Archive for the ‘citations’ Category

If you've recently upgraded to OS X 10.5.1 and noticed your Cisco VPN client reporting a friendly 'Error 51: Unable to communicate with the VPN subsystem' error, you'll need to do the following. sudo /System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN/CiscoVPN...

In case you missed it Interface21, the company behind the popular Spring Framework, has re-branded itself and will henceforth be known as SpringSource. Same folks with a slightly less mysterious...

I couldn't help but chuckle at the Fact that was included at the bottom of a recent request to join someone's LinkedIn network. Fact: Adding 5 connections makes you 3.7x more likely to receive a job offer I wonder just what the evidence looks like to back...

First off, the Kensington Expert Mouse is an amazing trackball.  Of course, I guess the popularity of them has declined to the point where I wasn't able to find one in any of the local computer stores.  Closest thing was the traditional Logitech...

I went to school in Canada so we didn't any of the controversy that's currently brewing down at S. Carolina. Their football coach, Steve Spurrier, is upset because two of his recruits were not admitted to the University based on their academic standing. ...

Bourne to Map!

August 3, 2007 | In: citations

Just got back from watching Bourne Ultimatum. Best of the series as far as I'm concerned, definitely worth checking out. Couldn't help but notice the use of Google Maps for all their GPS tracking and in-car navigation systems :) Didn't look all that...

Interesting article over on CBC describing the recent finding of two genes that from early indications appear to increase the risk of developing MS by 20-30%. Something that scientists have been looking to find for 30 years. The company I work for...

I was pretty keen on attending this years OSCON in Portland but it unfortunately didn't fit into the conference budget. It's never really a replacement for attending but a good majority of the presentations this year are now available (as PDFs) here. I...

There's an interesting article on Wired detailing the significant search for computing pioneer Jim Gray, lost at sea since January. He was intense, I was intense, and we were both raised by single parents. Jim was like a mountain man who was also a...

Got My Pownce Invitation

July 22, 2007 | In: citations

Finally got an invitation to Pownce this afternoon. What is it? Pownce is a way to send messages, files, links, and events to your friends. You'll create a network of the people you know and then you can share stuff with all of them, just a few of them,...

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