Author Archives: Vlad

HP 2133 Ultra Portable Mobility

Posted: 6:19 am
March 27, 2008
Mobility
12 Comments

Interesting conversation over at Techmeme about the Engaget coverage of the upcoming HP 2133 ultra portable laptop looking to take on the popular Asus Eee. Asus has definitely done for UMPC with Linux what Microsoft, Samsung, Ogo and others combined … Continue reading →

Susan is Twitter

Posted: 9:45 am
March 26, 2008
Web 2.0
9 Comments

I’m going to try to explain Twitter to Susan, in a public way, because I feel she needs to be on it moreso than anyone else I know. But you know the fable of CPAs and technology so here is … Continue reading →

Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be IT Managers

Posted: 6:44 pm
March 25, 2008
Vladville
9 Comments

I never blog about what I actually do for living because I am convinced that nobody believe me. And even when I do give you all a glimpse of what I do, the line of people lining up to kick … Continue reading →

Mail bouncing due to ORDB failures?

Posted: 3:10 pm
March 25, 2008
Exchange, ExchangeDefender
6 Comments

Check your mail server configuration and make sure you aren’t trying to query the ORDB (Open Relay Database RBL) that went offline two years ago. I’m sitting here in the OWN Atomic Tangerine room filling out some livestock export forms … Continue reading →

If everything is broken and you ignore the software that fixes it so you can continue to whine, does that just make you a little bitch?

Posted: 8:24 am
March 24, 2008
Microsoft
3 Comments

Dear friends, it has started. The wave of press coverage and blogging pundits trying to dismiss Vista SP1: You can’t trust Vista SP1. You have no idea what SP1 is going to do. We’re going to ignore it until SP2. … Continue reading →

Indifferent Outrage

Posted: 11:34 pm
March 23, 2008
Microsoft
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Got a moment to catch up on my thousand unread blog posts and apparently the big deal this Easter weekend is the Apple Safari invasion of the Pristine Microsoft platform. As consumers, we just don’t know how to unclick the … Continue reading →

What would Vlad say?

Posted: 6:23 pm
March 23, 2008
Vladville
9 Comments

So you come here every now and then and read (or listen, or watch) what I have to say. But here is your opportunity to ask whatever you’d like: Karl has invited me to his SMB Books conference call and … Continue reading →

SBSC Crashes, Burns and brings out the yellow flag

Posted: 8:10 pm
March 22, 2008
Microsoft
1 Comment

And you get to see it this Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Ok, now this is dope! Microsoft Small Business (ie, Eric Ligman) is sponsoring Nascar car #49 and giving SBSC’s an opportunity to put their logo right into the middle of … Continue reading →

How much SPAM is OK?

Posted: 12:52 am
March 22, 2008
IT Culture, SMB
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This blog is brought to you by Bud Light. I don’t care what you sell, the last person on the Internet you want to mess with is the guy that runs one of the largest message hygiene networks around. I … Continue reading →

How desperate are you for attention?

Posted: 10:42 am
March 21, 2008
Web 2.0
2 Comments

I am not exactly “beloved” for my opinion of my IT brotherin, the antisocial and borderline sociopath behavior that comes as a result of spending fourty hours a week staring at the monitor and conducting more than half of the … Continue reading →