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Sunny days and disasters - get prepared!
24 April 09 09:35 AM | chriskil | 1 Comments   

The sun is shining here in the Seattle area today, and for some reason, it got me thinking about disaster recovery. I guess I'm weird that way, but then I have dreams about command lines from time to time. Anyway, thinking about how to recover from a Read More...

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Windows 7 Everywhere - Even on a Mac
11 March 09 01:13 PM | chriskil | 0 Comments   

ars technica has a short article about installing the Windows 7 beta on a Mac . It's worth a look if you support multiple platforms. Chris FIN Read More...

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New Microsoft Download Center
09 March 09 03:02 PM | chriskil | 0 Comments   

Bits. You want 'em, we got 'em. And we serve 'em up from the Microsoft Download Center , which has just been refreshed with a great, new Silverlight home page. Take a peek. Chris FIN Read More...

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Fifteen Years of Port 80
04 March 09 09:25 AM | chriskil | 0 Comments   

In a few months, it will have been fifteen years since I set up my first web server on a spare Mac II at www.hsas.washington.edu using Mac httpd . (You can check Netcraft to see what it's running today.) The genesis of that box was frustration. Frustration Read More...

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TechEd Redux
24 June 08 10:03 AM | chriskil | 0 Comments   

What a week! It’s always great to be able to get out and talk with you folks face-to-face to get raw, unedited input, and TechEd IT Pro was no exception. :-) I spoke with close to 40 people while I was in the booth, and a few others on the show floor, Read More...

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When coax ruled the world (or, your humble author enters the scene)
27 May 08 10:40 AM | chriskil | 0 Comments   

I used to work at the Univeristy of Washington (UW) for a guy named Stan who was a home brewing and bungee jumping nut . He also was pretty darn good at TCP/IP networking. When Stan wasn't busy slurping on his ramen noodles, (they were inexpensive and Read More...

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