Monthly Archives: November 2007

Exchange 2007 SP1 Out, RTFM FIRST

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Exchange 2007 SP1 has shipped today, there is a TON of stuff you need to be aware of before you roll out. This is a significant upgrade that should not just be clicked through without reading the manual. So while … Continue reading

Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3 Performance Stats: Flawed Samples or Market Reality?

IT Business, Microsoft, Vladville
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The bad news for Microsoft Vista keep on piling on, this week from a group outraged that the Vista SP1 is apparently only focusing on the stability and reliability, not performance. Through what is arguably flawed test, a group has … Continue reading

The Critical Acclaim of Vladville

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In a further proof that people respond to what they read on the Internet in  the context of their current emotional state comes the overwhelmingly positive response to yesterday’s post. It was perhaps one of the darkest things I have ever … Continue reading

Sign up for the Vladville Newsletter!!!

IT Business, IT Culture, SMB, Uncategorized, Vladville
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Lot’s of people want to keep track of what I am up to but do not have the time to read every word, every day. I also get plenty of items that people would like to bring attention to, but … Continue reading

Should free content creators be commercially compensated for giving away things for free?

Friends, Gaypile, Web 2.0
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Disclosure: I have been a Microsoft MVP in Microsoft Exchange category for two years, each year the reward consists of some swag and a $150 credit in the Microsoft store. How I got the award (first or second time) is … Continue reading

Howto: WordPress AJAX Newsletter Subscription with jQuery

Vladville, Web 2.0, WordPress
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Today I took the first steps towards publishing my newsletter and that of course means putting up a signup form. This is a dreadful, backwards process of creating a new template page, building a form, a processing script and then … Continue reading

My iPhone Buying Experience

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Earlier today I went to the Apple store to try and make myself like the iPhone enough so I could ask my wife to get it for me for Xmas. I failed… the keyboard sucks, the phone sucks, the mail … Continue reading

Overwhelmed? Relax, you’re doing fine.

IT Culture, Vladville
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BBS Forums…FIDOnet, CCi…Usenet…..IRC……SlashDot…….AIM……..MSN………Yahoo Groups……….Digg…………LinkedIn………….Facebook………….. ……. Just a few of the ways I have wasted my time over the past 15 years, none of which I touch in a significant way anymore. When things are fresh and new you find people with … Continue reading

Westcoast Event in UK

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Just a courtesy mention for an event that my dear friend Susanne Dansey is planning in the UK this week. Over 170 have signed up, and you can register here. I believe in Susanne enough that I can blindly endorse this, … Continue reading

SPAM Worse Than Ever But About To End?

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Take a look at the following article discussing the current state of SPAM, discussed by the ones with perhaps most to gain: antispam vendors. As a highly biased vendor, I can tell you that the threat description by the marketers below … Continue reading