April 2008 - Posts

Oh, it's the 29th!
29 April 08 06:05 PM | tristank | 1 Comments   

Which means I was going to go buy GTA IV today! GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas absolutely blew me away with the quality of the narrative and distinctive and unique open worlds. Best of all, guilty pleasures all in a consequence-free environment! Read More...

Filed under: Games

Generic Troubleshooting: "Is it still a problem?"
28 April 08 05:38 PM | tristank | 2 Comments   

I've been doing this support thing for a while now. Frequently, the basics are what get overlooked when troubleshooting an issue, particularly an issue that seems complex on the surface. Often, though, you'll find that the detailed techniques lead you Read More...

Filed under: Developery, IT Pro / Sysadmin, IIS, Troubleshooting

Can Bluetooth Shut My Phone Up?
28 April 08 04:01 PM | tristank | 0 Comments   

I love my Touch Dual, but I'm one of those people that constantly forgets to shut it up when I'm at my desk. (This is a plea for help, rather than an apology to my coworkers, who deserve everything they get.) But anyway: my utopian vision is that of having Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin

It's A Saving, not A Savings!
28 April 08 02:08 PM | tristank | 1 Comments   

Yes Atwood, it was you that drove me to this . "This power savings is achieved by dropping the CPU multiplier..." Gish! So I did a little digging to see whether I was alone in having the (vast unkempt) tufts of hair on my (manly) back try to Read More...

Filed under: Extra Bits Of A Personal Nature

The Cat's Out Of The Bag: ISA Server will become ForeFront TMG
09 April 08 05:21 PM | tristank | 1 Comments   

So, we all know that ISA 2006 doesn't work on Windows Server 2008 . Massive architectural changes to the IP stack, blah blah, etc, etc. People (uh, yeah, just "people") have been asking about what's to become of ISA Server for a while: "There's Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, ISA Server, Networking, Security, IIS, Windows Server 2008