August 2004 Entries
Ladies and Gentlemen, I implore you to read Scoble's post on security. It will give you a better idea on how you can keep your computer(s) safe from the bad guys. Scoble has mapped out fourteen points on how to be secure. Do I follow every one? No. But I have made a conscious decision on why I do and why I don't. If you are a home user or a novice user take the time to understand the issues and learn why security is important. Microsoft shouldn't be the only one to blame if something awful happens.
A few weeks ago I picked up wired-wireless-bridge-USB-print-server-analog-optical-audio-source-thingie from Apple. They officially call it the Airport Express. I personally like my name better but I don't know if anyone would remember it. Just so you know my home network is composed of the Buffalo WBR-G54 router and the WLA-G54C repeater bridge. After blowing through Linksys and and Netgear routers I moved to Buffalo and have been very impressed. Their tech support is friendly and helpful. Their interface is a little complex but with that complexity resides great flexibility and power. I also don't have to figure out what firmware I need to install...
Windows XP Service Pack 2 has been released. It is installing on my machine right now. You can find it at www.windowsupdate.com.
Friday night after work I popped into the Apple store for the wired-wireless-bridge-USB-print-server-analog-optical-audio-source-thingie and lo and behold they actually had iPod Mini's in stock! I couldn't pass that up so I got a silver one and it rocks. My Dad and I was bowling in another tournament yesterday (I've been doing that a lot huh?) so I brought it along. Once we got to the center my Mom confiscated it and practically drained the battery. I almost forgot, I did pick up Doom 3 on my way home from the Apple store (EB was next door). Damn, is it impressive. The...
This morning I had to download Internet Explorer 6 for distribution to a couple of people around the company. I went to the IE home page and clicked on the download section. I chose to download the IE setup and ran it. And it installed on my machine. Great! This is not what I wanted. So I googled it. I found this page oddly titled "How to download Internet Explorer 6 SP1." What I was missing was this: "C:\WINDOWS\Windows Update Setup Files\ie6setup.exe" /c:"ie6wzd.exe /d /s:""#E" Now isn't that straight forward? Why can't the setup just ask me if I want...
Channel9 has been busy recently posting some really great videos. Here's some highlights. Click and enjoy.
Iain McDonald - What's the secret to being a good leader?Boyd Multerer - The best developerStewart Tansley - Robot Building ClubLarry Hryb - Meet Major Nelson of Xbox LiveRich Davies - Smart Personal Objects TechnologyPeter Wengert - Inside Microsoft AutomotivePeter Wengert - More on Microsoft AutomotiveDan Fernandez - Demo of C# Express (pull images from Google) - A UM grad. Thankyouverymuch.Chris Gray - A super small file serverKevin Schofield - Tour of Microsoft Research's Next Media groupKevin Schofield - Tour of Microsoft Research's VIBE group (large...