Archive for July, 2005

Microsoft Longhorn Now Has a Real Name

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

It is good to see that Microsoft has spent the big bucks with the advertising agency for an actual name for the Operating System (OS) replacement for Windows XP.
The new name is……drum roll, please
VISTA?
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Firefox still in the News

Tuesday, July 19th, 2005

This is very interesting news about Firefox and Internet Explorer. I have seen and posted these before, but it still makes me smile, reading about the continued rise of the usage of Firefox. On LarryHendrick.com, most visitors are using Firefox, but I still get some IE visitors.
CIO Today - Worldwide Technology - Firefox Continues To [...]

Frustration, How Do I Number Thee

Saturday, July 16th, 2005

I spent the better part of the morning on a task that should have been fairly easy to do. I wanted to take a copy of Windows 2000 Pro and install it on a hard drive I use in a file server here at the house. I needed to connect it to a Windows desktop [...]

Workers waste time, survey says

Tuesday, July 12th, 2005

What?
The last time I saw a study, it showed we were working harder and longer. If we are working 60-70 hours each week, how can we be wasting 10 hours a week. This is one survey I would really like to see the questions and how they were answered. (This is a story from [...]

A few warnings about blogging

Tuesday, July 5th, 2005

I must say that articles like this drive me mad. Since this is in the Houston Chronicle (and requires registration) I have posted the article in its entirety. What you see is all that was there. No accreditation, no resource, no news source, nothing but dateline New York.
HoustonChronicle.com - A few warnings about blogging
NEW YORK [...]

July’s Technology That Works

Saturday, July 2nd, 2005

It is time again to pick one of the pieces of technology I use on a regular basis and give it credit here on the page. This month it was a difficult choice between two software programs I use daily. The winner, however, is

WORDPRESS
my blogging software of choice. WordPress is my third platform to blog [...]

Old Technology Still Cool

Friday, July 1st, 2005

Starting at an early age, I can remember some of the different technology items and my fascination with them. I think cars became the first technology I remember admiring. The late fifties and early sixties were full of cars with character and fullness of lines. Anyone could recognize a Buick or a Ford Galaxy 500. [...]