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Archive for March, 2009
Greedy Bastards
In: Micro$oft
27 Mar 2009I’m not a windows mobile developer. And why would you want to be. Seeing this latest article from CNet News, I can’t think of a reason I would want to play in the Micro$oft world of endless, confusing licensing agreements.
Microsoft plans to charge mobile-application developers $99 to [...]
Your privacy at stake…
In: In the news| Politics| Security
26 Mar 2009Looks like it might be time to install TrueCrypt for all of my files.
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- Tags: Encryption, Privacy, Your Rights
No server restart?
22 Mar 2009I follow quite a few blogs of various people that make headlines and have a coding background. One person in particular that somehow made the list many moons ago that I have failed to remove is Leah Culver. I think it was her ties to the midwest and the fact that she seems [...]
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- Tags: code, database, Design, optimization, rant
Transplant for Trae
In: In the news
21 Mar 2009If you are in the Des Moines area, there is a great cause that you can help out with.
Today is the Transplant for Trae hockey game at Wells Fargo arena. Trae Hamilton is a 17 month old boy with a rare kidney disorder. A disorder if left untreated will most [...]
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- Tags: Cancer Sucks!
There’s nothing like a security company spamming you. Sure sure, some people might claim that I’ve signed up for this. Notice the header, it was sent to webmaster. Who signs up webmaster on a mailing list. NO ONE!!!
Nice try comodo, I’m not buying.
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- Tags: Spam
Happy St Patrick’s Day!
In: In the news
17 Mar 2009Unfortunately for us this year, St. Patty’s day falls on a work day which brings to mind this fine Irish quote:
“Work is a curse of the drinking class” -Oscar Wilde
Hopefully the office will have a nice celebration so we can raise a pint or two. If not, I’m scheduling an afternoon [...]
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- Tags: Drinking
Great Service!
In: Tips & Tricks
16 Mar 2009A few weeks ago, one of our Public Radio stations here in the state of Iowa was off the air. It was a good week or two that it was out. I had a strong feeling that they knew about the outage, but I figured I would send them a quick note [...]
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- Tags: Customer Service, Public Radio
Wii Fit at Best Buy
In: Rants
15 Mar 2009I realize that they are sold out, but why aren’t they taking back orders? It seems like the logical place to do it. I’m not going to drive my ass into your store every other week to see if you got one in. I’m just not going to do it. [...]
Kindle for iPhone
4 Mar 2009Read any tech blog out there and you will surely find a story about the new Kindle App for the iPhone. I’ve been wanting a Kindle for a while now but the price is a bit steep for the amount of reading that I do. My wife on the other hand goes [...]
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- Tags: iPhone Apps, Kindle
Exchange 14 – Service First, Server 2nd
In: Micro$oft
3 Mar 2009I’m thinking that Microsoft is finally starting to realize that the hosted model ‘works’. Seeing this article on cnet is starting to make me feel a lot better about the future of Exchange. As a hosted exchange provider, I can tell you that making Exchange a multi tenant environment is [...]
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- Not sure how many sysadmins are out there looking for jobs. But @LightEdge has a few opening on the windows side http://bit.ly/9iHszN
- RT @dhh: Jeremy Clarkson says it perfectly: http://bit.ly/ajvQ95 -- so much evil has been done in the name of "never again".
- RT @thaddeus: I'm pretty sure @RyanMcMahan will love this: http://bit.ly/aTs0uZ < That's Freaking Sweet!
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