Monthly Archives: July 2008

Fire Alarms

Posted on 2008-07-30 by Nigel VH

Today is an interesting day at work… I get to listen to the fire alarm go off randomly for several minutes at a time while the technicians, “Try to figure out what’s wrong.” Meanwhile my headache is growing larger as … Continue reading →

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Holy Hell…

Posted on 2008-07-25 by Nigel VH

All I can say is wow. WOW! That’s big. Google’s Search Index Reaches One Trillion Links! “…even our search engineers stopped in awe about just how big the web is these days…” “Even after removing those exact duplicates, we saw … Continue reading →

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Sticky Notes (Real, Virtual, and Otherwise)

Posted on 2008-07-24 by Nigel VH

Sticky Notes have been around for quite a while. A simple concept, a piece of paper that is slightly sticky, so you can remind yourself of something, anywhere you choose. Whomever came up with them is probably rich, or the … Continue reading →

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PXE

Posted on 2008-07-18 by Nigel VH

You know where a technology that could be cool has just gone totally wrong? PXE boot services. That technology has so much potential for being a infinitely useful service, but has been poorly implemented, widely varied, and has little to … Continue reading →

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Storage

Posted on 2008-07-15 by Nigel VH

If you’re a person like me you have a recurring problem in your life. Storage. Either a physical place to store your physical crap, or a physical place to store your digital crap. Hopefully, the latter is soon to be … Continue reading →

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