Month: July 2005

James Doohan, Actor Who Played Scotty on 'Star Trek,' Dies at 85. James Doohan faked a Scottish burr to create one of television's most endearing characters — Scotty on the original “Star Trek.” By JOHN SCHWARTZ. [NYT > Home Page]

Secrets to Good Hard-Drive Hygiene. Backing up a hard drive can be a chore for those who store gigabytes of documents, photographs, videos and music on their home computers. A survey of products that can make the task easier. By GLENN FLEISHMAN. [NYT > Technology]

How long does it take to deploy a SBS box?. Nick from the mail bag asks about baseline numbers for SBS installs. He was looking at a whitepaper on server installs and wanted to know if there were/are any SBSized versions of that. Hmm…not that I know of Nick, but the problem as you have… Continue reading How long does it take to deploy a SBS box?

How do you buy CALs?. Rob from the mailbox asks “How does one buy CALs?” Where do you buy them? Do they come on paper? In an email? How long does the process take?” If you buy your CALs from an OEM, there are boxes on the web site to specify that you need SBS… Continue reading How do you buy CALs?

Lords could be renamed in overhaul by Labour. THE House of Lords could be renamed, restructured and ultimately include a majority of directly elected members under plans being discussed within the Labour Party. [The Scotsman]

PrintPromotion.com gets real. Eric Stephens writes in to tell us about PrintPromotion.com, the e-commerce site his team launched after getting some inspiration from our Building of Basecamp workshop. …I’d been trying to develop an ecommerce project for about six months, and after attending the building of basecamp in September of last year I felt I… Continue reading PrintPromotion.com gets real

How to Not Fix the ID Problem. Several of the 9/11 terrorists had Virginia driver's licenses in fake names. These were not forgeries; these were valid Virginia IDs that were illegally sold by Department of Motor Vehicle workers. So what did Virginia do to correct the problem? They required more paperwork in order to get… Continue reading How to Not Fix the ID Problem

Good tips from the wiki. A sampling of some entries I’ve particularly liked on the unsorted life hacks page of the 43F Wiki.  [43 Folders]

Bay State recovery spurs bill for tax cut. With state tax revenues soaring, lawmakers on Beacon Hill are advancing a proposal to lower the Massachusetts income tax rate, if state spending is restored to levels last seen before the fiscal crisis began three years ago. [Boston Globe — Front Page]

The Rails weblog moves to Typo (finally!). When we originally launched rubyonrails.org, none of the Rails-based blogging engines were really up to the task of running the show. But with the appearance of Typo and it’s massive uptake and rapid improvement, we have a very viable solution now. So goodbye, WordPress! You served us in… Continue reading The Rails weblog moves to Typo (finally!)