shopping

i was in a bookstore yesterday and i was browsing the selections. i didn’t really get interested/excited by anything i saw. not because i have lost interest in reading and not because all of the selections sucked…or anything like that. it’s just that i think the internet has really ruined my interest in shopping in […]

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tmobile g1

enough just talking about it… so now i have a g1 negotiations fell through with at&t on trying to get a lower monthly rate. everything they offered me was about the same price i was already paying. so we have parted ways. pricing was the main reason but also because of the lack of android […]

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upgrade to gigabit ethernet & 802.11n

recently i was wondering what products i could purchase to upgrade my home network. right now i have a 100mbps ethernet/802.11g network. and a decent investment in 802.11g devices – workgroup bridge, wireless camera, music bridge, ethernet bridge, etc. this mostly stems from curiosity because i’m quite fine with my current set up. but maybe […]

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cellphone thoughts

i think i’ve stated that the nokia n900 is my dream phone. i just have to put that dream on hold because i can’t afford it. so i’ve been thinking about 2nd best. i see my 2nd best option as being an android phone. not really linux, but linux-based. it’s not really an OS that […]

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exchange 2003 offline defrag

dismount mailbox store cmdline, go to exchange bin dir run eseutil /d <path to database> further information here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/192185

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poweredge 2850 and windows 2008

windows 2008 installed fine on a 2850, but when booting the OS the screen would just go black. no further information. i did a reinstall and experienced the same exact thing. turns out you have to use the openmanage systems build and update utility to install windows 2008 on this system. i tried this and […]

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