http://www.fishbrains.com Windows Tech, Beach Life, Choosing to be Rich Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:04:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are many other posts about the pros/cons of Windows Server 2008 as a client machine/desktop/laptop/workstation.  Mostly false claims of faster-then-Vista performance, etc.  I'm using it on a laptop in x64 strictly for training purposes (not as my main OS) and had to work out these few issues before I ... http://www.fishbrains.com/posts/251 I said it, now go listen.  Podcast, iTunes, Wikipedia, or site.  Only issue is it's m4a format so no Windows Media Player lovin' or usage on a non-m4a format player. http://www.fishbrains.com/posts/241 I'm hosting my 2nd year of a TechEd ITPro Birds-of-a-Feather session.  Didn't attend this BoF last year?  Read my post session summary.  It's on Wednesday, June 11th at 4:30pm to 5:45pm in S330 E (vCalendar Apt.) The datacenter is rapidly changing as we shift to vitalizing many of our ... http://www.fishbrains.com/posts/248 Which is fine by me, but thought you should know. We all know CompUSA closed it's doors, but the site still exists. I wanted a video card and noticed this page looked just like this page. Hmm. Then found a news posting that says TigerDirect ... http://www.fishbrains.com/posts/247 Not watching the best show on TV, but you know you should and you need to catch up? Forget what happened the first three seasons? Longing for someone to use "frak" in every possible way? Watch a summary of the first three seasons. http://www.fishbrains.com/posts/240 If your firewall is blocking the online registration of KMS (Key Management Service) for Vista/Server 2008, then you need to activate it offline by calling.  The US Number is 1-866-740-1256, but there's a trick:  The IVR system will ask for your Installation ID in "groups", but in Server 2003's KMS ... http://www.fishbrains.com/posts/238 QCharts is my stock charting program of choice.  I don't use it for actual trading, just for technical analysis and historical research.  I believe it's the best out there in terms of flexibility and feature set.  It's defiantly not the fastest, coolest, or cheapest out there, but it gets ... http://www.fishbrains.com/posts/237 Just a matter of time before the shell replacements started rolling out for Vista. I used to be a big Object Desktop and Stardock fan and tried many of the others out there, but stability and performance were always an issue that kept me on it full time. ... http://www.fishbrains.com/posts/233 Ms. iTunes Store, I enjoyed our long 4+ year on-again off-again romance, but I need to end our relationship. No more emaling me about the new hotness you want to sell me, no more fighting to ensure I only use you on 5 computers. I've found that for audio, polygamy ... http://www.fishbrains.com/posts/232 A few years ago I created a flickr account like everyone else but saw it as more of a social focused photo site, and didn't stick with it as a serious picture organizing tool.  Now, I moving back to flickr "for good" from Picasa (which I moved to from flickr, ... http://www.fishbrains.com/posts/229