I recently moved and had to setup a new home network. Because of the length and number of walls limiting…
Year: 2013
Of Patents and Trolls…
Isaac Asimov, the famous science-fiction writer, died not long ago. In the obituary I read about him, there was one…
The 5 Core System Requirements To Protect Your Sleep
I have been a software developer for over 30 years now. That includes time as a kid playing with technology,…
Church Brew Works in Pittsburgh
On a recent business trip to Pittsburgh, I experienced something that really surprised me. I went out to dinner with…
You know you are a Floridian when…
I found this while cleaning out some folders on my hard drive. After 8 years in the Orlando area, these…
To Florida, or not to Florida: a quality of life question … maybe
I’ve been really amused over the last few months with some discussions about the best (or at least better) place…
The French Taxi Driver Test
This analogy, which I heard long ago while living in Europe, is a very revealing exercise. The story goes as follows:…
Install or Uninstall a Windows Service without Installation Packages
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Generally windows services are deployed one of two ways. One way is in an installation package, that will handle the…
Mimicing an old Dumb-Terminal in a Console, Putty or Powershell Session
For anyone who grew up using a dumb terminal connected to a remote mainframe or minicomputer, or even remembers the…
Google It !
If you haven’t been following the technology-specific news outlets for the past two weeks, it would have been easy to…