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Friday, April 23, 2004 |
I unexpectedly received the following dialog from Microsoft Outlook 2003 after dialing in to my VPN.
Perhaps what puzzles me most is exactly who "I'm" is referring to. I was not aware that my computer had feelings of remorse -- or any feelings for that matter.
10:51:41 PM
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I came across two NNTP news reader add-ins for Microsoft Outlook recently. The first is NewsLook and the second is from MAPILab's. It appears none of the have the fast efficient newsgroup reading support that comes with Agent Newsreader but still, the idea of integrating email, newsgroups and RSS (via NewsGator) is intriguing.
By the way, why doesn't Outlook support the efficiencies of Agent? I can go through hundreds of messages in Agent in short order and Outlook is an order of magnitude slower. Perhaps the key differentiating factor is the single key accelerator keys (R versus CTRL+R for example) but I think there is more than that.
Note that there is a host of Outlook tools from MAPILab's including a Redirector, Mailing List Service, Duplicate Email Remover and more that I would really like to try.
4:45:10 AM
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This article contains a good introduction into the NAS and SAN storage options.
I recently received a quote for a custom built half-terabyte computer with hot swappable hard drives and an ATA serial controller. The price was over $2,500, however, and this seemed higher than necessary. You can by off the shelf NAS devices for less than that. The unexpected costs were in the case (SuperMicro SC742T-550 for $600) and the AMD mother board (TYAN AMD-8000 Chipset Model: Tomcat K8S for $295).
I am interested to learn more about the Microsoft storage solutions that are coming out but the OEM hardware I have seen so far is similarly priced to the custom system.
4:31:08 AM
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There is little that can be added to Chris Anderson's post on writing a book. As an author of several, I think he hits the mark quite well. However, I must agree with Mike's comment that, "Writing is a great way to learn something." This is perhaps the greatest motivator for me.
4:19:54 AM
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This story is noteworthy just because it puts Spokane on the map in a technology rag which is a pretty rare occurrence. I confess, however, I have never connected to the "city-wide" wireless network as I rarely go downtown (although it is only 20 minutes drive from my house) and when I do it is usually for recreational purposes and my laptop doesn't accompany me.
As it turns out, I am more likely to use the wireless networks in Chicago's airports than the ones in Spokane as I travel there and through relatively frequently and I really like to connect when I travel.
4:15:38 AM
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As a former resident of Southern Africa I found this article to be particularly humorous.
3:46:02 AM
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KB article 555025 and 829361 describe a way to decrease the shutdown time of Windows 2003 Server with Exchange 2003. What amazes me is that there is no way to configure the dependency between services so that this happens automagically (they seem to be configured already but the delay still exists.) Neither does there appear to be any Windows support for auto-starting a process at Shutdown time (to automatically do as the KB article suggests.) By the way, Exchange 5.0/5.5 appear to have the same problem as described here.
I was also frustrated again by the fact that the dependency tree between services is read-only in the Services dialog. However, as the JSI FAQ TIP 0069 indicates, you can modify the dependency tree from registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServices and modifying the DependsOnService key of the particular service you want to modify.
2:29:31 AM
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This article provided some interesting insight into the power of the Windows XP FOR command that I appreciated as I was trying to do some renaming to a name that included the file date myself.
2:22:09 AM
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© Copyright 2004 Mark Michaelis.
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