Monthly Archives: November 2008

Buck Fama

Posted: 9:36 pm
November 29, 2008
Gaypile
3 Comments

Regular season is over. Let the hatin’ begin. Buck Fama! Got the tickets to the next Saturday’s SEC championship game between Florida and Alabama so I can hate live in person 🙂 So even if we get our ass kicked … Continue reading →

Qu’ils mangent de la brioche, GPS & 1080i

Posted: 7:23 pm
November 28, 2008
Vladville
2 Comments

As the story goes, Queen Marie-Antoinette – the 18th century version of Paris Hilton, showed very little compassion for the starving French people and arguably with the quote above lead to the French Revolution (and a subsequent one-way ticket to … Continue reading →

Let’s Draw Happy Little Clouds

Posted: 4:58 pm
November 27, 2008
Vladville
on Let’s Draw Happy Little Clouds

Today is Thanksgiving, to those of you in United States I wish you a happy turkey day. I hope you eat so much that the tryptophan-induced high moves your appreciation for arguably one of the highest white people to ever … Continue reading →

How IT all ends

Posted: 8:36 am
November 26, 2008
IT Business, Vladville
3 Comments

November 26th, 2008. It’s a little too late to stick the head in the sand, plug your ears and sing la la la while people tell you about the tough economy. Whether you chose to participate or not, for many … Continue reading →

Seventh Monkey of the Seventh Monkey

Posted: 12:53 pm
November 24, 2008
OwnWebNow
on Seventh Monkey of the Seventh Monkey

Yes, it’s a tip to Iron Maiden and the prophecy behind it. 🙂 I’ll be back in two weeks. Taking a long needed mental vacation from the past few months of mind breaking journey that has been the globalization of … Continue reading →

If there is one thing that pisses me off….

Posted: 11:29 am
November 23, 2008
Vladville
9 Comments

It’s the people that want the credit and respect but are unwilling to work for it. Sorry bro, you’ve got to earn stuff in life and plenty of people and organizations exist to extend the opportunity and help you get … Continue reading →

Not equipt for retail anymore

Posted: 10:33 am
November 23, 2008
Microsoft
on Not equipt for retail anymore

Earlier this week Microsoft killed it’s retail offering in Equipt as well as the OneCare retail edition and the OneCare Server edition, trial of which shipped with SBS 2008 at a recent launch. Microsoft expects to release a free security … Continue reading →

Another one bites the dust: PC Magazine

Posted: 11:51 am
November 19, 2008
IT Business
on Another one bites the dust: PC Magazine

Another magazine bites the dust, sadly one that I enjoyed quite a bit and have an active subscription to. Companies are pulling back, some are scaling down, some are outright changing their business models. Yes, the economy sucks. Some of … Continue reading →

Microsoft Launches Microsoft Online

Posted: 6:38 pm
November 17, 2008
Microsoft
4 Comments

Earlier today Microsoft enabled end-user customers to purchase software and services directly from a Microsoft site, completely bypassing the partner community. While there is a bit about contacting Microsoft Partners for support services if you sit on the site for … Continue reading →

Taking a tough look at Microsoft as a partner

Posted: 11:46 am
November 15, 2008
Microsoft, Vladville
4 Comments

Over the past 12-18 months Microsoft has gotten a lot of bumps and bruises on this blog, ever since Kevin Turner and Allison Watson outlined the lack of vision for the company that is Microsoft as we’ve known and grown … Continue reading →