Monthly Archives: April 2005

The Good, the Bad, and the Bald

I just did a very difficult thing: I withdrew from an overdue RPG writing project that I thought would easily be within my capabilities and that turned out (for many reasons) not to be. I should have done this months … Continue reading

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Welcome a new blogger

Treanna has joined our little blogging community with a gripping tale of kites, Nature, loss, and recovery. I’m really proud of her; she wrote the initial draft of her entry in Notepad. Once she’d finished, I went back through it … Continue reading

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A look at Microsoft’s Data Protection Manager

Remember my previous post about Microsoft Data Protection Server? Now I can talk about it a bit more in-depth. Heck, even The Register is talking about it. Microsoft has changed the name of the product; it’s now Microsoft System Center … Continue reading

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Happy in Mac land

It seems I’m not the only one who recently Switched. John Scalzi has succumbed to the sweet lure of OS X. It’s funny that e-mail was his killer app, because as I stated previously, Microsoft Entourage (their answer to Outlook … Continue reading

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Not my weekend

Not my weekend for computer issues, so far. My Mac mini has been experiencing some weird display problems — the ViewSonic LCD flat panel I have would randomly lose the display and not be able to get it back again. … Continue reading

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The Switch

Okay, after my first three days as a Mac user, I think I’m ready to start commenting on my experience so far. General impression: the Mac doesn’t have nearly as many sharp edges. I mean that literally, BTW; almost every … Continue reading

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Holy-roller mother!

My mom made the cover of the Foothills section of the Arizona Star today. There was a photographer at their church last Sunday and Mom got captured on film. It’s a somewhat charismatic worship service — they’re a Vineyard church. … Continue reading

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Nice pipes!

Okay, this is really cool and creepy at the same time. My Mac mini showed up this morning, and I promptly installed Office 2004 so I could configure Entourage (the e-mail client that unlike Outlook allows you to have connections … Continue reading

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Exchange Security Update

There’s a new Exchange security update (MS05-021) out; there is a potential for remote code execution. There are updates for: Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 3 (update of MS04-035) Exchange Server 2003 Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Exchange 5.0 … Continue reading

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A perfect chance for Democrats to rise above partisan politics

John Kerry may have exposed the identity of an undercover CIA agent during open testimony in Congress. Ace of Spades says “This will be the first and last time you ever hear about this. If it can’t be used against … Continue reading

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I blame Andrew.

My Unitarian Jihad Name is: The Atom Bomb of Enlightenment. Get yours. Share this post:ShareFacebookDiggRedditEmailStumbleUpon

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It’s My Party

Neither Stephanie nor I are pretty when we cry. If you’re drawing a blank on why the above line makes sense in a post titled “It’s My Party,” you’ve obviously never seen the movie of the same name starring Eric … Continue reading

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Community Server roster

Since I’ve been rooting around for good example skins and skinning references for Community Server, I figured I’d kill two birds with one stone and start keeping a list of all the resources I found. I’ve posted the result over … Continue reading

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Shirts vs. Skins

I’ve taken the plunge into learning how to create skins for Community Server. My first attempts will be aimed at getting the basic aggregator pages modified to fit 3Sharp as part of our pending upgrade from .Text to CS, coupled … Continue reading

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My contribution to the Notes roadshow

I made a small and unintentional contribution to the Notes roadshow just now. John, Paul, and Greg are currently in Washington, D. C. giving a demo; I’m at home, working away on some papers when my phone rings. I can … Continue reading

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Best. Job. Ever.

I’ve bragged before about having the best job ever, but it’s official. And why is that? Because my boss informed me today he’s put in the paperwork to purchase a Mac mini for me. Drop-shipped to my house, since that’s … Continue reading

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Keeping up with Microsoft

Keeping up with Microsoft security and support information can be tricky, but Microsoft provides quite a few useful websites and tools you can use to make the job easier. The Microsoft Security Site. This site gives you links into Windows … Continue reading

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A collection of thoughts and links

It was a good weekend. Between a wedding, church, and a long-overdue visit from one set of the kids’ godparents (who decided to take our family out to the theaters to see The Pacifier), got lots of non-computer stuff done … Continue reading

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Lingering doubts

If I’d had any doubts about whether the right thing happened in the Terri Schiavo case, they are rapidly disintegrating. Teresa Nielsen Hayden recently posted a fragment from the Guardian Ad Litem’s report in which it comes to the light … Continue reading

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Comments are fixed

Thanks to Alistair (an old net.friend from the long-ago days when I was still a practicing BOFH and denizen of the Scary Devil Monastery) and Ken at Telligent (the fine programmers of Community Server), the problem has been cleared up … Continue reading

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Funniest April Fool’s day posting I’ve seen yet

Charlie Stross goes posthuman. My favorite line is the crack about the temporal vortex and needing the combined efforts of Stephen Baxter, Vernor Vinge, and Greg Bear to free him, and not just because I’ve met Vernor Vinge in person … Continue reading

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When not to press your case

[Editor: This post was originally posted last night, but for some reason wasn't reliably showing up in the outgoing feeds. Those of you who have already seen it, I apologize to both of you.] Pat Sajak, known to many as … Continue reading

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Comments aren’t working

For some reason, comments aren’t working on my blog. This explains why I’m not seeing any.I’m working to track down and fix the problem. Share this post:ShareFacebookDiggRedditEmailStumbleUpon

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Call me Demosthenes

Steph has started indulging in a nice habit, now that I’m getting my home office more mucked out; she’ll drag her chair into my office, along with some craft project such as knitting, and sit with me while I’m working. … Continue reading

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The Internet, the U.N., and the ITU

It probably comes as no surprise that even though I am a geek, I am also very American in many of my opinions. What got me thinking about this? A recent interview with ITU Director Houlin Zhao on the CNET … Continue reading

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