by Dennis Clayton | Apr 23, 2007 | Cool Stuff, Linux, Microsoft, Software, Technical, Technology
I recently ran across a “new” (to me) virtualization software that is very similar in function to VMWare workstation. I downloaded Innotek’s Virtual Box software, which quickly and painlessly installed, seeming to be a little faster to install than...
by Dennis Clayton | Apr 16, 2007 | Asinine, Cell Phones, Humor, Technical, Technology
Things like this just amaze me! KABUL (Reuters) – rumors swept through Afghanistan on Monday that a deadly virus was being spread by mobile telephone calls, and government officials scrambled to reassure the public the talk was rubbish. Many worried Afghan...
by Dennis Clayton | Apr 14, 2007 | Cool Stuff, General, Software, Technology
I saw a link to BOX.NET when I was doing my daily browse through AJAXIAN.COM… I always try and check out the websites linked from there that are specifically trying to capitalize on the Web 2.0 movement.So, I went ahead and signed up for a free account. I played...
by Dennis Clayton | Apr 10, 2007 | Cool Stuff, Gadgets, Technical, Technology
I have a Thumbdrive, a 4gb Lexar Firefly. It’s performance has always been marginal. Much slower than the rest of my smaller drives… I figured it might be due to the larger size and lived with it. Some computers seemed to read/write to it a little faster...
by Dennis Clayton | Apr 7, 2007 | Cool Stuff, Linux, Software, Technical, Technology
Linux isn’t as hard as it looks to do some cool things… This server was down earlier today due to, I believe, a power outage. Even though the server has pretty massive battery backups, I think the momentary kick over to battery might have caused it to poop...
by Dennis Clayton | Apr 5, 2007 | Linux, Software, Technology
I downloaded Ubuntu 7.04, the “Feisty Fawn” the other day, installed it on my spare 40gb drive, as usual, and booted it up. Installation is a “Live CD” type install, it boots into the OS, therefore making sure it will boot on your system before...