Interesting

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Seriously – thats the power adapter

This entry was posted in Interesting on February 17, 2011 by HAL

I was working with a client recently and as part of a consolidation project using VMware we were transferring machines from one rack to another and removing redundant equipment. Whilst doing this we removed an ultra small form factor PC from Dell from one of the cabinets. It was a surprise however we we extricated […]

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How long is too long (to wait on Amazon) ?

This entry was posted in Interesting on February 4, 2011 by HAL

I pre-ordered a book from Amazon – a book on Xpages. I pre-ordered it in November – the 16th actually. Then I waited. And Waited. and Waited! They sent me an email saying that it was delayed and so I waited some more. People began telling me that they had got their copy. And still […]

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Put a spring in your training materials

This entry was posted in Interesting Review Web and tagged Ispring Presenter on February 2, 2011 by HAL

I was lucky enough to find an application yesterday that fulfilled exactly what I was after in terms of mocking up training materials. Its name – Ispring Presenter – see here Its an addin for Powerpoint (both 32 bit and 64 bit) and allows you to generate training materials from powerpoint presentation and also to […]

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Wise up

This entry was posted in Hardware Interesting and tagged Antistatic malware on February 1, 2011 by HAL

From a Microsoft site this morning … http://www.microsoft.com/athome/setup/addmemory.aspx?WT.rss_f=At Home RSS&WT.rss_a=More RAM please: Add memory to your computer&WT.rss_ev=a RAM: Add more memory to your computer Your computer is a little like your physical work area. The hard drive is the filing cabinet where you store your documents, and memory—or RAM (random access memory)—is the desk where […]

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Symphony goes live – Lotuslive

This entry was posted in Interesting on January 31, 2011 by HAL

Symphony is a free office suite that IBM have developed  and enhanced from open source tools. This latest incarnation is likely to integrate into the Lotuslive suite and I wonder if it will also make its way into the Xpages development environment. LotusLive Symphony is new set of social collaboration tools in the cloud that […]

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Pop(plet) goes the weasel !

This entry was posted in Interesting Review Software Web and tagged Popplet on January 28, 2011 by HAL

I have been trialling a new web based colloboration tool called Popplet which is due to enter open beta very shortly. I have been looking for a web based tool that would allow me to work with customers on their premises and remotely to get basic layouts of processes or projects. This application has potential […]

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Iomega upgrade for usb disk performance on storcenter

This entry was posted in Interesting Storage Tips and tagged Iomega Storcenter on January 26, 2011 by HAL

I was reviewing the setup on an IOmega storcenter ix2-200 and noted that there were some updates for the firmware. Specifically for performance of usb attached devices which I had noted were slow during recent use. So if running one of these perhaps as an iscsi target or as a nas storage space – worth putting […]

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And the award for oddest error this week goes to – Dell for their poke

This entry was posted in Hardware Interesting Tips and tagged Poke on January 14, 2011 by HAL

A client called me and described an issue with their machine shutting down unexpectedly. Coming shortly after a recent flood at their site I wondered if we were seeing a residual problem but talked the user through removing power from the machine and pressing and holding the power button on their Optiplex 170L ( a […]

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