Yearly Archives: 2007

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
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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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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

IT Business
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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

Vladcast Episode 1

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Two years in the making, one short mp3 file. What’s in this episode? – What is a VladCast?– You killed SBS Show, you bastards!– Whats next…? Play VladCast: [audio:http://www.vladville.com/media/vladcast1.mp3]   Add feed to iTunes / File Attachment: vladcast1.mp3 (1695 KB)

You have 8 more months to get that XP box

IT Business, Microsoft
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Bink is reporting about the end of the road for OEM XP installations coming at the end of the year. That’s right, coming January 2008 you will no longer be able to purchase a brand new computer with Windows XP. … Continue reading

Download The Last SBS Show – Episode 26 with Erick Simpson

Podcast, SBS Show
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This is the second SBS Show with Erick Simpson and combined with the first one perhaps the audio bible of managed services – how to offer them, how to sell them, how to provide them, how to manage it all. … Continue reading

Is that Duke Nukem’s Voice?

Vladville
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I don’t expect any sympathy so please don’t flame me. While you’ve all been working around the clock patching and working in the IT world I’ve been trying to shake my cold, flu, bronchitis, or whatever it is today… which … Continue reading

Daily Humor: iPhone for Windows Mobile

Microsoft, Mobility
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This cracked me up. Someone wrote an iPhone emulator for Windows Mobile. Would I have died to be in on that discussion: “Here we have an awesome portable media appliance, cell phone, remote management platform…. how do we dumb down the … Continue reading

Where in the world is Susanne?

Friends
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As most of you know, Susanne (pictured in front of her castle) has been on her vacation climbing mountains and elephants and all sorts of things. Lot’s of you have asked about her since she’s been gone and I’ve had to … Continue reading