• Strange interference

    I’ve noticed something quite bizarre over the last few days. Something seems to be interfering with the service to my T-Mobile Blackberry when I’m at home. Whenever I’m at home, emails will simply come in bunches every once in awhile, sometimes as much as a few hours from when they were sent, and frequently going…

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    Mainstream media

    I overheard, not in the literal sense but secondhand, an IT professional lamenting the lack of media coverage about the Daylight Savings time switch and the possible affect on computer systems. Apparently, in cases like this, he likes to send an alert to the folks he supports and send them a link to CNN or…

  • MCDST

    So my boss got the go ahead to order some training materials so that he and I can both become Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technicians. It’s not exactly the certification that I’ve been dreaming about or anything, but if they’re willing to fork up the money for self-paced training materials and testing fees, who am…

  • Zoho Notebook

    As most of you know, I love OneNote, I love my GTD TiddlyWiki, I simply love tools that help keep you organized, and on top of things. Given that, I was quite intrigued by a post I ran across from Stowe Boyd about the announcement of Zoho Notebook. This might warrant keeping an eye on,…

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    Interview

    Phil Gerbyshak E-mailed me a number of questions about working at a help desk, and is posting the interview as a series over on Help Desk Notes. Part 1 went up last night, I’ll update this post with links to the other parts as he gets them posted. (Part 2 is up, as well as…

  • Office 2007

    Awhile back, I linked to the Power of Together thing that Microsoft was doing, where you could get a free copy of Office 2007 and/or Vista in exchange for watching some videos and web demo’s. I got my Product Key for Office 2007 in the mail today, so naturally I was off to download it….