Vista Performance – massive increase – search index
I run Vista SP2 on a Dell Latitude D630 with 2gig o ram. It’s been running like an old dog awakened from a nap on a hot summer day. Plenty of memory free, CPU just sittin […]
Email Clients
I found myself once again wishing for a better email solution after a clients web host (cough, site5, cough, cough) lost email during a server migration. The customer, who travels a lot, had converted from POP mail […]
Frostline Kit – The Hockey bag
It was a sad day in Fisk family history today. Yes it’s true we retired the Frostline Kit hockey bag after 33 years of active & semi-active service. Frostline Kit? My brother being a madman of […]
One pedal stroke at a time…
The Church of the Big Ring is back in session, hopefully I will be faithful in attending weekly. The pastor welcomed me back with open arms and then promptly reminded me of my sins. Yes I […]
Asset Management Database – Free Download
Web based PHP and MySQL Asset Management database for fast easy access, updates and CSV generated reports. The application is designed to manage IT assets from a Desktop Services perspective: computers and associated hardware, printers and […]
What is in my hair?
It’s 11:15pm. I stand in front of the kitchen sink drinking a pre-recovery break (also know as short periods of sleep) glass of water after (yet another) 15 hour day at the office. I sigh lightly […]
.Net 3.5 SP1 adds Firefox .NET Framework Assistant plugin
What the! Microsoft installed Firefox .NET Framework Assistant plugin with .NET 3.5 SP1. Adds ClickOnce support. Deploying with ClickOnce Apps – Link FF notified me at startup Options
Windows 7 deployment with Microsoft Desktop Toolkit
Steps to deploy Windows 7 Beta with MDT 2008 Download Windows 7 Beta and extract files from the ISO – I use 7zip Upgrade to MDT 2008 Update 1 if you’re not already running it Via […]
Lenovo to release ThinkPad laptop with 2 LCD screens
Lenovo to release ThinkPad laptop with 2 LCD screens. If you can’t afford to drive an SUV anymore, carry one! 17 inches of the brightest laptop LCD ever with a builtin Wacom tablet… of course it […]
Hockey Net
Our last hockey net was of the $49 PVC variety. The net did itself proud for 4 years until we laid a small ice rink in the backyard and the kids performed an experiment destined for […]