Apple has the Mythbusters – Alaska Special 2 available for free for the next week (or so). \”\’The MythBusters, Jamie and Adam, two special effects experts with over 30 years of experience, set out to methodically bust three urban legends in each episode. They test myths to prove or disprove what is real and what is […]
Are the ice caps melting? • The Register: \”PBEM The headlines last week brought us terrifying news: The North Pole will be ice-free this summer \’for the first time in human history,\’ wrote Steve Connor in The Independent. Or so the experts at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado predict. […]
If you are having odd issues with a mail message attachments, before you start tearing the system apart, try rebuilding the mailbox. Â Occassionally, I will receive a call complaining that the user can not open a particular PDF with Preview, Acrobat Reader, or quick look. Â Yet, the message when forwarded somewhere else opens fine, the […]
One method to setup a Windows drive letter mount on is to use the command line interface. Â The Net Command controls a large number of windows functions, including File Share (Net Use), Printing (Net Print), Time Syncronization, Â Account information, and much much more… For our purposes the Net use command, would look like this: net […]
What\’s the fastest way to shut down Windows? With a mouse, it takes at least two clicks, plus the time required for the various menus to appear. The quickest Windows-shutdown technique I know of is to create a shutdown shortcut and then assign the shortcut a keystroke combination. Start by right-clicking the desktop or any […]
Seth\’s Blog Seth Godin\’s riffs on marketing, respect, and the ways ideas spread. (View the rest of the article at Seth\’s Blog: This is broken)
The DNS protocol has been around for decades and is a stable and reliable protocol. Even so, DNS does occasionally have problems. These problems might stem from a loss of connectivity, an invalid DNS record, or a number of other issues. When a DNS server doesn’t behave in the way that it is expected to, […]
Indigo 4.0 We\’re happy to announce the immediate availability of Indigo 4.0. See below for a list of new features. New features: Indigo 4.0 now comes in 2 flavors: Pro and Lite. Pro is basically everything: all features of 3.0 plus the new features. Lite is a less expensive version that has some high-end features […]