Technology Archive

  • The truth about finallyfast.com and free alternatives

    The truth about finallyfast.com and free alternatives

    A few months a colleague  of mine ask me if finallyfast.com really worked. I didn’t really know whether it did or not, so I decided to find out. I put three machines...
  • Will Apple’s new iPad succeed???

    Will Apple’s new iPad succeed???

    Yesterday Apple unveiled it’s highly anticipated tablet computer, the Apple iPad. I have to say, I am a little disappointed in Apple this time. With all the hype they had...
  • VMware ESXi data store browser alternative

    VMware ESXi data store browser alternative

    The VMware data store browser utility that comes with the Vsphere client, well… it sucks. I have found it to be extremely slow when uploading files, as well not giving...
  • Creating a bootable USB in Windows XP/Vista

    Creating a bootable USB in Windows XP/Vista

    A few days ago I found myself needing to create a bootable USB drive to test one of our image deployment solutions. Come to find out I had previously formatted...
  • Communication Stalled on Backup Exec 12

    Communication Stalled on Backup Exec 12

    For over the past four months I’ve been struggling with backup exec throwing out a communication stalled error every now and then. Usually I would come to work in the...
  • Life without an iPhone

    Life without an iPhone

    A couple of days ago I decided to sell my old 1st generation iPhone. I sold it for $200.00 to some guy from Egypt – apparently they are much more...
  • Google knol

    Google knol

    I few days ago I was out in the internets looking for what know what, when I accidentally ran into google knol. At first I thought it was nothing more...
  • BING!

    BING!

    No, that is not your door bell ringing, nor is it Monica calling Chandler. That is the sound Microsoft in Google’s ear. It seems that Microsoft might have finally hit...
  • Perl FTP Script

    Perl FTP Script

    This nice little Perl script that I wrote that will take a set of files from a folder and FTP them to a specified host. It is pretty simple. There are...