On The Road

Been an interesting few weeks. On the road a lot. Lots of time in Ohio. Projects in the office piling up. Too many jobs too little time.

New Job

Hello All,

Have now got myself a new job at Creative Breakthroughs, Inc. I am the new Practice Lead - Altiris. I am being tasked with growing a consulting practice for the Altiris product line within Symantec.

Spring is here?

Another strange twist of the weather gods. 70 degrees on Monday, snowing on Sunday. What in the world is going on here? Does anyone remember the weather being so bizarre?

Weather

It is very interesting how relative a thing like the weather is. I am currently in Florida and the locals are complaining about how cold it is. The temperatures today (25 Mar 2008) is 70 degrees fahrenheit and sunny. Back home in Michigan it is 33 degrees and snowing. That, to most people, would be cold, not 70 and sunny. There has been quite a bit of rain here in Florida of late, and this has people bothered and is apparently affecting tourism also.

LOVE RSS!

RSS: Best Feature Ever of Blogs

• Blogger
  
• FeedBurner
  
• Sage RSS Reader For Firefox

International Dailing Tool

Have to call out of the U.S. and never remember the codes.

Linux Sites

Distros that I use regularly. Mostly Live CDs

• #!: Crunchbang based on Ubuntu. Lite!
  
• Fedora: Free version of Red Hat and more cutting edge
  
• Fluxbuntu: Fluxbox version of Ubuntu
  
• gOS: Not Goggle OS as you might think, but close
• Mint: Multimedia Ubuntu variation
  
• Ubuntu: If you haven't heard of it, where have you been?

Google Sites

Google services that I use daily. Did I mention FREE?

• Blogger
• Documents
  
• Feedburner
  
• Gmail
  
• GrandCentral
• Mobile
  
• News
• Pages
• Reader
• YouTube
  

Friends Sites

Yes, I do have friends.

• Clan {DOU} (gaming friends)
  
• Google (everyones friend)
• Liquid Mojo (friends band)
  

Software List

A list of my must have Freebies.

In no particular order.

O.K. It is alphabetical.

• 7-Zip: Best file compression utility
• AUSLogic Defrag: Free Fast Defrag
  
• CDBurnerXP: Nice free CD/DVD burner with ISO creation
• Dexpot: Multiple Desktop Manager
• Dropbox: Online backup tool
  
• Firefox: Web Browser
• K-9: Great content filter from BlueCoat
  
• MediaMonkey: Play and organize you music collection, sync iPods too
  
• Notepad++: Notepad replacement, great for coders
• Open Office: Free full blown Office replacement for 98% of people
• Picasa: Google photo editor/organizer
  
• Process Explorer: You want to know what is happening, DON'T YOU?
• Q10: Cool text editor
  
• Rainmeter: Skinable resource meter, clock, calendar, etc.
• RocketDock: For the MAC wannabes or people looking for a cool launcher
• Sam Spade: IP tool
• SVS: Make your applications virtual and save some headaches
  
• Tomato: Best WRT54Gx Firmware replacement
• VLC Viewer: If it is video this app will play it
  

Happy St. Patricks Day

HAPPY ST.PATRICKS DAY!!!!

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First attempt at a blog. Have to keep up with the Joneses