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Posted in General on Oct 7th, 2004
One addition to my previous post. Robert Scoble comments about how in-flight wireless is changing his work world. “The world just changed again. A coworker, Jennifer Ritzinger, just sent me email from 32,000 feet somewhere over the North Sea near Norway. She was using Lufthansa’s new "FlyNet" wireless high-speed Internet service, through Conextion by Boeing [...]
Posted in General on Oct 7th, 2004
I spend a fair share of my time on the road. As a business traveler I am usually in ‘work-mode’ when sitting at the airport. Each year more airports are adding wireless access points which makes it much easier to stay connected. Some of these WAP’s are even free. For example, last summer I spent [...]
Posted in General on Sep 22nd, 2004
http://weblogs.asp.net/robert_hensing/archive/2004/08/09/211383.aspx Robert Hensing writes more about his specialty: security. Learn about the hacker species from a man who battles them every day.
Posted in General on Aug 28th, 2004
This article is a bit off topic. Those of you who are techies know that your working life is filled with the quest for good technical knowledge. Often times you can find it in a book. Heard the joke about becoming a programmer – you’d better buy a big bookshelf. Bibliomania is a site that [...]
Posted in General on Jul 28th, 2004
Robert Hensing is writing about security and his first post {Why you shouldn’t be using passwords of any kind on your Windows networks} is a doozy. Stop what you are doing. Go read Robert Hensing’s’ article. Ready to change your password? Most of us think we know what is best when choosing a password; think [...]
Posted in General on Jul 17th, 2004
In case you have heard yet, Microsoft Virtual PC can run a wide variety of operating systems. Reading the Microsoft documentation will not tell you this, it is very vague on the complete list of systems supported. But someone – Jonathan Maltz – has spent a lot of time figuring out everything you want to [...]
Posted in General on Jul 8th, 2004
Email has had a profound effect on many parts of global culture. But I have to say it is a walking corpse, a zombie, that you see everyday but is virtually lifeless. Corporations will continue to use it – but not for much longer. Many corporations have started seeking ways to eliminate email from their [...]
Posted in General on Jun 18th, 2004
I noticed shortly after I installed Office XP or Office 2003 (can’t remember which) that the Favorites shortcut was missing from the File Open and File Save Dialogs. Today I finally got frustrated enough to spend some time researching how to add Favorites back to the dialogs. Turns out it was very easy and only [...]
Posted in General on Apr 17th, 2004
A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. – Dictionary.com A unit of intellectual or cultural information that survives long enough to be recognized as such, and which can pass from mind to mind. – Richard Dawkins [The [...]