There’s a new video out demoing the Multitouch functions of Windows 7. All obvious iPhone ripoff comments aside, what do you think about this direction for Windows? At least they’re trying to do something somewhat new, right?
Archive for May, 2008
Windows 7 Demo – Multitouch On Your PC
Posted in Check It Out!, NERD!, tagged "Why innovate?", Check It Out!, Microsoft, NERD!, O/S, windows on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How To Configure Windows Time Service – W32Time
Posted in Check It Out!, NERD!, tagged Check It Out!, domain, NERD!, NTP, synchronize, time, windows, windows 2003 on May 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The W32Time service is what manages time synchronization for Active Directory domains. Hosts in your domain look to the PDC emulator for time synchronization. By default, Windows will look to your CMOS clock to get it’s time. My problem was that the CMOS clock was about 10 minutes slow.
So, instead of resetting the internal clock, [...]
Yard Sale for Diana – 5/17/08
Posted in Check It Out!, En Generál, tagged benefit, cancer, donate, donation, family, fund raiser, lymphoma, treatment, yard sale on May 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This Saturday, Adrienne and her family are holding a yard sale to benefit her sister Diana who was recently diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. All proceeds from the sale will go to Diana for her medical costs.
We’ve had a great response so far from people who have donated items for the sale. If you have any [...]
Revision3 shows now available on Viddler
Posted in Check It Out!, NERD!, tagged Check It Out!, News, Revision3, viddler, video, web2.0, webcast on May 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Viddler has now added Revision3 to it’s expanding line-up of webcasters.
Congrats Viddler team!
The Viddler Spotlight » Revision3 shows now available on Viddler!
Great Quote of the Day
Posted in En Generál, tagged design, duck, platypus, quote, so funny, so true on May 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
After a long and strange meeting today regarding a remodeling project, one of the meeting attendees said the following:
“The platypus is a duck designed by committee.”
If you’ve ever worked or been involved with any kind of design, I think you’ll appreciate this.
Linux Shootout @ Information Week
Posted in NERD!, Reviews, tagged linux, NERD!, Reviews, technology, tux on May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve dabbled in Linux over the years, but have never really made the leap to running it full-time. I can’t help but notice the huge strides in recent desktop releases though. Here’s a great comparison over at Information Week on 7 different distros.
Linux Shootout: 7 Desktop Distros Compared — Linux Distros — InformationWeek
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Social Commentary
Posted in Check It Out!, En Generál, tagged cancer, Check It Out!, it even has video!, News, oh look! Bikinis, social commentary on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some interesting social commentary in today’s news. This screen shot is from CNN.com. Take a look at the most popular stories.
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