Tag Archives: Whiist

Whiist plans, past and future

A question I’ve been asked fairly often is "will there be a version of Whiist for Vail?". Before yesterday, my reply has been along the lines of: Absolutely! Infact there’s going to be two versions "Whiist Classic" will essentially be … Continue reading

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Life update!

It’s been a wee while, but then I’ve been a wee bit busy lately! Part of that is because I’ve left behind the sun-drenched beaches of Los Angeles for the slightly chillier climate of the Bay Area – San Francisco … Continue reading

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Whiist and Power Pack 1 / Media Smart Server

Over the weekend I uploaded a new version of Whiist that fixes an issue with Power Pack 1 for Windows Home Server, and the remaining issue with the HP Media Smart Server. The Power Pack 1 issue was due to … Continue reading

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Windows Home Server saves Whiist!

This week I tried installing Mac OSX 10.5 on my PC (more on this later) so I could have a play with the iPhone SDK. I’m a little underwhelmed by some of the restrictions, but there’s still a couple of … Continue reading

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Whoops!

With a new version of Whiist available, and I supect many new owners of WHS boxes, I managed to exceed my monthly bandwidth limit which resulted in this site being offline for a few days. All should be good now. … Continue reading

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Customize your Windows Home Server homepage

From questions I’ve seen on the Windows Home Server forums one of the most sought after customizations is changing the default image on the homepage of your server. If you’ve tried to do this yourself you’ve probably found it isn’t … Continue reading

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Whiist and HP MediaSmart Server

Since the release of HP’s Media Smart Server I’ve had emails from several users who have encountered problems while using Whiist. While many MSS owners are using Whiist trouble-free, some have encountered problems where they are either no longer able … Continue reading

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I won!?…. I WON!!!

Wow. Just. Wow. Out of all the entries submitted for Microsoft’s Code2Fame challenge, and from the three excellent finalists, Whiist managed to take first place! So here’s how it went down; Early on the Tuesday morning Liz and I flew … Continue reading

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Code2Fame / Whiist 0.76

I’ve just uploaded the latest version of Whiist, v0.76. This is basically the version that I submitted for Microsoft’s Code2Fame challenge but fixes a bug where new Photo Albums would always be linked on your Windows Home Server homepage. Speaking of which, I … Continue reading

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New Whiist – now with new tasty website security.

For the adventurous (and Windows Home Server-owning) types amongst you there a link at the bottom of this post to a pre-release of the next version of Whiist. Because this version features a lot of changes I’m going to wait a few … Continue reading

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