Love for Gmail is not Immediate

Posted By Ian on Mar 22, 2007

I’ve been using Gmail exclusively for well over a year now and I have been promoting it since the first month of use. I think it’s that first month that people need to get through before they’re happy with it. I’m in the process of moving all of the email services that I’ve been managing for the last few years off of my server and into Google Applications for Domains services. It’s a completely...

A Vista Tip

Posted By Ian on Mar 14, 2007

     So I’ve been using Windows Vista since the weekend and so far, I’m not all that impressed. It’s still got quite a few bugs that should have been figured out before they released it. For example the Windows Sidebar is a CPU hog when those applications shouldn’t be doing anything and today’s miraculous discovery that the start menu runs incredibly slow unless you remove the...

MythTV Problem Solving Causes More Work

Posted By Ian on Feb 20, 2007

     Okay, this is the first techie note I’m writing on my site that will be syndicated to facebook. This happens every once in a while where I go through the process of doing something and want to record my steps for later. So for all of you facebook peoples who have clicked on this, I can assure you now that you’ll have no interest in this, but happy Fat Tuesday!      And...

Firkin’s ass isn’t as smart as I thought

Posted By Ian on Feb 14, 2007

     I was going to write a whole thing about how smart Firkin’s feet are because I left my laptop open and went out and when I got back and turned it on, my password wouldn’t work. Usually I just get back and have to press Ctrl-Z until Firkin’s changes to my programs are fixed, but this time he pressed the power button which hibernated the machine. Since I thought the bastard had changed my...

Posted By Ian on Feb 10, 2007

     Today is shaping up to be quite the day. Originally Brianne was working so I thought I’d just spend the day at home but then I talked to Tony and he invited me over so I went over to his place for a nice lunch, a couple rounds of pool and then we (he) played some guitar. Then I talked to Tom and he was going to replace a router so I said I’d come by and see what’s up with that and then I...