Pardon my rant, but does anyone use this feature more than once a year? It'd sure be nice if it were optional (and turned off by default). Is it just me, or are you also fed up with accidentally whacking that Insert key and then playing with undo/redo until you find the exact spot where you turned on...
    Posted to Security Briefs by keith-brown on 12-05-2005
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