Monthly Archives: April 2007

Making Friends

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on Making Friends

This came courtesy of a partner from Jacksonville and was just so good I had to share, enjoy:   While waiting on a client outside of Starbucks today, I was right in the middle of listening to you talk about  the … Continue reading

VladCast Episode 2

Vladcast
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VladCast 2, back at ya, louder and harier than ever! In the five or so minutes I talk about: – Walkthrough of workaround for KB 935963 RPC/DNS vulnerability– Release of Ubuntu Edgy Eft– Release of Outlook 2007 Performance fix– Microsoft … Continue reading

Vladville volcano NOT related to 933493

Microsoft
on Vladville volcano NOT related to 933493

Well, got my tale between my legs. The little eruption here regarding the crashed Outlook at 5 hours of downtime were not related to Outlook performance fix kb933493. I am not sure if I’m allowed to comment on what the … Continue reading

On Microsoft

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Just wanted to clear the air a little because I got an email from a Microsoft PM today that said, paraphrasing “We want to keep you as an MVP and a fan of the product”. So for him and all … Continue reading

Blog Upgraded

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Wow, that was quick. Even my own code ported over really fast. I did find one significant change, which I wrote about last year. Coma-separating the categories. Previously categories were treated as special lists which had separate functions applied to … Continue reading

Pardon the dust

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on Pardon the dust

Pardon the dust over the next 2–3 hours, I’m upgrading WordPress on Vladville to the 2.1 release. It’s likely going to take only a few minutes to upgrade but I have a lot of custom code running this stuff so … Continue reading

More on house cleaning…

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Another slight moment of community-clearing stuff. I’m unfortunately going to have to cancel all the speaking engagements after June 2007 and will only be attending Microsoft TechNet and Microsoft World Wide Partner Conference. The last year has been filled with … Continue reading

CentOS 5 is Out!

Linux, OS
on CentOS 5 is Out!

Congratulations to the CentOS team. They released CentOS 5.0 today, which is the free version of the Enterprise Linux OS. Basically they take the source for Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 and recompile and rebuild a solution so you can install … Continue reading

Required Reading: Microsoft Security Explained

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on Required Reading: Microsoft Security Explained

This is not a joke, not a Geek Squad employee recording their customers in the shower, not a deathbed confession of who killed JFK. This is real. This is the most eloquently put illustration of Microsofts incompetence / ignorance. I … Continue reading

Vlad’s School of Customer Service

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Tip #1: Make sure you understand what your customer is really asking. (actual email): From: Vlad Mazek [mailto:vlad@ownwebnow.com] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 5:39 PMTo: Robert BelonSubject: RE: VOIP CODECs WTF, did you really send me an essay question? Vlad … Continue reading