I remember the days of having the perfect Mixed tape. You would keep it or share it with a friend. What a great time, all you needed was a boom box and you had some good tunes. In today’s age, we have mix CD’s and mp3 files. There is a great new site that is getting a lot of attention called …
I was asked by a client on how to tell if someone’s password was strong enough. I was not sure on the need, and at first I was looking to either build or find a webservice that would test strength. After hearing the need over the phone we were able to use some already build applications (web sites) to do what …
I love “Mar#h M@dness”. I would have used the words but did not want to get sued. I’m currently just relaxing and watching basketball. My brackets are not doing well, however it is still fun to watch.
I have heard people say they love vista, I have heard others curse it and go back to XP. In one case I know of a Microsoft Developer who will not run vista. I love new technology but respect speed and performance and I do not see either of those in vista. Currently I am running vista x86 and I am …
As of Wednesday the company I work for NuSoft Solutions (www.nusoftsolutions.com) has been acquired by RCM Technologies (www.rcmt.com) a publicly traded company. The role I have been in as Principal consultant for our Kinetic IG initiative will still continue. Being part of the RCM family will increase our ability to scale and obtain growth. Press Release http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2008/03/19/businesswire20080319006197r1.html
So far my dell d830 running Vista 64 is doing really good. I have found that it eats the battery faster than before and that there are a few more issues with some programs. I have found that my favorite image capture program (cropper) does not work. the performance increase and reliability are worth it.
I finally got a new laptop from work to replace my dead D820. I now have a refurbished d830. So far I am very happy. It has the same case, look, and screen as the last one. However, this box has 64bit Vista running on it. I am excited to be using 64. I have only noticed a few things that …
One of my favorite tools on the web (www.dnsstuff.com) recently made a site change. They took their free tools and lookups and moved them to a different area. They also added a subscription model and want to make some money. I am not against the change, in fact I am excited that they could make some money off their great tools. …
If you are like me and your computer died and you are now using another for every day use and don’t have your collection of images for wallpaper (I hope you are not like me) You may find this site useful http://marcogomes.com/wallpapr It is a very nice wallpaper search. I just selected soccer and got a great selection of Soccer images …
After my not so trusty dell d20 laptop decided I needed another hard drive inside of it, I realized that I should go with solid-state hard drives. It could by my frustration with the machine I have (dell mentioned earlier) but why do hard drives have to be the main point of failure. So while a scrubber program is running on …
I’m not sure how I stumbled to this link, probably reading my rss feeds. But, what a simple and great idea. SpaceStation A product to organize your cords and also clean up your desk space for a laptop. I have probably seen a few people do this on their own over the years but never made a product out of it. …
I just ran across a post on lifehacker regarding running linux on your windows machines Run linux on windows app I think it is a good idea and a nice distro. I have found that I use my linux machine for years in just a terminal window. However, no matter where I go I am able (as long as I have …
Skydrive is giving you 5gigs of data. Backup, share, and push your data online. http://skydrive.live.com/ I currently use Mozy and I-drive for backup. But skydrive allows you to share files.
Next week we will no longer be able to use a “bag phone” or at least an analog one. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021500036.html They are turning off most of the networks. I’m not sure too many people are going to notice. But some companies are very interested in this. Home security systems that were installed may run off analog, hard wired cell phones (emergency …
In the normal world of business when you start your business people may use the term “hang out a shingle” , in other words open for business (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hang+out+shingle). Well the group I am part of a nusoft just launched our placeholder site and we are getting ready to “hang our shingle” www.kineticig.com It’s not much now but a place holder. So …