If you've ever wondered how stonehenge was created, this might provide some clues.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Bump Keys
I was blown away when I originally heard about kryptonite bike locks being easily compromised by a bic pen over a year ago. I had always revered them as being bullet proof.
Well, its one thing to lose a bike . . . but now these guys are showing how a large percentage of the locks on homes and businesses are vulnerable to a similarly simple technique:
If you haven't seen enough, the guys over at Engadget are doing a two part series on it here and here.
Well, its one thing to lose a bike . . . but now these guys are showing how a large percentage of the locks on homes and businesses are vulnerable to a similarly simple technique:
If you haven't seen enough, the guys over at Engadget are doing a two part series on it here and here.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Adobe Releases Lightroom Beta for Windows
Adobe released the Beta of their Lightroom product today. The beta for the Mac has been out for a while. This application aims to minimize the workflow challenges for photographers when working with RAW image files.
They haven't added the windows download button to the main page. As of now, to get to the windows download, you have to click the "Download the Mac Beta" button" on the website. Once you answer a couple of questions, you will be given a choice of which version to download.
They haven't added the windows download button to the main page. As of now, to get to the windows download, you have to click the "Download the Mac Beta" button" on the website. Once you answer a couple of questions, you will be given a choice of which version to download.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The Ghost Alternative
When your hard drive fails or your computer starts experiencing some problem that is too tricky to fix, there is nothing like having a full image of your hard drive to recover from. No need to install windows, apps, etc . . . just restore the image in a single step that takes 5 - 10 minutes and you are right back where you started.
In the past I have used Norton Ghost for making drive images. As nice as it was to have that disk image when problems came a long, the effort to create the image in the first place was a bit much. As a result, I haven't used it in a couple of years.
Yesterday, I decided I would like to have an image of my current notebook. I've been doing a lot of travel and exposing my notebook to more risk than usual. When I started looking around I ran across Acronis True Image. This product is amazing. It really solves two issues.
First, it can quickly make an image of your drive while you are still using your computer. With Ghost, you first needed to make a boot disk, boot from it, and then use a DOS based interface to make the image.
Second, it also will work as a backup program, storing only what has changed since the image was created.
This is exactly what I needed.
In the past I tried to burn my images to CDs. This time I took a different approach. I went out and bought a new external USB drive with plenty of capacity. BTW, the program does some compression as it makes the images and incremental backups. This will allow more backups to be retained on the external drive.
After I made my first image, I ran the "Verify" option on it just to make sure it was created properly. I am using the Home version of this product (still on the 15-day free trial). At the time I am writing this is is priced at $36 through Amazon. If you are willing to spend a little more you can use the
In the past I have used Norton Ghost for making drive images. As nice as it was to have that disk image when problems came a long, the effort to create the image in the first place was a bit much. As a result, I haven't used it in a couple of years.
Yesterday, I decided I would like to have an image of my current notebook. I've been doing a lot of travel and exposing my notebook to more risk than usual. When I started looking around I ran across Acronis True Image. This product is amazing. It really solves two issues.
First, it can quickly make an image of your drive while you are still using your computer. With Ghost, you first needed to make a boot disk, boot from it, and then use a DOS based interface to make the image.
Second, it also will work as a backup program, storing only what has changed since the image was created.
This is exactly what I needed.
In the past I tried to burn my images to CDs. This time I took a different approach. I went out and bought a new external USB drive with plenty of capacity. BTW, the program does some compression as it makes the images and incremental backups. This will allow more backups to be retained on the external drive.
After I made my first image, I ran the "Verify" option on it just to make sure it was created properly. I am using the Home version of this product (still on the 15-day free trial). At the time I am writing this is is priced at $36 through Amazon. If you are willing to spend a little more you can use the
Ouch - Public Exceptions
I was recently going though a Mexican airport when I noticed this on the displays above the ticket counters:
This is probly not the way these guys had hoped their application would be seen.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Atlas in Action
By now most people have heard that Atlas is Microsoft's toolkit for creating AJAX enabled web content. If you haven't delved into it yet, this 20 minute screencast by John Udell will provide quick hands on feel of what it will be like to work with Atlas.
Linux Support for Virtual Server 2005 R2
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