American Mobile Thoughts. Here's my final thought: I read just a little while ago that the reason GSM gets a bad rap in the U.S. is because of its inability to penetrate buildings, and it's true. The higher frequencies that American GSM uses (1900Mhz) is really not anywhere near as accessible as GSM in Europe.… Continue reading American Mobile Thoughts

Microsoft's Monthly “Critical” Patches.  Last week, Microsoft announced a plan to move to monthly dispatch of updates. Today, the software giant issued five patches, four of which rate “critical,” which is the highest ranking. The updates are the first in Microsoft's monthly group of consolidated patch releases. Additionally, Microsoft issued two security alerts for Exchange… Continue reading Microsoft's Monthly “Critical” Patches

Domain Mapping. Domain mapping is the process of pointing a registered domain name, such as www.yourdomain.com, to your TypePad weblog or photo album. This is more than domain forwarding, because your permalinks and URL will contain the address of your domain instead … [Everything TypePad!]

First Joel on Software Book of the Month. The imperfection of design is the theme of October's Book of the Month. Did you ever think about why calculators have 1, 2, and 3 on the bottom row while phones put those keys on the top row? Why did the high beam headlight switch migrate from… Continue reading First Joel on Software Book of the Month

I realized driving home tonight that today is the anniversary of my great grandmother's death. Yvonne A. MacSwain 1900 – 1994  

Multiple monitors increase productivity. Anyone who has visited Gizmodo HQ will know why we're posting about this: a study sponsored by NEC, ATI, and the University of Utah touting the productivity benefits of having multiple monitors connected to your PC. Normally we'd be somewhat suspect of a study like this, given that NEC (which makes… Continue reading Multiple monitors increase productivity

Teaching the Old File System New Tricks. A CNET News.com story, here, looks at Longhorn’s so-called new file system. Longhorn is the next scheduled, major release of Microsoft’s flagship operating system and successor to Windows XP. Penned by Martin LaMonica, the news story looks at what the file system, dubbed WinFS, is and is not. What… Continue reading Teaching the Old File System New Tricks

Fighting to Preserve Old Programs. Like original prints of old books, software should be preserved for future study, archivists argue. The DMCA prevents efforts to preserve classics like Lotus 1-2-3. but archivists are trying to get around the restrictions. By Daniel Terdiman. [Wired News]

Outlook Command-Line Switches. Many of you will already know that there are a number of useful Outlook command line switches that you can use for a large variety of troubleshooting purposes such as; cleaning up the Calendar, cleaning and regenerating Free/Busy and Reminders, starting Outlook in Safe mode to skip previews and toolbar customisations… can you… Continue reading Outlook Command-Line Switches

Faith Fades Where It Once Burned Strong. In much of Europe the ties of Christianity no longer bind the way they once did and often seem not to bind at all. By Frank Bruni. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]