A coworker of mine, Anand Iyer (www.Artificialignorance.net), pointed us to a really good article / opinion-piece by Joel Spolsky. Joel rants on the “Perils of JavaSchools”.Now, you have to indulge me a bit here. Yes, I’m an IT Pro. But my upbringing into my career was with a CompSci degree at the University of Minnesota, where … Continue reading Joel is right!
DID YOU KNOW…The complete content from the January • February 2006 issue of TechNet Magazine is now available online at http://www.technetmagazine.comDetails and other good content are available at the TechNet Magazine Blog. See blog post: http://blogs.technet.com/tnmag/archive/2006/01/03/416824.aspxA couple of my team mates, Kai Axford and John Baker, are sometime-contributors to those rags.
SQL Server 2005 Tidbit 040 This one is just for fun and nostalgia value. It’s a copy of Microsoft SQL Server 1.1 running as a Virtual Machine under Microsoft Virtual PC.http://blogs.virtualserver.tv/blogs/dugie/archive/2005/12/12/345.aspxThanks Andrew Dugdell!—Got an IT question? Give me a comment, or contact me.
I’ve been asked by a couple people where I got that “The Blog” shirt. Here's a link to that very shirt at the place I bought it from:http://www.t-shirthumor.com/Merchant2/products/blog.html?Category_Code=topsI also own this “You have the right to remain silent” one on a black T-shirt:http://www.t-shirthumor.com/Merchant2/products/rtrs.html?Category_Code=tops
Faceplates for the 360 are for sale from Microsoft and others, but my good friend and coworker Michael J. Murphy (“Brother Murphy”) found this really cool site that allows you to create your own custom faceplate:And they’re only $9.99 (plus S&H).(I’m sure my boys will be begging me for one now…)—On a related note – … Continue reading Trick out your XBOX 360
Set aside some time for this. It’s addictive!http://chir.ag/stuff/sand/(Saw on Chris Avis’ blog.)
Yeah… I’ve been rather delinquent in my blog postings of late. I really enjoyed some scaled-back work-time over the holidays. No… I didn’t take vacation. But I did spend more time with my family. I spent my working hours working on content for this new quarter of TechNet Events, and what time I may have … Continue reading By the way.. Happy New Year!
Mike Nash has written a really good description up on the Microsoft Security Response Center blog.The MSRC Blog is yet another resource you can use to stay informed. Use an RSS Reader and subscribe to it.For those of you who don’t know, Mike Nash is the Corporate Vice President responsible for security at Microsoft.
And if you don’t know about it, and you consider yourself an “IT Pro”, then shame on you for not being connected and informed in areas of Security that are CRITICAL to your job, bozo.“What’s up?”Recently a vulnerability was found in the way Windows works with .WMF formatted files – particularly in a function that … Continue reading You should already know about this…
I love the week after Christmas. When I was a kid, it wasn’t getting all the presents on Christmas eve or Christmas day that was the best part of the season. It was the days immediately AFTER Christmas when you could actually PLAY with your new toys. And now that I’m an “adult” (some would … Continue reading I hope you’re having as much fun as I am!
Absolutely Full of I.T. 