iPhone 3.0 Software Update - Silence the bashers.

Well I updated my iPhone with the iPhone 3.0 Software Update this morning, I was probably one of the first in New Zealand if not the world as I was up at 4:30am.

Anyway, this is a fairly major release and was very impressed to see that it was free.

It should shut up all the iPhone bashers as it now has all the features of a high-spec Nokia.

Summary of the major new "features"

Cut, Copy & Paste
Landscape Keyboard
MMS - Great I can finally receive dirty photos of my Girlfriend
Spotlight Search
Voice Memos
Improved Calendar
Internet Tethering
Stereo Bluetooth
Shake to Shuffle

It also includes some other fairly minor improvements.

The Bluetooth is a big one for me and I understand that it will support connecting the Apple Wireless Keyboard, which makes the ideal travel solution as the pesky airlines keep getting tighter and tighter on Luggage Restrictions. Can't wait to try it out.

Have found only one minor problem in that it activates the screen when a song changes on the iPod.

ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate - Upgrade issues - Spec#

First of all, great news that the ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate has finally been released. Full credit to the team for the hard work on this. You can get the download here However this is the first time I have had upgrade issues. Phil Haack has noted some of the issues here If like me you have lot's of CTP's and Add-Ins then you might experience some pain in Uninstalling MVC Beta on Vista SP1 This is the list of Add-Ins / CTP's I had to uninstall to get it to work Spec# PEX Resharper 4.1 Sourcelinks ANTS Profiler 4 Can't say I'm too impressed as it wasted over an hour of my time. As it turned out Spec# turned out to be the offending culprit, it's forgiveable to have issues with a third party product but a Microsoft one? Guess no-one on the ASP.NET team has Spec# installed.

Freeing Disk Space on C:\ Windows Server 2008

I just spent the last little while trying to clear space on our servers in order to install .NET 4.5 . Decided to post so my future self can find the information when I next have to do this. I performed all the usual tasks: Deleting any files/folders from C:\windows\temp and C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Local\Temp Delete all EventViewer logs Save to another Disk if you want to keep them Remove any unused programs, e.g. Firefox Remove anything in C:\inetpub\logs Remove any file/folders C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles Remove any file/folders from C:\Users\%UserName%\Downloads Remove any file/folders able to be removed from C:\Users\%UserName%\Desktop Remove any file/folders able to be removed from C:\Users\%UserName%\My Documents Stop Windows Update service and remove all files/folders from C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution Deleting an Event Logs Run COMPCLN.exe Move the Virtual Memory file to another disk However this wasn’t enough & I found the most space...

CPF Contribution Rates for new Singapore Permanent Residents (SPR’s)

Recently my wife and I applied and got approved for Singapore Permanent Residency. After completing the formalities the most significant immediate change is the contribution to CPF which is Singapore’s mandatory social security savings scheme requiring contributions from employers and employees. CPF contributions start from the date you obtain SPR status, which is the date of the entry permit. Being a relentless budgeter I needed to know exactly how much I and my employer would have to contribute so that I could adjust my budget accordingly as the employee contributions get deducted from the monthly salary. After doing some research I discovered that there is a “graduated” approach to CPF contributions for new SPR’s where the contributions gradually increase in the first and second year and then upon reaching the third year are at the full amount. Note: There is an option for employers to contribute the full amount for year 1 and year 2 and the employee can use the gra...

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