Category: miscellaneous

  • SocialText does Sharepoint

    I have been playing around with the free version of SocialText on my home webserver for a few weeks and I have to say it is the way to go in a corporate environment.  My problem to this point has been how to convince anyone in corporate IT to actually set-up a server (virtual or…

  • I'll never need a power outlet again!

    I got this in last week, but was having some problems so I didn’t post until I had everything worked out. The “this” I’m talking about is a BatteryGeek external battery for my HP TC4400. I had been looking at the extra-long life batteries that connected directly to the tablet, but decided that since it…

  • I hate the time change!

    .!. First day of work after the time change and I remember now why I hate it so much. Coming to work in the day light is OK, but going home in the dark absolutely sucks. I guess there is some good news though on the horizon through: DST begins almost 3 weeks earlier next…

  • Another football game

    I went to see another Bengal’s game this weekend. I didn’t ask John to go with me as I was afraid he might kill himself on the stairs. To be honest the real reason was I actually got DeAnna to come with me. I’m not sure if that’s because I was going or because one…

  • Test of new digital video camera: Creative DiviCam 428

    As I mentioned in a previous post, I just got a new very simple (i.e. cheap) digital video camera, the Creative DiviCam 428.  It’s not sold in the states, so I contacted a friend of mine who lives in Japan and asked him if he could pick one up for me.  As luck would have…

  • Trying out Google AdSense

    As you will have noticed already if you are reading my page in a browser (and not through an aggregator) I have added a few AdSense ads to my blog.  This is less to make any money, but more to see how the model actually works.  I don’t get enough traffic to do much more…

  • Some competition for Google spreadsheets?

    This is a really nice app and the guys at Google should take a look before they release their next rev.  I really like the graphing features, especially the fact that you can get a permalink to any completed graph.  Should make web based reporting, really easy. Online Spreadsheets – EditGrid

  • Customer demo day

    I was out for a big customer demo day yesterday.  It has been a long time (3 years+) since I have gone to such an extensive and scripted demonstration of our products.  A few observations: Boogeyman hd We have some smart M*****F******’s working for us.  I thought I had a good handle on what we…

  • Another reason for me to move to Media Center

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