Author Archives: Vlad

Financing for Idiots

IT Business
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One of my pet peeves is watching local infomercials in disbelief that there are so many idiots out there, just dying to give me their money. In my next business venture I am picking something far more evil than IT. Consider … Continue reading

In Defense of Microsoft

Microsoft
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One of the things you eventually have to come to terms with is that business is not always fair. Not everyone gets compensated the same, not everyone gets the treatment they deserve, not everyone gets their fair share of the … Continue reading

What is a rollup? Exchange 2007 SP1 Rollup 1

Exchange, Microsoft
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One of the more frequent questions about Exchange 2007 is the new update technology, the rollup: Rollup is a collection of hotfixes and Exchange system updates that apply to the entire product. While in the past, Exchange hotfixes included updates … Continue reading

Microsoft Software + Services – Partners = The Future

Microsoft
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My favorite cat killer is right, I don’t like where Microsoft is going with it’s Software+Services strategy. What I specifically don’t like about it is the PR way in which they are trying to crush their partners in order to … Continue reading

White Trash Micro (yet another one of my posts you should read but probably won’t)

IT Business
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Ok, it’s time again for me to pretend I didn’t waste 6 years in college getting my degrees. Economics time: Why is it that the government is playing white trash economics? Case and point, State of Florida. Republican governor campaigns … Continue reading

It’s Good Enough, Reincarnated

Google, Microsoft
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For the past decade IT shops and IT departments have had to fight the “it’s good enough” mantra of cheap CPAs that were in charge of the company budgets. Going even smaller, “it’s good enough” brought you the world of … Continue reading

The Worst Week of My Life

Vladfire
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Last week was the worst week of my life. Much like the most depressing lines out of the movie Office Space: “Each day is worse than the previous one. So every day you see me, it is the worst day … Continue reading

Got mrtg game?

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One of my goals in 2008 is to realize when I’m being retarded and not cut out for this gig. So instead of banging my head against the desk for the next hour, I’m going to throw a little Vladville … Continue reading

Googirl?

Misc
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Note to journalism majors: If you’re going to be a smartass with your titles, at least run them by Google to see if they have any double meanings. If you like your job, don’t do this at work. If you … Continue reading

Virtually speaking, Windows Server 2008 STD Virtualization is my fault

Microsoft
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Lot’s of confusion over the virtualization of Windows Server 2008 so I figured I’d explain it in some simpler terms: Windows Server 2008 Standard can optionally be used as a VM host server only, and Microsoft allows you to use … Continue reading