So I’m in my car on the way home from work, listening to some jazz, and the radio is interupted with the eerie beep-beep-beep of the Emergency Broadcasting System. A computerized voice intones:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… KNOX COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE LOUDON COUNTY IN EAST TENNESSEE [...]
So, I’m plodding along, running the usual half-dozen apps on my machine (oh, and a webcam capture to AVI). I try to save the AVI after a half-hour (yes, a huge file) and the disk thrashes for a while. (Not surprisingly. It turned out the AVI was 1.4 gigabytes. May have to reconsider this as [...]
Two of my current vendors emailed me this morning with new version announcements. Why now? Trying to beat the heat and get the new version out before vacationing for the rest of the month? Trying to beat the review deadlines and get your product publicized in the September back-to-work rush? Or maybe it just finally [...]
ZDNET: Microsoft Should Rewrite Windows David Coursey editorializes:
Microsoft said last week it plans to hire 4,000 to 5,000 new workers and to increase research spending by about 8 percent, to $6.9 billion per year. The company also said it has $49 billion lying around collecting interest.
SO WHAT should Bill and Steve do with these wondrous [...]
I recently recommended a client consider wireless, and a pilot roll-out proved disappointing, with severely degraded performance with as few as six users. Perhaps this helps to explain the problem, and will encourage more analysis.
Sluggish WiFi Connections Hurt Everyone MindNumbingOblivion writes “Wireless technology has revolutionized access to local area networks when one can’t always be [...]
