A Quick Look at Log Parser

This morning I was alerted to the fact that one of our clients was having problems with our application last night. Unfortunately, none of their end users had captured any of the error messages. I checked the SQL and Windows Event logs but found nothing helpful. Then I had a look in into the IIS

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Kernel Panic! Major Pain. Easy Fix

After 3 months of steady use, customization and tweaking I (some would say finally) managed to break my Ubuntu Linux install last night. I was rather sad since I didn’t actually do anything this time.

I logged on last night and noticed there were some updates to download and apply. Grabbed said updates and was invited

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Ready for Internet Explorer 9?

Microsoft has taken their pledge to faster releases of Internet Explorer to heart. Internet Explorer 9 isn’t released yet, but if you want to kick the tires and take a test drive… Go get it!

Speaking of “Faster Release”, by Microsoft’s numbers this thing is already performs much better at the JavaScript benchmark tests. And hey,

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VMware Beta and Direct Launch

Last night I noticed that there are new betas out for VMware Workstation (v7.1) and Player (v3.1). While there are several new features, one in particular caught my eye:

Direct Launch: Blur the distinction between running native and virtual applications by launching an application installed in a virtual machine directly from the start menu or taskbar

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Comcast's Mixed Message

This week I received two emails from Comcast, my broadband internet provider. While both are interesting and potentially helpful, I can’t deny that I’m a bit amused at how they send a bit of a mixed message when combined.

The first email was to alert me about the pilot launch of the new Usage Meter.

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