I'm pretty obsessed with Ubuntu so I was really excited about upgrading from 8.04 to 8.10. While the upgrade isn't that major per se, I had to upgrade Ubuntu to 8.10 because my video card is not supported by the current version of Intel drivers. I was playing with the Release Candidate last week and [...]
Archive For October, 2008
Newsgator – Initial Review
One of the most wonderful things about the Internet is that new information is so immediate that often times by the time the information gets to a magazine, the information is already stale. Being in the IT industry, I personally feel that it gives me an edge to always be as informed as possible. Another [...]
Randomness
Technorati Profile
Usually I like to play with random web technology. I was surprised when I found that I had a Technorati account from 2005. Makes me wonder about all the other random accounts that I have out there. I needed to put in the claim code for my site. Let's see if this works for [...]
PockeTwit – Updated Review
I’ve been trying to get into microblogging a lot more lately as I find the concept fascinating. My microblog platform of choice is Twitter. Not so much because it’s a great platform but rather because it’s the one used the most and it has some interesting attached sevices like TwitPics. The cool thing about Twitter [...]
Swamped
I'm
into week 3 here at Zoocasa and I've been swamped! Such is the life of
working at a startup. The technology is interesting but there are
definitely growing pains. At least the work is challenging. I'll
hopefully have the time to write more about my thoughts on Zoocasa over
the weekend. In the mean time, I've completed a more [...]
It’s all about data
Lately I've been asked to give my opinion on NAS but the real question behind it typically points more towards data retention, storage or archive. As we get more savvy about computers, the internet and technology in general, there becomes a greater tendency to store more data. It becomes even more interesting if you have [...]
Fall Colours
I've been antsy to go take photos this past few days and the colours in our part of town has been so vibrant. As it was Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada, we decided to take a walk in Leslieville and then take our niece and nephew apple picking at Chudleigh's farm. Here are some of [...]
All Done!
I've always wanted to get my basement done but could never really come to a final decision on what to do with it. Almost after half a year of debate, a design was decided on and a vendor was chosen. The final design was relatively simple. Outside of just covering up the furnace area, we [...]
VMWare Server 2.0 – Initial Review
I've
been a big fan of the VMWare server product for a while now. I started
out with the issue where I was running a multi-server environment at
home. I always thought it was a good idea to have at least one spare
environment to act as a redundant as I was constantly experimenting. As
my concepts became more complex, [...]
Digsby – Initial Review
I've always been an instant messaging fiend and lately I've found myself leaving the Trillian Astra alpha for Digsby. Lately Trillian has been a bit flakey for me. I had a really bizarre problem where whenever I have Trillian running and if I plugged in a USB device, Windows Media Player would crash. If you [...]
