Apple bleeding you dry.
Submitted by Kalidor on Mon, 09/24/2007 - 11:58.This morning's "USA Today" (Ugh I know ... its what the hotel left on the doorstep) is running a story on the front page about blood banks trying new techniques to get donors in the door. One of the options some blood banks are thinking of raffling off iPods. The article doesn't go on to say whether Apple will be donating these ipods, or if they come through the normal supply channel. However, given Apple's interesting methods for measuring sales metrics in the past; I wonder how many times each of these iPods will be counted.
Christopher Dawson discusses his Anti-Mac bias!
Submitted by Kalidor on Fri, 08/10/2007 - 10:33.Christoper Dawson, one of ZDnet's educational bloggers, wrote last night about his Anti-Mac bias. Much like Mr. Dawson, I've faced the stigma of being "the wrong expert" when my friends ask me about what Laptop or desktop they should consider buying, and I rarely have Mac's on the list.
Wrist Communicator
Submitted by Kalidor on Wed, 08/08/2007 - 23:12.
That person on the bus may not be late for his appointment after all. SMS Technology Australia has started production on its M500 line of GSM watches. The M500 is a classy looking square faced watch that runs on quad mode GSM technology. It features a 1.5 inch color touch screen, 128 MB of memory for contacts and files, and full sms support. While it does play MP3/AAC and MP4 video, my strong suspicion is these are use with contact identifying queues.
Firefox in the Enterprise: Where are we and where are we going?
Submitted by Kalidor on Fri, 07/13/2007 - 21:10.Today I was kindly informed of an upcoming event being hosted by the Mozilla for the Enterprise Work Group.
The call is at 15:00 Eastern / 17:00 UTC on July 25th. Details are as follow :
* 650-903-0800 or 650-215-1282 x91 Conf# 280 (US/INTL)
* 1-800-707-2533 (pin 369) Conf# 280 (US)
Website : http://wiki.mozilla.org/Enterprise
March 07, 2005 - My New Axim
Submitted by Kalidor on Mon, 03/07/2005 - 00:00.Migrated from Archive
Recently I retired my iPAQ 3765 in favor of what I hoped to be a Toshiba e805 PDA. Very nice indeed as I have seen a colleague with his. This PDA was exactly what I was looking for. Unfortunately, due to some rather unconstructive complaining by customers and a rant for another time, Toshiba is no longer making the PDA available. As such I went for the second best thing. An Axim x50v from Dell, which while very nice on the surface has a single if somewhat less then fatal flaw.
November 15, 2004 - So long and thanks for all the tech.
Submitted by Kalidor on Mon, 11/15/2004 - 00:00.Migrated from Archive
I could have written this entry a while ago, but for two things. One: I've not been doing a good job keeping the site up to date. Two: I needed to let my anger subside a little before going off. As many of you may know, G4 has bought TechTV and in its continuing efforts to destroy higher cognitive processes, has continued on its "revamping" process and fired the majority of the cast and crew of The Screen Savers.
September 16, 2004 - This wireless toolkit is for you
Submitted by Kalidor on Wed, 09/15/2004 - 23:00.Migrated from Archive
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Well, Service Pack 2 is just not letting me get back to the other stuff I am working on. Microsoft has revamped the wireless configuration system in the new Service Pack, with an interface that is designed to be easier to use for the average person. Unfortunately, this still seems to be too complicated for some people. Luckily, Microsoft provided us with a "solution."
September 15, 2004 - More on SP2
Submitted by Kalidor on Tue, 09/14/2004 - 23:00.Migrated from Archive
September 09, 2004 - Acceptable Use Policies
Submitted by Kalidor on Wed, 09/08/2004 - 23:00.Migrated from Archive
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Recently, it has come across my attention that many companies, at least in this area, don't have computer/internet usage policies in place. Some of these companies are quite large and the idea that they have gone for as long as they have without such a policy baffles me. Following one these surprises, I was asked to explain what a usage policy is and give some samples.
Once again, I was baffled. A company manager asking what a usage policy is? The idea totally blindsided me. As a result, I decided to drop a quick guidlines as to what are some things you want in your usage policy and some things to consider. As for the samples, there was google and it was good.
