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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Windows 7 RC: The Switch
This weekend, I finally finished getting our desktop computers replaced. They’re older system that have been running Windows XP for a long time. I’d gotten newer hardware and had started building new systems, intending to put Vista Ultimate SP1 on … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Life
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EAS: King of Sync?
Seven months or so ago, IBM surprised a bunch of people by announcing that they were licensing Microsoft’s Exchange ActiveSync protocol (EAS) for use with a future version of Lotus Notes. I’m sure there were a few folks who saw … Continue reading
Posted in 3Sharp, Exchange
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A Deplorable Development in the Tuber Arms Race
OMG. No, seriously. _O_ M _G_. Potato guns/canons? Pretty wicked cool. But a potato gatling gun????? Frakking YES.
Posted in Life, People, Recreation
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Comparing PowerShell Switch Parameters with Boolean Parameters
If you’ve ever take a look at the help output (or TechNet documentation) for PowerShell cmdlets, you see that they list several pieces of information about each of the various parameters the cmdlet can use: The parameter name Whether it … Continue reading
Posted in 3Sharp, Exchange, PowerShell
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Some Thoughts on FBA (part 1)
It’s funny how topics tend to come in clumps. Take the current example: forms-based authentication (FBA) in Exchange. An FBA Overview FBA was introduced in Exchange Server 2003 as a new authentication method for Outlook Web Access. It requires OWA … Continue reading
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A Modest Thought on “Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell”
With the recent activity surrounding the hearing for Army Lieutenant Dan Choi, an Iraq War veteran and Arab linguist who is also openly gay, I had a thought occur to me and I wanted to share it with y’all. In … Continue reading