GrandCentral at it’s most basic level is a service that let’s you have one phone number that rings all your other numbers. They have taken that simple concept and expanded on it with a great interface to manage all your interactions with your phone.
Currently the invitation period has been closed, so I decided to post [...]
I’m a little scared that there needs to be a blog dedicated to Microsoft Licensing, but here it is. Check out the two part special on SQL Server 2005 Licensing. Joking aside, this looks to be a really useful site for some of the trickier licensing issues you can run into.
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One of the coolest (and most frustrating) things in the new Office 2007 application suite is the new “Ribbon” navigation system. There was a time (between 1997 and 2006) where everyone could breeze through Microsoft Office with their eyes closed. No more! Now we have to resort to *gasp* help (http://office.microsoft.com) for the most basic [...]
The fine people over at pingdom have a gallery of Network Operation Centers taken from some of the big players in the space.
My favorite? The AT&T Global NOC
Head on over to http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=296 to see more. Have any pictures of NOCs yourself? Send ‘em my way and I’ll put them up at http://www.datacenterporn.com.
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New parents often have an abundance of things they have to buy that they’ve never heard of or considered before. With our daughter, my wife and I roamed a local baby store for several hours overwhelmed with options. Avent bottles, or Dr. Browns? Slim and nimble stroller (for avoiding ninjas), or heavy duty carry all [...]
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"Love the internet as much as me? Maybe you’ll like these: I collect CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) images and recreate them in acrylic. They’re for sale, buy some art! They’re named (top to bottom) lisp, YFHWR, and qGphJD, respectively. Each is on a 5×7 canvas on [...]
NASA moves to save computers from swarming ants
"May 15, 2008 (Computerworld) A flood of voracious ants is heading straight for Houston, taking out computers, radios and even vehicles in their path.
Even the Johnson Space Center has called in extermination experts to keep the pests out of their sensitive and critical systems."
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When I signed up for GrandCentral (the Google phone project) I picked a number in my area code, 913, that looked easy to remember. After getting the account created, looking through all the features, and generally getting excited about using it, I tried to dial.
"You must first dial a 1 before calling this number"
Great, here’s [...]
Greg Ferro has a series going on over at his site etherealmind.com that looks to be a good overview of iSCSI. He’s already four parts in, you can find the first article covering some basics here.