Entries from October 2006

I’m not political but…

Date October 6, 2006

If you cannot find a good solution for a long standing problem, such as a communications issue (see Katrina, and WTC communications problems), then why not “hack” your way around the issue and make it a law that other people have to solve your problems.

Technorati Tags: Bush, Politics, Ham

Windows 2003, security, and VPNs

Date October 6, 2006

Last night, one of our developers stumbled across an odd issue.  I think I’ve seen it before, but it was a long while back.  Windows 2003 server is fairly well locked down to not be running applications it shouldn’t be. This is a good thing ™. The problem is, it seems to stop tasks such [...]

The Daily Show does it again

Date October 4, 2006

Slashdot has a link to a report done by the University of Indiana showing that “The Daily Show” has just as much substance as a standard news broadcast… with humor added.

Technorati Tags: Comedy

Max

Date October 2, 2006

It seems it’s Microsoft test day for me. I’ve been cleaning up my “Downloads” folder, and realized I’d downloading a bunch of applications that I’d not yet had a real chance to take a look at yet. While I am trying to remember what tasks I have to do, I decided to do some cleaning [...]

Live Writer

Date October 2, 2006

Well, plenty of people have posted about, I’m sure you can probably Google for reviews, and all other fun stuffs about it, but I thought I’d give it a whirl myself.  “Interesting” is what comes to mind.  It’s a little like using MS Word, though there are some quirks about it that I’m not sure [...]

Smooth site

Date October 1, 2006

Because they are relocating my office further down town, I am now considering using the Tollway. The new office sits right next to the George Bush Tollway in Dallas, and it’s a straight line drive down the tollway for me. So I am investing in a Tolltag from NTTA. I must say, [...]