Normally I’m not a huge fanboy, and I try (no, really, I do) not to turn into an Apple Fanboy (or a Linux Fanboy), at least to too extreme an extreme. However, one thing I noticed a bit ago that I thought I should mention, at least in the “this is where Apple wins” department…. […]
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It’s things like this that make you sound like idiots instead of just passionate about your software or hardware dealer of choice (post from online forum regarding the (just) released iPod Touch 2.0 firmware): OK, it’s downloading!!!!! I swear, if there is one bug with 2.0, I’ll be on the phone bitching out some customer
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So I got somehow sucked into the TWiT TV 24 hour iPhone live netcast….. 24 hours of Leo Laporte sitting and talking about the iPhone and talking to people around the world as the different iPhone stores open from New Zealand all the way around the world to California. Yup, a video stream of a
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Update: Thanks Boone for the digg! So I finally got off the phone with Rogers and have a bit of information that might help my fellow Canadians with navigating the tricky waters that is figuring out WTF Rogers is doing with their plans. I have a feeling that they might not be so much evil
Some iPhone Details From Rogers Read Post »
My google-fu seems to be broken right now, so I’ll ask the interweb in general, with the hopes that some kind soul from VMWare will be able to help me out. I’m looking for a way to mount a VMWare ESX (VI 3.5 in particular) VMDK disk file on a local system. This used to
Dear Lazyweb / VMWare – How Can I Mount a VMWare ESX VMDK File? Read Post »
This weekend my (short) travels led me to the local NCIX computer store, where I picked up, among some other toys, a new case for the MythTV PVR system I have. Seems that the wife didn’t appreciate the old computer case with whining fans and cables strewn about sitting in the middle of the living
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After seeing this offer I’m wondering if there’s any reason now not to buy a DROBO? My file server is constantly at 95% full and being able to buy the DROBO unit, and the drives, at about the price I had figured for the 4 x 1TB drives alone ($500+ savings?!?!?!?!) Pros Comes with full
Considering Pulling the Trigger on a DROBO… Should I? Read Post »
This has been going on for a while. The symptoms were: Windows Media Player (wmplayer.exe) was running on boot, not visible of course, even after creating a new account Sometimes when playing an MP3 with WMP it would play, but when losing the WMP window the mp3 would continue playing (and wmplayer.exe would still run)
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I just re-read this blog post on Vista security as it was linked from the Vista SP1 RTM announcement and had a thought…. Internet Geeks: Linux and mac are so much more secure than windows! Look at how few vulnerabilities there are for them! Microsoft and Friends: Those OSs only have a few percent of
Quick Thought on Windows Vista Security Read Post »
Today I went to my first Vancouver Ruby Camp, a set of talks by people in the local Ruby and Ruby on Rails community. Translation for non-techies out there… a complete geek-fest! It was great 🙂 Honestly my RoR experience is near nil, and my Ruby experience consists of reading a book on the train
Ruby Camp 2008 Review Read Post »