Posts made in April, 2008
Tracking your location with a SmartPhone and GPS
I recently blogged about my new productivity device (AKA my new toy), an AT&T Tilt. I’ve been using a Motorola Q for years and missed the capabilities of a PDA phone (like the Tilt) versus a a smart phone (like the Q). The Q had superior voice quality and a better overall phone experience but the Tilt has a vast number of features and functionality that make it much more...
Read MoreCrime Stoppers meets Web 2.0 with Google Maps
Google and MSN both have a streetview product on their maps now. They have these little cars with 360 degree panoramic cameras driving down various streets taking digital pictures and then you’re able to view these street level pictures online. To see an example of this take a look here: That’s the main entrance to the NAP of the Americas where much of our hosting infrastructure...
Read MoreCool Applications – Quickie Post
#1 – Aptana.com – Has two interesting products, Aptana Jaxer, is an opensource web server optimized for AJAX pages and applications. Aptana Studio is a free and opensource development environment for AJAX based applications. I love free afterall and these are both cool tools. #2 – Xobni.com – I haven’t mentioned this earlier but I’ve been using it for...
Read MoreExtending NTFS Volumes Quickly.
Have you ever sat in a presentation and saw a command execute that you never knew about and was just blown away? Yesterday was one of those days. I was watching a demo of a new SAN solution and the presenter created a new volume on an NTFS drive but didn’t use the full drive size. During the demo he wanted to adjust the size of that drive to use all the free space on the drive. My...
Read MoreFree Virus Cleaning Software from Dr. Web
How often have you had someone come up to you and say “Hey, you know computers. I think my PC is infected what do I do?” Generally, their AV is out of date or non-existent. Today it was pointed out to me that Dr. Web has a free cleaner called “Dr. Web CureIt!“. The application runs on all versions of Windows without installation of a full anti-virus...
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