Hey by the way, if you missed the Digital Cinema Night at Gnomedex tonight you missed a very impressive piece of technology. The video quality on the big screen was really quite amazing. I think Microsoft really has some good stuff going on in this area. It also didn’t hurt that they sponsored the evening and gave us free beer, which is very close to being as cool as free wi-fi!
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Interesting article on the latest twist in the fax laws. I’m pretty torn about this issue. As the IT person for a small business I can tell you that trying to prepare for the day when we can’t fax anyone without their written permission has been burdensome, to the point where we probably won’t do…
I did some research and found that the SMC Barricade WAN port does not act as an uplink, I need a crossover cable to connect the Hawking Router to the SMC wireless router using LAN ports. So that explains why that wasn’t working last night. Rule number one of tech work, always have the correct…
Yeah you might not be jealous of the external hard drive, the SCTV DVD set, a couple of other CD’s, some clothes and books, etc. But I know you all are jealous that I got this for my birthday! Update: You can see them in action over on Angela’s blog. Follow these topics: Uncategorized
On Scoble’s link blog I saw this story from Microsoft Monitor about Dell pushing PC’s with XP Home pre-installed to small businesses. They see the growing number of small businesses looking to save a buck by purchasing the Home version as a bad thing, and I would definitely have to agree. Last week, in the…
Doc and Mary have a bunch more detail on the CARP ruling, including reactions, etc. One thing I thought of last night though about broadcast stations, not only are they going to pull webcast streams because of the cost, but they owe back-royalties for the last 2 years, due Oct. 20. Is there not a…
By now I’m sure you’ve all heard about the security hole in Firefox, and the “recommended fixes”. Here’s the thing though, turning off Javascript disables all those cool little Greasemonkey scripts, and turning off “Let website install software” just makes it more difficult for people to get extensions for Firefox. It’s those extensions and add-ons…