Monthly Archives: June 2007

Blazing the Monkey with AJAX: Caching AJAX javascript libraries for sites where data changes often

Shockey Monkey
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Now that a lot of the logic behind Shockey Monkey has been solidified I decided it was time to optimize the interface performance a little bit. Truth is, there is a lot of minor updating that goes on behind the … Continue reading

VladCast takes a sick day

Misc
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No VladCast this week. Katie gave me a really bad virus, I’ve lost my voice and every time I try to talk I start caughing up flem while she sits in our living room watching Jacob Two-Two. So this is … Continue reading

How can I contribute to the community?

IT Culture, SMB
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It’s been a few days since I wrote the article about the disappearance of the free community resources. The article has generated a lot of positive commentary (ok) but it has also caused a lot of people to identify themselves … Continue reading

Shockey Monkey Activationathon Tomorrow Night

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As is customary when I’m in town, Shockey Monkey activation night is tomorrow night. I plan to go through the last two weeks worth of backlogged orders and get as far as possible in four hours. If you’d like to … Continue reading

Vladfire 24: Mark Taylor

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As promised two weeks ago the British invasion of Vladville begins. First up is Mark Taylor, fellow blogger and a CRM / SPLA expert. This video was shot at the last years Microsoft World Wide Partner Conference and I was very impressed with … Continue reading

HUD Monkey

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I mentioned this before but there is a video of it too from CFL Helpdesk. Take a look at it, demonstrates the tie-in of Shockey Monkey, Trixbox (Asterisk) and HUD Lite. The idea – save time on pulling up contacts. … Continue reading

System Center Essentials finally talks about Managed Services

IT Business, Microsoft, System Admin
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Dave Sobel was all over System Center Essentials at last years TechEd and frankly, I dismissed it way back then as another mee-too Microsoft entry in a hot market with an offshoot of SMS/MOM crippled down to the SMB without … Continue reading

Stump Exchange Experts

Exchange, Microsoft
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Second part of the Exchange Expert chat starts in about 10 minutes. Come over and join in the fun: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/chats/vcs/07_0621_TN_ES.ics Thanks to Microsoft for hooking this up.

Windows 2008 Certifications are up

System Admin
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The “new generation” of IT certifications is now official, Windows Server 2008 track has been published. Just like with the 2000 to 2003 track, there are two exams to upgrade your MCSE (now MCTS) credential to 2008. There is even a … Continue reading

SBS Chat

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In a totally unrelated item to the last post, Andy Goodman, SBS MVP, is having a chat later tonight. http://chat.sbsmigration.com/sbschat 20th person to join the chat gets a free Shockey Monkey tshirt.