Monthly Archives: August 2006

Wine0

Posted on August 30, 2006 by visibleprocrastinations
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This weeks links (2006-08-28)

Posted on August 28, 2006 by visibleprocrastinations

Make a Survival Kit out of an Altoids Tin Fitting inside an altoids tin, this kit is easy to keep on hand at all times This is ideal for anyone who wants to have the essential survival gear along each … Continue reading →

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Snakes LAPTOPS on a Plane

Posted on August 25, 2006 by visibleprocrastinations

We have just finished with the DELL D810 battery issue, and not suprisingly considering they also use SONY battery units, Apple has announced their own BBQ laptop specials; Apple Announces Recall of Batteries Used in Previous iBook and PowerBook Computers … Continue reading →

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Patching updates

Posted on August 25, 2006 by visibleprocrastinations

Intel wireless Intel initially issued a big file (100MB) that you had to download, but at least it upgraded everything on your machine, if it needed upgrades. After rebooting in the next few days I noticed that my machine is … Continue reading →

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Podcasting: Recording a podcast

Posted on August 23, 2006 by visibleprocrastinations

After looking into the technical side of publishing and serving a Podcast (newsfeed) it is time to look at the actual creation of the content for a podcast. 5, 4, 3, 2 ,1 … recording! There is nothing new in … Continue reading →

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Rollover

Posted on August 22, 2006 by visibleprocrastinations

Back in May this year I had a quick look at machine rollovers and disposal schedules [1]. I am now looking at the same data from a slightly different perspective. In terms of Lab Rollover dates, our machines are rolled … Continue reading →

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Podcasting: expanding the information in the feed

Posted on August 22, 2006 by visibleprocrastinations

Apple extends the RSS version 2.0 syntax with some custom content tags. [1] For example to indicate Adult content; <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit> Is displayed in iTunes as; (eg. SecondCast feed [2]) The Apple extensions are as follows; <itunes:explicit> – Channel & Item … Continue reading →

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Amorphophallus titanum

Posted on August 15, 2006 by visibleprocrastinations

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s gigantic “corpse flower” is flowering; BBG’s Spectacular Titan Arum Is Blooming [1] The titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) is one of the world’s most remarkable plants. Native to tropical forests in Sumatra, it produces a monstrous four- … Continue reading →

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Patch Management

Posted on August 10, 2006 by visibleprocrastinations

With the discussions we are having at the moment regarding patch release and deployment this is a very timely posting on the SAN site. Surviving the monthly patch cycle [1] … There are basically a few tactics to this in … Continue reading →

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This weeks links (2006-08-10)

Posted on August 10, 2006 by visibleprocrastinations

TIME.com: 50 Coolest Websites How do we select our finalists? We evaluate hundreds of candidates—some suggested by readers, colleagues and friends, others discovered during countless hours of surfing. Many of this year’s choices are shining examples of Web 2.0: next-generation … Continue reading →

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