Category: Techspeak

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Fiber Coming to East Central Vermont

From today’s Bethel, Vermont Town Meeting Warning:

Article 23. Be it resolved, shall the Town of Bethel enter into an Interlocal Contract with other municipalities, under Title 24 of the Vermont Statues Annotated Section 4901, for the purpose of establishing a universal, open-access, financially self-sustaining broadband communications system to provide communications services, including high-speed internet, telephone and cable television, to the residents, businesses and institutions of these towns?

And the Select Board said that they doubted they could get the warning on the ballot.

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You Are Too Stupid to Be My Client

Listen here to this audio clip. I’ll pretty much let this one speak for itself. And when they call back and ask why we’re not doing under-paying, overly-involved, administratively-heavy service calls for them anymore, I’ll just direct them here.

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Linux Saves its Neighboring Windows – Twice This Week

Several times this season, we have had record-breaking blizzards. And, nearly every time, my efforts to deal with them have been thwarted due to failures of the brand new snow-throwing equipment I’ve purchased. Fortunately, my neighbor has come to our aid several times and, thanks to his tractor, our driveway remains clear and we can get to and from our house. Continue reading “Linux Saves its Neighboring Windows – Twice This Week”

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Symantec Endpoint Protection: Right Up There With Norton Internet Security

Two of my staff and I spent the entire day at a client’s, in an attempt to upgrade the system (of approximately 150 PCs) from an ancient Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition 7.6 to Symantec Endpoint Protection 11. Why? Because sometime in the last few weeks, it stopped getting anti-virus definition updates. Continue reading “Symantec Endpoint Protection: Right Up There With Norton Internet Security”

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Citrix's Flagship Product Now Known as XenApp

XenIf you haven’t heard of Citrix, well… look them up. Last week, I hit their web site to download a new client, and… WTH?!?! Where’d the stuff go! I was shocked to find that they renamed Presentation Manager (formerly known as Metaframe XP, formerly known as “Citrix,” formerly known as “that thing you run on Windows NT to make it like pcANYWHERE for multiple users) to “XenApp.” Continue reading “Citrix's Flagship Product Now Known as XenApp”

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The Race Continues

Uhm, guys? You’re not really getting it, are you? As of today, I still have only 53 followers, and Harlem now has 64! Follow me! Not him, me!
Okay, tell you what. I’ll make Harlem’s posts filter into my Twitter feed via TwitterFeed, that way, all of you people who are following him can unfollow him, follow me, and get everything you need. See how easy that is?
If I don’t take the lead this week, the personal attacks are going to start. You know, stuff like “I hear Harlem still uses Windows…” Don’t make me go there. You’ve been warned.

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The Race to 100 Followers

Last week I decided to challenge the host of the Fresh Ubuntu Podcast to a race to see who could get 50 followers on Twitter first.
Of course, I was too late. I looked and saw he had 52 to my paltry following of 48. So, I did what any trailing contender would do – change the rules! So I said “let’s race to 100!”
Today we’re at 53:59. The math is simple: Harlem’s pulling ahead. Obviously I’ll have to come up with some sort of campaign promises or something to claim the lead. Linux on every desktop! A penguin in every pot! No laptop left behind! Universal backup coverage!
Follow me on Twitter!

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Google's Concerned for My Health

Google Health WatchThis morning, after reinstalling WordPress because I was getting some odd behavior after the latest upgrade, I hit my blog and was greeted with the image you see at right. I have to wonder if this is a coincidence, or if Google’s indexing the content Twitter badge, where I’ve been bemoaning my poor health these last few days, led to them recommending some nasal sprays. Even though it makes perfect sense when you think about it, I find it a little creepy when Google “knows” I’m sick and is recommending solutions.