http://jimiz.net/blog Untangling the Web Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:33:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was watching crankyGeeks and John Dvorak had a great suggestion. He mentioned that Adobe should come out with their own Linux Distribution made specifically for PhotoShop. Since the graphic design world has never embraced Linux due to the lack of tools like (PhotoShop and Fireworks). If ... http://jimiz.net/blog/2008/09/02/single-purpose-machine/ I recently tried Weave from Mozilla. It allows you to store items in the Cloud. Go here (weave) to see more Blending the desktop and the web. Bookmarks and links etc... on all devices. http://jimiz.net/blog/2008/08/22/devices-and-information/ How will you watch the Olympics? Here is a great article on stealing the Olympics. Article - Pirate Olympics It sounds like NBC is going to delay broadcasts 3 hrs. So If the Soccer game is on at 2:00 I won't be able to see it till 5 or ... http://jimiz.net/blog/2008/08/06/watching-the-olympics/ I am always interested in ways to save money. I enjoy reading books about the subject and also following some guidelines. I saw this post and figured it was some basic stuff that everyone should follow. http://blog.mint.com/blog/finance-core/9-smart-money-tips-to-help-you-quit-your-job/ http://jimiz.net/blog/2008/08/06/9-smart-money-tips/ I do like Kid Rock. He recently made a PSA (Public Service Announcement) regarding stealing music. Rolling Stone - PSA I read a post somewhere that people took this as a real item and that he was encouraging stealing. I think his concept was great. If you steal music, ... http://jimiz.net/blog/2008/07/23/stealing-music/ I have always been interested in using different email systems. Once google apps came out I realized the value in a system where email / calendar / and contacts can be accessed by the small companies. Here is a great comparison. Google Apps vs Exchange : http://jimiz.net/blog/2008/07/18/gmail-vs-exchange/ I typically work with ISO files rather than keeping CD's or DVD's. If I need to mount the files I use Deamon tools, but if I need to quickly burn these to DVD or CD's I use The ISO recorder powertoy. http://blog.neilmonday.com/2007/04/how-to-burn-isos-directly-in-windows.html http://jimiz.net/blog/2008/07/18/burn-an-iso/ There are some times where I just wonder why SharePoint is so popular. I had an instance where a client would like to have the login page secured. This would require the login page (forms based authentication) to have an ssl certificate. Since I had setup ... http://jimiz.net/blog/2008/07/17/sharepoint-and-ssl/ I love it when a great new application comes along and is open source. The guys from DimDim, have created a Webex and Livemeeting like application that is open source. www.dimdim.com I was using, www.vyew.com but will give this a try. In my initial trials it has worked well. ... http://jimiz.net/blog/2008/07/10/open-source-applications/ My backup server and utility server is a ubuntu box in my basement. Nothing special, an old laptop with a USB drive attached for backups. Every night my machines rsync with it and keep files nice and safe. Recently I noticed the main partition was getting a bit ... http://jimiz.net/blog/2008/06/19/cleaning-up-your-linux-box/