While it may seem like all I write about these days is Rogers, it’s really the only thing I’ve been dealing with on the service provider front. All my other corporate relations have been going well: I pay people money and they provide a service without bothering me unduly. (I must congratulate the wireless business [...]
Also tagged dns, internet, rogers, vpnThe big news today (well, yesterday by the time this goes live) was that Windows Vista SP1 had released to manufacturing. Annoyingly enough, this doesn’t mean it’s available for public download yet, and end users will have to wait until in mid-March from Windows Update, or mid-April through Automatic Updates. I’ll keep my eye out [...]
Also tagged sp1, vista, windowsFrom Boing Boing:
Western Digital is disabling sharing of any avi, divx, mp3, mpeg, and many other files on its network connected devices; due to unverifiable media license authentication.
The support page on the issue effectively notes that the ‘license authentication’ nonsense blocks any type of media from being accessed by anonymous share users.
I don’t own any [...]
Just checked out the Eclipse SVN site and apparently the issue with dashes in new PHP filenames has been resolved. I upgraded my work copy to the latest nightly build and things seem to be going well. (The October 1st integration build might be better stability-wise, but I’ve had good luck with the nightly builds.)
For [...]
A puzzling problem lately arose when I was asked (through our consulting business) to find a better contacts, calendar and task synchronization solution for a BlackBerry device and Microsoft Outlook. Typically, large business and enterprise users have little issue with this problem, since BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Exchange, GroupWise or Domino takes care of the [...]
Also tagged bes, blackberry, Consulting, mdaemon, rim, syncje, syncml, worldclientIt’s been about 20 days since I was last able to crank out a post for the site – I’ve started a few entries but haven’t been able to finish anything of substance.
Work has primarily been what’s on my mind. I’ve finished – or at least stabilized – a large custom application for my [...]
ArsTechnica writes that Remote Desktop for Mac 2.0 beta has finally been released. It’s now a Universal Binary, which means that it runs natively on Intel OS X systems, while consuming less RAM and picking up speed. Apparently this version will expire in March 2008, which means we’ll have to see another update before then.
I’ll [...]
It’s “System Administration Saturday”, which is my new informal term for all the maintenance and hijinks required to maintain a stable home network and computing environment each week. I have a significantly overcomplicated LAN, but it’s necessary to maintain the concept of “access from anywhere” that I enjoy being able to use.
Along with the usual [...]
Let’s say you have a shared web hosting account on a random cheap provider, and the only way to access the MySQL server is to either connect from an SSH command line or use phpMyAdmin. While both of these options are okay, in some circumstances it’s not exactly wise to have a phpMyAdmin installation publically [...]
Also tagged development, howto, mysql, putty, sqlyog, utilitiesI figured that it might be a good idea to draw up a network diagram of my home setup in preparation for a DSL installation later this week. Since about January, I’ve been investigating alternate internet service providers, since there’s no way I can afford having a slow or disconnected Internet line. If Rogers decides [...]
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