I have to make an admission. I have worked in Information Technology for fourteen years. I have been programming since 1985. I use computers every day for almost everything that I do. But I just can’t use Microsoft Outlook effectively. I am Outlook deficient. There, I have said it and it is out in the …
Author Archives: Scott Alan Miller
Linux CPU Speed Reporting
Linux has multiple means of reporting CPU speed. This can make hardware discovery difficult depending on what source you attempt to use as your reference point. You may discover that two sources, such as cpuinfo and dmidecode produce entirely different results. Your first inclination will probably be that one of these is inaccurate but there …
March 4, 2008: Microsoft’s East Coast Launch Event
Today is the New York City launch of the Microsoft 2008 product line. The official initial launch was held in Los Angeles last week but today was the kick off of the east coast tour. For those of you who have never been to a Microsoft launch event it includes all day seminars and classes …
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March 3, 2008: Furlough Surprise
I managed to get up and get moving this morning and get in to work on the early side. Just to find out that I am getting furloughed in about two weeks. (For those not familiar, a furlough is a layoff that is supposed to be temporary.) So in roughly two weeks (date to be …
March 2, 2008: Playing on AsoBrain
Dominica’s first thing this morning was playing MySims on the Nintendo Wii. She is starting to get into it a bit. It is a cute and simple game but it looks like it might be a bit of fun. It adds some new twists to the Sims family of games. The graphics are definitely good. …