From the monthly archives:

June 2010

Windows Restarts Fun

June 28, 2010 Geek

Good Morning.  I was thinking about some way to jumpstart Monday morning, and I think I found it. Reboot your day. Like Microsoft does (via Techbuket).

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900 Light Years

June 25, 2010 Science

I could stare at this image forever.  It is a snapshot of the galactic center of the Milky Way — our home in the universe.  There are few sights as beautiful as this.  The distance from side to side (in this image) is 900 light years, at a range of 26,000 light years. Of course, [...]

Tagged as: astrology, nasa, sky

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The Green Screen

June 24, 2010 Gaming

It’s Thursday, and I can feel Friday coming right around the corner.  It’s too soon already, and yet I am eager to go home and see my family. For fun, I am experimenting with a minimalist editor called “Writer, the internet typewriter“.  Of course, it’s only usable if you’ve got an internet connection, but that [...]

Tagged as: adventure, dad, greenscreen

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Good Morning, Dude Falling

June 24, 2010 Geek

Prepare yourself for an avalanche of punchy house music and a fun little video (yes, safe for work, safe for kids, safe!) Clicky on the linky. If that wasn’t enough, here’s a neat repository of desktop wallpaper images. Enjoy and Happy Thursday.

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HP Renew and Synergy Associates

June 24, 2010 Computing

About a year ago I was looking to buy another HP Bladesystem but the cost was just not in our budget.  After a few quotes it was clear we were out of luck. Then, in desperation I searched Craigslist… then Amazon, Ebay… everywhere!  It took forever, but I finally found a distributor selling refurbished HP [...]

Tagged as: bladesystem, hp, hptf, proliant, refurbished, synergy

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HP Tech Forum 2010: Bladesystem Matrix

June 24, 2010 Computing

Bladesystem Matrix is a software solution based on the following components: HP Insight Control Environment HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager HP Insight Dynamics HP Insight Orchestration HP Insight Recovery HP Insight Remote Support Advanced This seems to be nothing more than a bundle.  Perhaps HP realized companies were sick of being nickled-and-dimed with each extra [...]

Tagged as: bladesystem, hp, hptf, management, matrix

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