A few people gathered to say farewell to Kent. He is moving to the other side of the country. I managed to snag a shot of Karl taking a photo of Kent.
Friday, May 20, 2005
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
How do you take your music?
I take mine in many flavors. I have CDs, .MP3s, and .WMA files; I have not gotten esoteric enough to play with other file formats. I have looked at them, but as my collection grows I find it better to standardize on one or two formats, however as the collection grows it gets harder to consider converting to another format.
New music services are pushing .WMA files for the copy protection, .MP3s are the tried and true and have much greater device support (right now) than other formats, so I will stick with those for a while.
I currently take my music in the following ways,
1. Streaming – I privately stream my own collection to wherever I am. This is great, but is it limited to the upload of my ISP, and any bandwidth (currently to leave enough room for remote administration of my LAN I can only stream 192Kb files) or ToS (Terms of Service) restrictions they may or may not have.
Currently using Andromeda for HTML display and streaming of my collection http://www.turnstyle.com/andromeda
2. CDR – The car stereo is wondrous for those long commutes (35 miles one way). This means I can churn through a lot of radio, audio CDs, and MP3 files. It is even more wondrous when it can read CDRs, MP3 and WMA files.
3. Portable Hard Drives - Yes, this a great if not a little bit bulky. Drives are large enough and cost effective enough right now that you can very easily move just about any moderate to large music collection with a portable drive today.
Need storage with redundancy? The entry level network attached storage devices from Lacie and Buffalo should get you going well.
4. Music services who needs these right? This is the natural evolution of online music, IMO they are in a state of infancy and should offer some real break throughs in the coming years. The talk of pros and cons of these is another article of its own. Napster, Yahoo Music, Rhapsody, iTunes, and more? Who will be left standing?
New music services are pushing .WMA files for the copy protection, .MP3s are the tried and true and have much greater device support (right now) than other formats, so I will stick with those for a while.
I currently take my music in the following ways,
1. Streaming – I privately stream my own collection to wherever I am. This is great, but is it limited to the upload of my ISP, and any bandwidth (currently to leave enough room for remote administration of my LAN I can only stream 192Kb files) or ToS (Terms of Service) restrictions they may or may not have.
Currently using Andromeda for HTML display and streaming of my collection http://www.turnstyle.com/andromeda
2. CDR – The car stereo is wondrous for those long commutes (35 miles one way). This means I can churn through a lot of radio, audio CDs, and MP3 files. It is even more wondrous when it can read CDRs, MP3 and WMA files.
3. Portable Hard Drives - Yes, this a great if not a little bit bulky. Drives are large enough and cost effective enough right now that you can very easily move just about any moderate to large music collection with a portable drive today.
Need storage with redundancy? The entry level network attached storage devices from Lacie and Buffalo should get you going well.
4. Music services who needs these right? This is the natural evolution of online music, IMO they are in a state of infancy and should offer some real break throughs in the coming years. The talk of pros and cons of these is another article of its own. Napster, Yahoo Music, Rhapsody, iTunes, and more? Who will be left standing?
Patch Experience Databases
On the mailing list patchmanagement.org, there has been some discussion about a tracking database for patch management experiences. There are a couple of folks who have started efforts to fill that need and I am sure more will pop up in the coming weeks or months.
Here are those from that list,
http://www.flarepath.com/patchdb
http://nengweb.nengroup.com/Collector/
http://www.patchadvisor.com/Home/Default.aspx
http://www.abbria.com
PDA Based
http://www.flarepath.com/patchdb/pda
Here are those from that list,
http://www.flarepath.com/patchdb
http://nengweb.nengroup.com/Collector/
http://www.patchadvisor.com/Home/Default.aspx
http://www.abbria.com
PDA Based
http://www.flarepath.com/patchdb/pda
Monday, May 16, 2005
Verizon Fios - Fios For Home
Verizon Fios - Fios For Home
A friend tosse me a link for Fios and the article for about it in Keller, TX. 15Mbps + speed with fiber to the house... for $35.00/mo plus a hefty set-up fee. Well I checked to see if it was available in my area (Yeah, right!)... Nope. They have a nice an nifty form to fill out to be informed on future news and rollouts, but guess what... The damn submit button does not work! (Morons!).
A friend tosse me a link for Fios and the article for about it in Keller, TX. 15Mbps + speed with fiber to the house... for $35.00/mo plus a hefty set-up fee. Well I checked to see if it was available in my area (Yeah, right!)... Nope. They have a nice an nifty form to fill out to be informed on future news and rollouts, but guess what... The damn submit button does not work! (Morons!).
Talk about a clogged nozzle!
A friend of mine stated the following to me, “there” being a place of work.
“dentist was a little less fun this time, i almost passed out a couple of times still better than being there though”
Clogged or not… You decide!
“dentist was a little less fun this time, i almost passed out a couple of times still better than being there though”
Clogged or not… You decide!
Many Questions
What do you do when everything is urgent!?
Where has the art of triage gone? It seems few people are left with the art/skill of diagnosing issues, which can wait with those that cannot wait. Is this common in other fields and businesses? If so, I worry…
Growth by acquisition.
Lately at work we have gotten a lot busier. Enough that some people complain, others withdraw into themselves, and few even manage to continue on unphased.
They also stop thinking about how to work smarter… A few minutes here or there to re-work or automate a process can save literally hundreds of hours of labor over the coming weeks/months… yet it is not done... Despite attempts to introduce such improvements into the fold. It really is amazing some times.
What about personal skills development? I have always viewed life as a constant learning experience. Some people think they can actually “stop” learning. “Hey, I completed my degree, I am done!”.
Yet, when it comes time to turn around the landscape has changed, new legislation, new IT infrastructures, new software versions, new markets all advancing at an exponential rate… yet, the skill sets are from 3, 5, 7 years ago!
Where is the balance, where does it end? I guess I am filled with many questions today.
Where has the art of triage gone? It seems few people are left with the art/skill of diagnosing issues, which can wait with those that cannot wait. Is this common in other fields and businesses? If so, I worry…
Growth by acquisition.
Lately at work we have gotten a lot busier. Enough that some people complain, others withdraw into themselves, and few even manage to continue on unphased.
They also stop thinking about how to work smarter… A few minutes here or there to re-work or automate a process can save literally hundreds of hours of labor over the coming weeks/months… yet it is not done... Despite attempts to introduce such improvements into the fold. It really is amazing some times.
What about personal skills development? I have always viewed life as a constant learning experience. Some people think they can actually “stop” learning. “Hey, I completed my degree, I am done!”.
Yet, when it comes time to turn around the landscape has changed, new legislation, new IT infrastructures, new software versions, new markets all advancing at an exponential rate… yet, the skill sets are from 3, 5, 7 years ago!
Where is the balance, where does it end? I guess I am filled with many questions today.
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