It would appear that several of my CCNA notes from last year are starting to be listed in Google definition results. Interesting.
Posted 14 hours ago
Posted 2 days ago
Interesting Intro By Gene Roddenberry
I came across my old Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual the other day and noticed an interesting introduction by the show’s creator and executive producer Gene Roddenberry. As the book isn’t published any more, I thought I’d share the intro.
Posted 3 days ago
Random Pictures From Another Walk
My wife and I went for a walk this evening and, of course, I HAD to take the camera along. ;-)
Posted 4 days ago
Hmm, this doesn’t strike me as a particularly waste-conscious method for packing books. Although I suppose it’s better than amazon which has sent EVERYTHING I’ve ordered in a box.
Posted 6 days ago
My Top 6 Windows Gadgets
I’m sure everyone has their own favorite Windows 7 gadgets. Here are mine (in no particular order):
- Pandora Radio Player - Pandora is one of my absolute favorite music services and the convenience of having a sidebar gadget makes it even better. Most important of all, listening to music via the gadget doesn’t appear to count towards the main site’s 36-hour monthly limit (thanks @farmdwg for the tip).
- All CPU Meter - What geek DOESN’T want to know their system resource utilization? This gadget gives me a real-time snapshot of system details including CPU usage (across multiple cores), RAM usage, etc. It also has a nice historical graph.
- Network Meter - Similar to the CPU meter, this gadget helps to keep track of historical bandwidth usage as well as real-time transfer stats. It also also shows internal/external IP addresses.
- Weather - What more is there to say? This gadget is part of the default Windows set and is useful for keeping track of current weather conditions for a select area.
- Digital World Clock - The nature of my work requires me to be aware of various time zones. I use multiple instances of this gadget to keep track of times in popular areas.
- 7 Sidebar - I may be in the minority here, but I was disappointed to hear that the gadget sidebar wasn’t available in Windows 7. In researching, I came across various hacks that involved replacing system files but that seemed far too messy. Thankfully, I found a dedicated gadget that restores the sidebar functionality and adds a few features too.
Posted 1 week ago
Posted 1 week ago
I noticed this advertisement image while tracking a shipment on Fedex.com. Are my eyes playing tricks on me or did someone superimpose a Mac OS desktop on a Dell Laptop? Hilarious.
UPDATE: @mattsn0w rightly pointed out that the icons reference Linux apps. So it’s likely a Linux Gnome theme made to look like Mac OS. Even better!
