2007 October

Possibly one of the most enlightening pieces on suspicions of Comcast filtering peer to peer traffic that I have seen in a very long time. Think this is wild, it gets even stranger. Now to be fair, this is hardly an unbiased source. Posting this stuff is obviously demonstrating that they are as frustrated with […]

November will be a busy month of conference travel for me. On November 7th I’ll fly briefly to Las Vegas for a quick panel gig at the DevConnections conference (I’ll be there Wednesday afternoon and all day Thursday), followed by a more extensive trip on Saturday the 10th to Barcelona, Spain. I’ll be there for […]

In experienced users should be discouraged from using the registry. In some cases, unless a person in dedicated to learning more about it, you may want to remove the ability for other users to use the Registry Editor. For example, if your computer is shared amongst multiple users, you can prevent the other users from […]

How secure is your network? The best way to find out is to attack it. Network Security Assessment provides you with the tricks and tools professional security consultants use to identify and assess risks in Internet-based networks — the same penetration testing model they use to secure government, military, and commercial networks. With this book, […]

Recent events at my mom’s bookstore in Bellingham, WA (Whatcom County) have reminded me just how far away I really am down here. And this brings me to a pretty big request - I need someone close to that area whom I can trust. Not for anything major, just basic network troubleshooting, hardware replacement, basic […]

You have more than likely heard the warning not to play in the Windows registry if you are not familiar with what you are doing. Even the smallest change can in fact wreak havoc on your computer. At first, you may just open it up out of curiosity. Next time you might actually expand a […]

Cookbooks provide tried and true recipes for those of us who don’t have time to experiment on our own. These cookbooks can range from gourmet meals to comfort foods, from luxurious desserts to home-cooked dinners. However, O’Reilly Media has produced different types of cookbooks over the years; cookbooks that teach programming and scripts to those […]

This paper focuses on the use of clustered caching to provide applications with significantly higher throughput and lower latency for data operations while retaining the data quality that the application requires.
Organizations require predictability of application scalability, both in terms of cost and effort. The good news for modern applications is that there are proven approaches […]

Today I have spent a fair portion of my work day with a new browser, Flock. In the past, I found it to be unimpressive as it felt like a Flickr bucket more than anything. But when I discovered how I could subscribe to YouTube channels easier than ever before and then fell in love […]

Today, George asks:
My problem is.. My PC died and I replaced with new SATA HD, M-board etc…. Had to put my old “HD” into a USB docking station to access files (after having to “take ownership” to get into the “access denied”
folders. BUT - where is the Thunderbird contacts folder? I […]

Calling All Gnomies — give me your brains! Or at least your thoughts.
It’s been forever and a day since my last post. It’s not for lack of ideas and topics (if anything, I’ve got too many of them) — it’s just a lack of time, but that will change soon (I hope). I am closing […]

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Today as promised, I am going to share that email I sent to Chris in response to something he said to the point of Linux being an OS for hobbyists. Before I do, remember that this is an editorial. That means it is loaded with opinions, some of them strong and overly loud. And as […]

There’s been a slight lack of specific information about the actual Gmail IMAP rollout timeframes (the phrase being thrown around - “a few days” - is sufficiently vague, yet it tends to make one think of the number “three”), as well as a lack of information about Google Apps email service and IMAP on that […]

Initially, I was going to do a report on an email conversation that Chris and I had today. Considering a time crunch is in affect for the day, it’ll have to wait until tomorrow. Moving on.
Today my mom calls me with a bit of urgency regarding their bookstore. It seems that their Internet had gone […]

Today, Rob asks:
I am planning on buying a mac when leopard is released and I was thinking about running xp with boot camp. Then I thought would Wubi work on the xp side of things if I was using boot camp?
Awesome news on the upcoming Mac purchase, I am sure you will love it. As […]

About the only time I deviate from fun puzzles and logical discussions is when something so egregious happens that the urge to rant overcomes my thin layer of civilization. Today’s rant can be partially forgiven because at the heart of it is a concern about logical thinking and actions.
The culprit is Time Warner again. […]

Placing your resume online is a great way to increase your chances of finding your dream job. Many companies now use the Internet as a means of finding potential employees. However, this does bring up the issue of privacy. Posting a resume online can have negative results if you do not take certain precautions to […]

Mac users will of course point out that this appears to be copying the success seen with the Apple iMac. Perhaps, I am not going to argue this as I don’t care. It will be interesting to see how PC users perceive this form factor over that of the typical PC. This new look is […]

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