With the official start of the winter games happening today, I’m having a good time this morning checking out various sites related to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. It’s particularly fun being close, now that I am back living in Seattle, WA, just a couple/few hours south of Vancouver, BC. I may try to go up [...]
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This past month I moved across the country, back to the Seattle, Washington area. I love it here! And, I’m glad to be back.
This trip back was done with everything I own able to fit into my truck with the top carrier. It was not really that tight of a fit. That’s mostly because I don’t [...]
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Cell Phone Encryption Code Is Divulged
“A German computer engineer said Monday that he had deciphered and published the secret code used to encrypt most of the world’s digital mobile phone calls, saying it was his attempt to expose weaknesses in the security of global wireless systems.”
…hmmm… More perspective is in the full article. However, it [...]
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There are many reasons. One of the Twitter co-founders writes about one good one. They listened.
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Twitter recently banned the use of some passwords that are way to easy and obvious for “the bad guys” to exploit. The commentary on weak passwords is so strong and obvious, yet so many people ignore the warnings and just don’t care. When users maintain weak passwords, and their computers or phones or bank accounts [...]
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http://xkcd.com/678/
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From: The Webby Awards – The Webby Top 10
HT: Awards honor top 10 Internet moments of the decade
Also, (note from me, not the quote below) this same decade was the one where SharePoint took off!
The Ten Most Influential Internet Moments of the Decade
Craigslist expands outside San Francisco (2000)
In 2000, the free classifieds site broadened its reach outside of [...]
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Repost of updated, previous post (sounding repeatedly, redundant this morning)…
Added Windows and Linux to the already popular Mac Print Screen Post…
http://blog.techprofound.com/2009/02/15/print-screen-on-mac/
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I’ve noted before how I feel about doing updates. The tasks involved often feel like a waste, unless you are the person who has to go fix things or the clients and customers that have to deal with the problems and down times when systems are not current. This past weekend I helped someone get [...]
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WSS: October, 2009 Cumulative (download)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974989
MOSS: October, 2009 Cumulative (download)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974988
Need help with these? Inetium (my employer) folks do his for a living.
UPDATE: Here’s the official Microsoft SharePoint Team Blog post.
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I think it’s pretty interesting to see how people search and find posts here. Here are the top posts from the past week…
print screen on mac (80 views)
Sleepless in Seattle (13 views)
WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007 Cumulative Updates for August 2009 (11 views)
100 fun domain names that are still available (8 views)
iTube – convert YouTube videos for iPod (.mp4) (7 [...]
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information overload
It’s always time to simplify.
We need to make information simple.
We need to listen and organize and purge.
We need to be patient with those around us who adapt at different rates.
We need to revisit our approach.
I just watched this “Web 2.0″ video again. It is information overload. Yet, it also is about managing external perception. It [...]
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