“General” collection
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View all →September 26, 2006
Watch out Windows Live…here comes Netvibes!
I was browsing my referral stats on Google Analytics and I saw a domain called Netvibes.com show up. Of course, that piqued my interest so I started some research on this. Well, I must say that I was impressed! This is a clear cut example of a Web 2.0 type of site. (What is Web 2.0? Take a look at…
Read more →September 25, 2006
Evaluating two Open Source Apps: Vanilla Forum & CraftySyntax
First one that I was looking at was Vanilla forums by Lussumo. What I was looking for was a forum that was different from all of the others out there. A looong time ago, I played with SnitzForums and phpBB. They seem to be ok, full featured, highly configurable...there are many others out there but they all look the same.…
Read more →September 24, 2006
Race for the Cure!
My wonderful wife did a wonderful thing. About a week ago, she decided that she would do the Race for the Cure (The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation race in San Francisco). She has been working out for a long time but this time decided to do it for the good of others. Driven by various events, including a…
Read more →September 23, 2006
Go Cobras!
My oldest daughter, Natasha, is a member the Cobras of LMYA Soccer. They are currently 3-0 and looking really solid! I'm so proud of my little soccer player! She is showing a lot of promise and talent!
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September 22, 2006
A happy ending to the Apple Support Vicious Circle
Well, I didn't think it would happen...but it did. Finally, I was able to talk to someone live...after being on hold for 35 minutes. This time, when I went through the SAME status line, there was an option to talk to a representative. So, I got that option, was on hold then, nicely, pleaded my case to the rep. I…
Read more →September 21, 2006
Stuck in a vicious Apple support circle
Ok, I just have to vent for a bit here...but first I want to say that I have always loved Macs and Apple computer...I endorse them, support them, fix them and use them. I'm encouraged with their recent decisions, intel chip, dual boot, fun with Parallels, etc. Wish I could get a new Intel-based one....some day. But I digress... Here's…
Read more →September 21, 2006
Cookie Monster killed my Safari
Over the past few days, I had been having issues with Safari simply crashing every time that I launched it. No matter what I did (Disk Repair, Repair Permissions, etc.), I was unable to correct. I had to resort to using Firefox (which I actually now kind of like a bit better). So, on a whim, I posted to the…
Read more →September 20, 2006
Fun with OpenSource
Some interesting opensource items that I have been playing with: JitterBit Integration Server - pretty nice stand alone integration server with various types of hooks activeCollab - a flat out opensource "attack" at BaseCamp SugarCRM - an extremely solid implementation of a CRM solution (although I'm slammed with a upgrade error due to my hosting provider having an old version…
Read more →September 20, 2006
Trying to re-engage…
I'm trying to see if I can get back to doing more things with this blog...life always throws you in different directions. Since the last post about Anti-Spyware software, I have been busy evaluating all sorts of different technologies and software (including the fact that I'm using a Firefox Extension called Performancing to post to this blog).Stay tuned...more fun to…
Read more →April 11, 2006
Anti-Spyware Tools (recommended)
There are two anti-spyware tools that are free that I recommend all Windows users install: Spybot Search & Destroy SpywareBlaster Both of these tools are free, however, you need to be diligent in terms of updating their "definitions" regularly (part of the price of using "freeware" tools). I usually go to one of my favorite Windows program sites called MajorGeeks…
Read more →November 16, 2005
Bringing life to an old laptop
More fun in techdom. My wife's laptop hard drive was filling up...becoming more fragmented...and therefore, slowing down. I decided to give it the gift of a new life. I purchased a 100gig hard drive with a 16mb cache. Installing on a dell is a snap...sorta. My problem was, I didn't see the adapter that was attached to the old drive,…
Read more →November 9, 2005
The blame game
Macs rule! Simple, elegant and the stuff just works. Prime example: new digital camera. After our old digital camera died and we purchased a new one, we, of course, wanted to see how well it worked. The test: take a picture and get it off the camera and on to a computer. For the Mac: a matter of minutes with…
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