Can’t say anything nice?

You know how you’re told that if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all?   Notice how quite the blog has been this week after a burst of blogging last week?   Notice how I’m not saying anything about Microsoft right now?   That’s all I’m saying for now (glances over at…

Updating SBS 2003 for Vista

While many businesses are not planning on upgrading to Microsoft Windows Vista right away, there are certain circumstances where a smaller business may be "forced" to move more quickly than they might normally choose.   In our case, our business, TLA Technologies, Inc. needs to make sure that we’re ahead of our customer’s needs.  So…

Frustrations with a Microsoft keyboard

I have a bit of a "thing" for keyboards (they are afterall your main interface with your computer!).  Over the past five years, I’ve probably owned 10 different types of keyboards from several different manufacturers.   Recently I’ve been using the Microsoft Wireless Laser Keyboard 6000 v2.0 with its matching Laser Mouse 6000.   The…

VMWare 1, Virtual PC 0

I enjoy messing around with various versions of Linux. In order to keep my desk from being completely overrun with computers, I’ve been trying to use various distributions under Microsoft Virtual PC. Unfortunately, what I’ve found is that if I attempt to run a copy of Linux under Virtual PC at the full native resolution…

The Ultimate Programmers Keyboard?

Over the years, I’ve come up with a lot of ideas for products, both real world and software.  Some of those would be: 1) Ear muffs with built in headphones 2) Surround sound headphones 3) A keyboard that works well for programmers, including instant macros, a billion shortcuts and more.   #1 was brought out…