The drive in my Dell d820 went dead again on Friday. Do I have a backup yes. Is it recent. NO. Was I backing it up before it died (yes) just like before. I hooked up the backup disk (an external usb drive) and started the job. I noticed I did not have much space on my external drive and started …
I use some sites frequently to view site information. http://www.domaintools.com (site information and lookup) http://www.netcraft.com (what is that site running) http://www.builtwith.com (what technology is use on a site)
I am always on the lookout for a small form factor PC. I have reduced the number of machines in my home down to 2 machines. Our home PC and my wife’s laptop. What I have found is that I need one more (linux) machine to do tasks. Things like email archiving, scanning, and forensics. To make this work I have …
I have had my hard drive fail. In fact I have had a lot of drives fail. This may be a shock to people but hard drives fail. They have moving parts and run at high speeds so they will fail. What frustrates me is how many people do not backup. There are so many tools that automate backups and make …
Recently had a client have issues with their WSS site and needed to restore the content DB. I took a look at their server and could not find the DB’s. After a little investigation we discovered that they had attached to the Embedded Edition of sql instead of the Standard edition that was installed. What was strange about this is the …
I recently started a project where I had to stream a live audio broadcast for a church. I have done live audio streaming in the past (few years back). I was in the middle of setting up the Windows Media Server and could not remember how to get the system to take a “push” broadcast. Push is the method where an …
I have been using vista for a bit now. I have not been too impressed. A few great features are locked in vista. Many things that are added are items I never use (Sidebar, graphics, etc…) the look and feel stuff. One thing that came with vista was a performance hit. I have a Dell 820 with 2 gig ram and …
The first week of using the blackjack has shown me that a full keyboard is really useful. In the past my previous smart phone (Cingular 2125) did not have the full keyboard, and I would typically use it for just reading email. Now I have found myself being productive when not having my computer by being able to respond using the …
If you are like me you probably are installing some freeware apps and also some new beta software to try. You have no doubt ran across an installation error or corruption, either adding or removing these programs. Microsoft has release a tool that will help fix corrupted installs or removals. The Microsoft Installer Cleanup Utility is located here (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301/) Here …
I have always been a fan of compression on IIS. I have written a few posts on how to actually do compression on IIS6 and II5 (http://www.iisinformation.com/blogs/jimiz/archive/2007/04/30/iis-6-0-compression.aspx). The problem with the built in compression is that you do not get any stats or results of what is actually happening. The team over at ripcordsoftware put together a great application called IISxpress. …
Well my previous phone Cingular 2125 died on me over the weekend. I was without a phone for a few days. What a horrible thing. You realize how dependent you are on a cell phone when it is your only means of communication. I travel from client to client frequently with my job and my office phone goes days on end …
I am a true believer in VOIP. I use Vonage at home and have used SKYPE before that, as a phone system in my house. I love our country where competition allows for the prices to stay low and technology and creativity to flourish. However, one down side is when good companies fold. That is the case with SunRocket. They are …
The guys from spout have a post out at techcrunch Spout: MySpace + Netflix Take a look
Here is a great article on how to setup and configure compression in IIS 6.0 http://www.iisinformation.com/ I have used IIS compression many times to decrease bandwidth and improve end user performance.
Great post on lifehack.org (http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/digg-life-how-social-media-will-change-the-world.html) Discussing how social media will / could change how we get information. To some extent I agree with the post, but I do still like my Sunday paper (old school media) to catch up on local information and also to have something physical to read.