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View all →May 9, 2007
How to Fix Master Browser (MRxSmb) Event ID 8003 errors
I was reviewing some Windows Small Business Server 2003 Event Logs and came across a repeated entry in the System log. It basically looked like this: Event Type: Error Event Source: MRxSmb Event Category: None Event ID: 8003 Date: 5/8/2007 Time: 10:05:16 PM User: N/A Computer: [SERVER] Description: The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer [computer]…
Read more →May 7, 2007
HTD Roundup: Snippets of Tech that I have been playing with
It's been a while since my last post so I figured I would do yet another laundry list of things that I have been doing and technology I have been reviewing: Updated my Blog Theme to Redoable 1.2 - still a work in progress as there are some issues preventing me from showing what I had previously MAMP 1.6 -…
Read more →April 20, 2007
Issues installing Mac Security Update 2007-004
I guess I got lazy and did not follow my normal routine of backing up and repairing permissions PRIOR to installing software updates from Apple's auto updates. So, last night, I simply installed the update from the Software Update program. Well, after rebooting (which took abnormally long - but has been duplicated by others so is expected behavior), I was…
Read more →April 5, 2007
Find your path through Wikipedia using Pathway
Okay Mac/Wikipedia users, this one is for you. Have you ever found yourself lost navigating through the incredible amount of links and cross links within Wikipedia? It's truly hard to use the back button to go back and forth throughout Wikipedia when your exploration is truly multi-layered. You need a breadcrumb trail and a way to link all of the…
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March 26, 2007
NeoOffice 2.1 released – MS Office for Mac replacement
If you are tired of paying for Microsoft Office for Mac, you have had an alternative for some time, that of OpenOffice. The "problem" with OpenOffice is that you have to have X11 (a windowing environment) installed on your Mac. And it looks like a "port" from Windows. Enter NeoOffice. NeoOffice was updated to 2.1 on March 26th, 2007. NeoOffice…
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March 22, 2007
Great MadTV piece – Fun with Apple, Steve Jobs and …
A friend showed me this YouTube video and I must say that it is one of the more clever MadTV pieces I have ever seen! Fun with Apple, Steve Jobs and I won't give out the spoiler... Enjoy! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGHty_S0TU0] [For some reason, the YouTube image might not appear above. The direct link is here.]
Read more →March 20, 2007
Power add-on for Excel
If you are like me, Microsoft Excel is one of the primary applications that you use (probably mainly for tracking lists of things). As with most applications, most of us only use a fraction of the functionality. We can apply the 80/20 rule here where 80 percent use only a fraction and 20 percent might be considered "power users." And…
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March 14, 2007
Save precious hard drive space on your Mac
If you are like me, disk space is a precious commodity. I tend to download gobs and gobs of software and never clean it up. Pictures and MP3's can suck up a lot of space on your computer as well. How do you manage your disk space? Well, I found a great little (free) application that can potentially save you…
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March 9, 2007
Quick way to test if you need DST patch
Ok, you are running out of time!!! Literally! Thanks, Kris, for the comment on my previous post. Here is a site that you can just point your browser to in order to find out if you need to apply a patch for DST or not. It's really easy to do, trust me. Click here to test! If you are OK,…
Read more →March 9, 2007
Check your server DST settings using PERL
The new Daylight Saving Time is almost upon us. My company is losing money now on all of the IT updates that we have to do (but that is another story, in fact, I read today that some Economic Analysts now think that the change will not save energy/money because while people won't be using as much electricity in the…
Read more →March 2, 2007
TZedit, DST, and JVM – not happy together
Earlier I wrote about the change to the Daylight Saving Time and how it could cause lots of lost time and money for IT and Dev folks (potentially offsetting any savings through energy). Well, I now have first-hand experience of how things can go awry and end up costing. My company has a production environment that is running a combination…
Read more →February 21, 2007
Change to Daylight Saving Time – the new Y2K?
Daylight Saving Time is changing this year, due to some decisions made in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Beginning in 2007, Daylight Saving Time is one month and begins for most of the United States at: 2 a.m. on the Second Sunday in March to 2 a.m. on the First Sunday of November Daylight Saving is supposed to save…
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