Monthly Archives: January 2007

Office 2007? I haven’t finished deploying 2003 yet!

Just skimmed an article on El Reg about Office 2007′s expected slow uptake.  The school I work for is currently in the process of upgrading from Office 2000 to Office 2003.  I can’t imagine why we’d want to upgrade to … Continue reading

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Back to Slashdot

I used to get my nerd news fix from Slashdot like every other self-respecting geek, but I was lured away when Digg came around with its pretty interface and “wisdom-of-the-masses”. Turns out the masses have the collective wisdom of my … Continue reading

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IT Horror Story

Instant messages from a friend who I’m sure would blog this but can’t for obvious reasons: Steve: I’m making an emergency run to best buy for someone because they need 6 UPSs and they won’t make it in time Steve: … Continue reading

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Down with Discs, Up with Netflix!

My wife and I have subscribed to Netflix for the past 3 years and have loved it besides one major downside: the DVDs. It always seemed silly for us to subscribe to a service named “Netflix”, have broadband, and still … Continue reading

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Windows Home Server: Good Product, Wrong Market?

I hate to say it, but according to Paul Thurott’s review, Windows Home Server sounds like a good product. Although they picked the wrong market. (And who knows how well it will actually work…) Why the Home market is wrong… … Continue reading

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Simple Smarthost with Postfix

I wanted to setup my workstation’s e-mail to relay through the new e-mail server I setup. To do this I would need to setup my workstation’s Postfix SMTP client to use the mail server as a relayhost (Postfix lingo) a.k.a. … Continue reading

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