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Entries from October 2005

World’s Most Powerful Subwoofer

October 31st, 2005 · Comments Off

Oh my…..  Noggin, can we get this hooked up to our car? 

Coming soon to a 1986 Monte Carlo down your street at 3 a.m. is the TRW 17 subwoofer. This isn’t your grandma’s subwoofer. Hell, this doesn’t even look like a subwoofer, but it is. Normal subwoofers pulsate a concave paper cone while also compressing [...]

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Windows Vista CTP - 32-bit - Build 5231 (English)

October 19th, 2005 · 2 Comments

Well, Microsoft is busy today….
The next CTP build of Windows Vista is out for those with MSDN access at least…
More info after I get it installed.
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I’m famous… sorta

October 19th, 2005 · Comments Off

Well, I am not “el Presidente de Perl” and I have never been “Slashdotted”, but I did get a mention on the TechNet Webcast Weblog….

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Blogging has it’s rewards. You already get to speak your mind, and connect with thousands of others who might otherwise not know [...]

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Exchange 2003 SP2!!!!!

October 19th, 2005 · Comments Off

Exchange SP2 is live!!!!!!
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The Perl Foundation Elected a New President!!!

October 17th, 2005 · Comments Off

Way to go Bill!!!
Read the whole thing here.
Bill Odom has been appointed president of The Perl Foundation, and four new members have been elected to its Steering Committee, the Perl Foundation announced today.
Allison Randal, president since 2002, is stepping aside to take a more active role in Perl 6 and Parrot development. “I endorse [...]

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The PEZ MP3 player is taking orders!

October 13th, 2005 · Comments Off

If you look at my flickr site at all you should remember that I have a few PEZ dispensers on top of my monitor…  This would be a nice addition. J 

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Remember that stay-at-home-dad who’s been obsessively converting a PEZ dispenser into an MP3 player from his basement? Well, he’s finally taking orders [...]

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New headset

October 11th, 2005 · Comments Off

New headset

Originally uploaded by Phil Morrison.

I know it says Treo but it works just fine on the PPC-6700. I can even voice-dial now over it. Much better than the Jabra I used to use.

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Monitor-top friends

October 6th, 2005 · 1 Comment

Monitor-top friends

Originally uploaded by Phil Morrison.

My cube mates.

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MS to Ship Malware Protection Utility

October 6th, 2005 · 1 Comment

This looks kind of interesting.  I wonder if it will merge with the existing Anti-SpyWare product they are offering?

Microsoft introduced on Thursday a new program that will help to combat viruses, malware and spyware in the corporate environment, as well as provide stronger protection for current and emerging threats. Called Microsoft Client Protection, the new [...]

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Mobile Phone-casting

October 3rd, 2005 · 1 Comment

I couldn’t sign up for an account even though they say it will work on all WM5 phones.  But I did send a message to the support email asking for more info.  This sounds kind of neat… 

Missed this item from DEMOfall a few weeks ago: Canadian company ComVu is offering free webcasting services for [...]

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