Archive for the ‘technology’ Category
Social Networking
Mar.10.2010
This is how networking gets done at a social networking conference — Blackberry to Blackberry. Even over lunch.
Sixth Sense Technology
Mar.09.2010
One the speakers at the conference today made reference to a couple of interesting video clips including this one about the Sixth Sense Technology Project.
As a photographer, I thought his digital camera was “unique”.
In A Word, No
Feb.22.2010
A Windows 7 stability fix breaks stability. Interesting to read the comments on the Technet Forum. Makes me miss the Windows platform.
I especially enjoy the comments from the Microsoft technical support folks. They are really trying to help. Like this comment. The key question comes at the end of his post.
You may update the BIOS and the hardware drivers first.
After that, I would like to suggest you disable the antivirus program and try to install the update KB977074 in Clean Boot manually again.
Here are the download links for the update KB977074:
Update KB977074 for Windows 7 32-bit: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=19e12856-4808-4fbf-b5c9-2dac4bbb48b6
Update KB977074 for Windows 7 64-bit: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=86B3EDE2-84EF-44A0-8084-D65AF65482BE&displaylang=en
Does it work?
The Captain’s Chair
Feb.16.2010
Quite excited as the Herman Miller Embody chair that we ordered in December arrived from the factory today. No assembly required. A bit of fine tuning of the seat adjustments and I am in total comfort. No back pain. A photo of the new chair in my office at home.
Full Screen Weather
Feb.13.2010
Now this is the way to get a weather update off the web: fullscreenweather.com
Mustafas Gemusekebap
Feb.13.2010
I have no idea what it means. And I do not understand most of what it is trying to tell me. It is likely a restaurant. Possibly in Berlin. What I do know is that it is one of the most creative websites I have seen in quite some time. Mousing around the page provides all sorts of fun.
The site is here. Enjoy.
The 10 Best IT Jobs
Feb.10.2010
IT World Canada posted their list of the 10 best IT jobs right now. They see growing demand for technologies such as virtualization, cloud, network security and social computing skills.
So what are the best jobs in IT?
1. Security specialist/ethical hacker
2. Virtual systems manager
3. Capacity manager
4. Network engineer
5. Open source specialist
6. Service assurance manager
7. Electronic health records systems manager
8. Sourcing specialist
9. Service catalog manager
10. Business process engineer
iPad is Bad
Feb.08.2010
Lots of negative perspectives, like this one, concerning the iPad. You also get this type of noise from Gizmodo. Makes you wonder why anyone would even bother making a tablet. Clearly, there is no market.
When To Wave Goodbye
Feb.08.2010
I still haven’t figured out how to use Wave even after Google gives me a hint.
I have collected pictures of some of the most stunning recording studios in the world and you can travel through the set by clicking 
