Monthly Archives: March 2005

Windows Server 2003 SP1

Windows Server 2003 SP1 is out. Read more about it and grab it from Microsoft (where else?). Highlights include: Available for 32-bit x86 and Itanium systems (all 25 of them) CD, single machine installer via Windows Update, or multi-machine network … Continue reading

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The Lego Mars Rover

As soon as I learned about it, I’ve always wanted the Lego Mars Rover. Unfortunately, we never had the money for it until recently. So I headed to the Lego website and it turns out the thing is out print. … Continue reading

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Candles!

We recently picked up some lovely scented votives at one of my mother-in-law’s craft shows recently. Steph and I portioned them out and I greedily ran back to my office with mine. I’ve been burning them today while I’ve been … Continue reading

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Word of the Day: knowledgeababble

knowledgeababble adj. 1: having extensive information or understanding coupled with the inability to refrain from impulsive disclosure of one’s expertise and opinion, resulting in a flood of words and a drought of wisdom; “Alan Keyes is a knowledgeababble commentator.” See … Continue reading

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In Progress 3

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Coming attractions

I was going to take some time this evening to process the digital pictures of my new Lego Mars Rover so I could post them here for your pleasure, but it got eaten up finishing a couple of final drafts … Continue reading

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I can’t tell if this is success or failure…

I made it all the way through Lent without having any pop[1], so Easter Sunday afternoon I treated myself to a can of Pepsi. I had another one this afternoon. It just doesn’t taste as good as I used to … Continue reading

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Big ol’ giggle

In the process of moving websites and domains around today, I was trying to figure out how to merge Steph’s teawithstephanie.com domain with my thecabal.org domain in the same installation of Community Server, so that we could take advantage of … Continue reading

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Shaking off the dust

There are a few oddities lingering around after the upgrade: The galleries that I had (Christmas pictures) totally did not transfer over. Oh, well, c’est la vie. I’ll take that in trade for having a working rich text editor in … Continue reading

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You may notice something different…

…and no, I didn’t cut/dye my hair, lose weight, or switch dish soap.Instead, what I did is upgrade my .Text installation to Community Server 1.0 and migrated my content over. Yay! Now I can actually work on learning how to … Continue reading

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This Idea Eats Brains!

I wasn’t a big fan of the story of Beauty and the Beast until the day I stumbled across Robin McKinley when I was 12. Although the first book of hers I devoured was The Blue Sword, it didn’t take … Continue reading

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Burst of Creativity

Thanks to the joys of wireless networks, laptops, and the rare conjunction of having a free evening, enough energy to do something about it, and enough brainpower to remember what all I want to do, I’m sitting in bed next … Continue reading

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Jam session, perfection, and suckitude

I was asked by our priest if I could provide some quiet background guitar music for my church’s Maundy Thursday service. I agreed, and when time came to head down to the church tonight, I decided to walk. It’s only … Continue reading

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Sun to further restrict access to online support information

See my work blog for more details, but the gist of it is that Sun is closing off even more information that is currently publicly available, in favor of restricting it to those who have support contracts. Share this post:ShareFacebookDiggRedditEmailStumbleUpon

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The demise of SunSolve as we know it

Sun has long had an impressive amount of documentation and support material on their website, in the form of SunSolve. That appears to be changing in the near future. From the Sunsolve website: Sun is streamlining online support, and access … Continue reading

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Cookbook progress and the rediscovery of free time

Oh, right, since I forget to mention it — we got the last chapter of the Exchange Cookbook off to our editor’s hands (and thus into production) early last week, so I’ve actually had some free time again in the … Continue reading

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I am not cool because I don’t have enough spare time to be

And you’ll see what I mean if you take a look at this nifty link to transparent backgrounds (thanks to Adam for the link). The cat has to be my favorite. Share this post:ShareFacebookDiggRedditEmailStumbleUpon

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Zen and the Art of Spoofing Romance Novel Covers

I try to read a variety of blogs on a daily basis. I don’t normally think of Instpundit as a site for lots of humor, but today he led me to The Wonderful World of Longmire via this hysterically funny … Continue reading

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Ups and Downs

The past couple of weeks have been full of ups and downs. More ups than downs, overall. Ups: Getting a draft done and turned in at work. Although it was late, the customer seemed really happy with it, so I’m … Continue reading

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I blame Chad

Vodka Congratulations! You’re 95 proof, with specific scores in beer (20) , wine (66), and liquor (52). All right…you’re getting into the harder stuff. A good martini, a Mai Tai or straight shots of hard liquor is what you’re into. … Continue reading

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All-nighters and Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom

I’m staying up late to get a paper done for work. While I’d rather not pull late nights and long days, in reality I have an extremely high amount of flexibility and self-determination in the day-to-day details of my job. … Continue reading

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Much busy, soccer moms, and the UN.

I have been really busy lately, in a good way. Lots of productive stuff getting done, but it’s taking all my time. I mean, you know I’m too busy when I don’t have time to rant on my blog and … Continue reading

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Microsoft Data Protection Server

Have you heard about Microsoft Data Protection Server (DPS) yet? If not, you can see what Windows IT Pro‘s Karen Forster has to say about it in her recent Q&A session with Microsoft’s Ben Matheson. Or you could check out … Continue reading

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Upgrading to Service Pack 1 for ISA 2004

Microsoft has released Service Pack 1 for ISA Server 2004. It’s fairly straightforward and so far seems to just be mostly bugfixes and minor features upgrades, such as allowing the co-existence of form-based authentication and RADIUS. I just upgraded my … Continue reading

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