Author Archives: Morten Rand-Hendriksen

Opera still on the fence about Silverlight

As I’ve reported before, the Opera web browser has less than stellar support for Microsoft’s Silverlight applications. During a net-meeting with Opera product executive Oleg Tukhin the Norwegian online magazine Amobil.no, my brother Ole asked if we will be seeing proper support for Microsoft’s Silverlight platform in the near future. The answer was somewhat ambiguous:
We [...]

New WordPress based site: The Reader’s Companion

In conjunction with the release of my new book Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 2 in 24 Hours I have created a Reader’s Companion site where the readers can download lesson files, dive deeper into the world of Expression Web through further reading, find relevant links and interact with other readers. The site is [...]

My book is finally here!

So I’m sitting in my couch tweaking the new web site I’ve created to supplment my upcoming book when the phone rings. FedEx is downstairs with something for me. When I get down to the lobby the guy is standing there with two huge boxes complaining about how heavy they are. It took me a [...]

What’s Your Take on the New Microsoft Ad?

So Microsoft has finally rolled out the first part of their new $300 million ad campaign set to regain the trust in the brand as well as put the breaks on the success Apple has acieved with their more and more obnoxious “Hi, I’m a Mac” pieces.
The new ad features comedian Jerry Seinfeld that meets [...]

What Notebook Should I Get?

I need a new notebook (when did they become “notebooks” anyway? I always thought they were “laptops”). The one I share with my better half Angela (a Toshiba Satellite M100-JG2) is too big, too heavy and too old. But as with pretty much everything else I find myself in a self-induced deadlock over which one [...]