Projects have two main success indicators: Does the end product do what the client wants it to do? Did the project come in under budget?

In order to satisfy the second...

I think it's time to retire the ol' Pentax K1000 and get a digital SLR.

Or a Mac, with the premium version of Garage Band, all the MIDI goodies, and some...

(Just kidding.)

With the ready availablility of exploit scripts, the opportunity exists for anyone with an axe to grind, a desire to rip someone off, or time on their hands to make...

Therein lies the rub. In large corporations, you support the business, who pays for your time. When it comes to side projects, there's precious little budget, or inclination to spend...

Good!

I just read Steve' post today, because I didn't take the laptop to the cottage this weekend. It was the most relaxing Labor Day holiday I've had in a couple...

This points out the necessity of testing patches and updates. Our cycle is long enough to engage the vendor if problems arise in the test environment. My supported systems haven't...

From meeting-free Fridays, to don't-bug-me blocks of time, we've attempted a number of ways to schedule that pristine, get-the-work-done time.

The real issue is the corporate culture. Co-workers expect you...

Steve, the link to Bruce's article returns a 404. Maybe someone should have QA'd your missive?

All I can say is, if they don't revert or improve Activity Monitor, I'm going to roll my own. 2008 AM has to be the most user-unfriendly interface I've...

My wife is a real estate agent, and places a great deal of importance in the accuracy of the data she enters in MLS. She does the due diligence...

Thanks for the informative article, Steve, but the inner English major in me couldn't resist.

"Cassandra is not interchangeable with MongoDB, and Voldemort is different than the other two."

No, it's not....

I can't tell from here (IE only, which works OK). I'll check it later.

Firefox doesn't like the link to the monitor page. It complains about an endless redirect loop.

When I was in logistics training in the service, our instructor told us that we should be "jack of all trades, and master of all trades."

I took this to heart...