Category Archives: Computers

I don’t know whether folks reading this via RSS got it too, or whether it’s just a quirk of Livejournal’s RSS feed system, but for some reason when LJ finally picked up my new blog posts this afternoon (so why … Continue reading →

I’ve updated the Community Server software to version 1.1. Things should look a touch different, since 1.1 has a lot more functionality. I’ll probably be updating to one of the beta versions of 2.0 here in the next couple of … Continue reading →

Thanks to my friend Adam for pointing out this article to me: How to write effective emails. I found a suggestion that I need follow faithfully:If your message includes any kind of request—whether for a meeting, a progress update, a … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon, Steph asked me to help her with some computer troubles — her Palm Pilot hadn’t been synching up for a couple of weeks and now her email programs weren’t logging into our Exchange server. First step of troubleshooting … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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.

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 →

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 →

…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 →

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.

Oh, hell yeah! Fujitsu Laboratories has produced prototype electronic paper. They hope to have it out in production in 2006. Thanks to Chrissy for the link.

[Ed. If you know anyone who is a computer geek, please send them the URL to this post.] I have a ton of classic and not-so-classic computers and accessories to find new homes for. Since I don’t have the time … Continue reading →

Well, I’m not writing yet (as was my intention on getting up) but after eating breakfast and having some cola, I found the ambition to perform a couple of administrative tasks on my network. One of them turned out to … Continue reading →

I will be so VERY glad when Community Server 1.0 finally ships. Community Server is an integrated blog/forum/picture gallery package written for the .NET Framework and is currently on beta 3. I currently use the .Text blog software; CS 1.0 … Continue reading →

Why the bloody hell is .Text sending two or more Trackback entries to blogs I link to? That’s really annoying, and I apologize to everyone whose blogs I just spammed. Edited: it’s because .Text sends out a new Trackback entry … Continue reading →