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P as in pterodactyl

2012-01-23

As a follow up to my earlier post about the Geek ABC’s, I wanted to share a little story and some humour with you today. I was on the phone with another engineer, using the ITU spelling alphabet but not making a great deal of progress, when my client walked by and said “P as [...]

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Best response to SOPA/PIPA I’ve seen today

2012-01-18

  What can I read to get more information? Try these links: Wikipedia’s articles on SOPA and PIPA Statement from Wikipedia editors announcing decision to black out Wikimedia Foundation press release Blog post from Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner Electronic Frontier Foundation blog post on the problems with SOPA/PIPA As of 6AM PT, January [...]

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

2011-12-10

Squeee! It’s a Doctor Who Christmas episode tease! I’d hate to be all smithereening.

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Trick or Treat!

2011-10-31

Happy Halloween Everyone!

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In review: Mastering Exchange Server 2010

2011-10-07

Jim McBee and David El Fassy deliver a decent coverage of Exchange 2010 in this Sybex book.

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The airline that does this will gain my loyalty for life.

2011-10-06

From Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal-http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2390#comic Of course that’s bs…if an active piece of electronics could cause a plane to crash, or even go off course, no flight could ever get off the ground, but still, it really pisses me off when that ONE GUY thinks he’s exempt from the rules, kinda like the bastards that [...]

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howto://customise Lync 2010 status messages

2011-09-23

Want to customise Lync 2010′s status messages, or enable the secret “appear offline mode?” Me too! Here’s how.

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Now this is really cool

2011-08-23

Check out this YouTube video tour of Microsoft’s datacenters, including innovations in deployment, capacity, and efficiency.

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An open letter to David O. Russell

2010-10-22

Dear Mr Russell, It has come to my attention that you will be writing and directing the film adaptation of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. Considering how great Three Kings was, I think this is very good news for the film. In case you missed it, there is quite a bit of buzz floating around the Internet [...]

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things that make me go squee

2010-09-22

One of the more geeky things that makes me go squeee is the collection of tools from Sysinternals. Now, one simple URL puts them at my fingertips from any server with Internet access. Squeee!

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f.lux is easy on the eyes

2010-08-30

I found a great little tool that adjusts the colour temp of my displays based on the time and room lighting. This not only reduces eye strain, but has a positive impact on getting to sleep after a long evening of overtime, or Diablo II.

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I won’t be quitting my day job anytime soon…

2010-07-07

however, I am now, officially, a paid and published blogger. My first blog post for something other than my own blog was just published on LoveMyTool.com. I lurve the graphic they chose for the post, and am really quite grateful that they requested the bio. Then they went a step further, linking it to my [...]

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