I think prison inmates at least get televisions – Cube Farms
DaleThere are "cube farms" and there are "cube farms". I did some consulting in the late 90's for a company which stabled it's employees in office cubes like this. The…
Vista Performance: Is it really that bad?
Here is what Adam Breindel wrote: Vista Performance: It Really Is That Bad, which I saw via Robert Scoble's shared google reader list. My comments in reply: Enjoyed the post, and…
Trekkie – get a life.
It's a bit of a blessing that Star Trek is no longer being made.. Saying "Get a life" does provoke responses though. Such as the picture right. ITmugs.com has sadly…
From Miss January to Miss August* in 12 seconds
Readers might remember that I've written about the Mazda MX-5 before. One of you was kind enough to send me the advertisement right. "Have you driven it?" was the subject.…
Off-network MBSA 2.1 scanning
Q. MBSA uses files that it downloads from the Internet, but the computer I want to use to scan my network doesn't have Internet access. How can I use MBSA…
The picture which won’t die – Wile E Coyote ‘Genius’ picture
... it just keeps appearing in my backups. Back in 1997, a colleague created this picture as a joke. It had his name on it as well, but to protect…
21 Things to do when quitting work
This is the list I used when I finished up at my last job. Writing in blue shows what I did/what actually happened when I tried to complete the task.…
“ntuser.pol.tmp”
... Or another reason roaming profiles can be problematic ... In the case pictured right, customer was logging onto a Windows XP computer and a Windows NT4 computer. It took…
A miracle occurs here
One of my favorite IT sayings, pictured left. Been known to say it when looking though some complex source code, or when listening to a Project Manager say something is…
Godwin’s Rule – calling vegetarians Nazi’s
"Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies: As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." A fine example of Godwin's Rule was this…