Google Voice – One step closer to perfection
on Oct 27, 2009 in Services Google Google Voice Google Voice really didn’t add anything new other than some interface modifications and instructions for mobile users, however it does bring the service one step closer to perfection. Here’s why: Most people are not going to spend the tim...

Win 7 Impressions, Day 3
on Oct 24, 2009 in Software Of course I’ve been using Windows 7 for longer than three days, but this is the third day having it on my old Dell XPS M1210. I just noticed recently that the poor laptop is coming up on its 3-year anniversary. It had a 3-year warranty with acc...

Win 7
on Oct 23, 2009 in Software Win7 Windows 7 The big question I had was whether or not entering a retail code into the RTM code would work. It did not work for me. Now that I’m running 64-bit Windows 7 Professional on my Dell XPS M1210, I thought I’d go through a little of the proce...

Windows 7 iexplore.exe
on Aug 21, 2009 in Software Windows 7 I have a RTM build of Windows 7 on my work desktop. I brought up task manager after leaving the system on for about a week and found the following: Now I am trying to use the machine just like I would use Vista or XP except that I, until this point,...

Safety Online
on Aug 8, 2009 in Internet Security facebook safety twitter I was reading about the recent Twitter DOS that also affected Facebook and particularly the comments posted on CNN about how not having Twitter made people feel naked. One person interviewed said that people knew everything about her life because of...

CentOS
on Jul 30, 2009 in Software CentOS Linux A co-worker of mine recently asked why we use commercial Linux rather than free counterpart software. This is a great reason: http://www.centos.org/ In a nutshell it seems as if the lead developer for CentOS, which is a free Red Hat Enterprise Linux...

Ubiquitous (and cheap) access from the road
on Jun 19, 2009 in Internet Mobile data iPhone tethering Since I am on vacation at  the moment, this touches close to home. Why is it nearly 2010 and we still do not have cheap ubiquitous internet access anywhere? I arrive at my in-laws house and they don’t have a wireless connection, but they do ha...

Certification Rant
on Jun 10, 2009 in Services certifications There are a few camps of thoughts on certifications. But first I want to talk about the types of certified people. First is the certification nut who has half a dozen or more after his or her name. These are typically instructors, or people with a jo...

Blogging At Work
on Apr 7, 2009 in Soapbox blogging policy work The company I work for recently published a policy forbidding blogging while at work. From first glance this looks like a natural and normal thing - why should they provide resources to enable people to blog. Blog from home on your own time and with...

Vista Laptop
on Mar 14, 2009 in Soapbox Windows 7 Windows Vista This month marks two years for my Vista install on my laptop. It is absolutely the best operating system I’ve ever used. Here’s what would have happened to me had I installed a different operating system two years ago: Windows XP - the ne...