Author Archives: Vlad

It’s just one of them days…

Vladville
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.. when nothing goes my way. No matter how hard I try, I can’t catch a break. So here I am, 6PM, elbows deep in shit (figuratively) and I’m contemplating a few things: DIY cloning kit DIY rocket launcher kit … Continue reading

Kleenex for your user group woes

IT Culture
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John Vighetto is one of the co-leaders of the Palm Beach IT group in Florida (SBS) and has one of the uncanny qualities that I just love: cutting out the backchannel and leading with a bitchslap. As a group leader, … Continue reading

The Dip Modified: Are you -er or -ed?

IT Business
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The Dip book has really reaffirmed my long standing (and often criticized) belief that not everything can be fixed with hard work, or at least may not be worth the time investment. However, I disagree that it’s a black and … Continue reading

ASUS ExpressGate & SplashTop

Linux
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Perhaps two of the coolest new motherboard features in quite some time, shame it’s from Asus, but kudos on producing this. I really cannot do it justice with my own review since I’m just a screaming fangirl when it comes … Continue reading

The Monkey Doors

Shockey Monkey
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This has been an execiting few days on the signup forms. For starters, the SSL certificate expired the other day. Got it renewed, please go sign up if you haven’t already. I even took Scott Buchanan’s advice to make my … Continue reading

How do you sell to SMB?

SMB
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Yesterday I was the quintessential business owner. I was looking at the future of my small business, not quite sure what the best decisions were, and I took advice from knowledgeable (but at the end of the day, in my … Continue reading

I want to see that Video!

Vladville
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Mark gets me in trouble again.. The video to the right, which I hinted about earlier, was a short video I shot for Dana as a means to introduce AuthAnvil VM and our joint project to offer the turnkey two-factor … Continue reading

Your last chance to sign up for Shockey Monkey

Shockey Monkey
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I’ve been debating this for a while as the project has become far more popular than I ever expected and I’ve become more busy than I ever wanted. So here is the deal: You have until October 10, 2007 to … Continue reading

Dear Vladville Spammers: Suck it

WordPress
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After deleting the billionth trackback spam from Vladville I figured it was time to do what I do best, wack lines of code until something happens. Thanks to Aksimet and Spam Karma 2 I don’t have a lot of comment … Continue reading

Why doesn’t anyone care about us?

IT Business
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This is an open letter to the reseller community that just cannot figure out why vendors do not write software to support them. Hypothesis: We, as VARs/ISPs/MSPs/GSIs deploy, manage, maintain and recommend vendor software. It stands to reason that we … Continue reading