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GMail in terminal mode

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:06:55 +0000

For all those that are missing the days when computer screens appeared in terminal mode, Google’s GMail can now be configured like that. Just select Settings, Themes and select the “Terminal” theme.

Management

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:12:02 +0000

A man in a hot air balloon realised he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted…

‘Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago but I don’t know where I am.’

The woman below replied, ‘You’re in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground.. You’re between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude.’

Microsoft Chemical Team blog

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:45:21 +0000

For those who do work within or are working with the chemical industry this site might be of interest. http://blogs.msdn.com/chemicals/default.aspx

Highlighting the impact of information technology on the chemical industry

A GUI for Robocopy

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:04:00 +0000

Some of you might now this already, I just came across this today :-) Although i prefer command lines, I must admit that i like this tool, as it allows you to either run the command immediately or save it as a script. And for some reasons I have always had a bit of a “typo” issue using robocoy. .

Read Article and download the tool here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc160891.aspx

Bill Gates looks back

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:55:45 +0000

Some rare photos from the Microsoft archives, commented by Bill Gates himself.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/storysupplement/gates_microsoft/index.html

1965, Bill Gates, age 9.

iPhone 3G comming to Switzerland

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:04:30 +0000

Today i found a message in my private mailbox about the launch of the iPhone 3G in Switzerland, due on the 10th of July. For more information see: http://iphone3g.swisscom.ch/?lang=en

Altiris anounces CMS 7 Beta II

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:58:42 +0000

In the coming days, Altiris 7 Client Management Suite and Server Management Suite Beta II will be available for download from the beta portal. http://betanew.altiris.com/

A blog post about the blog

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:13:06 +0000

Since i have moved the blog content from my previous blog site to this site, i’m using Wordpress. I’m not going to loose much words now, but all i can tell you for now, it’s great !!! Thanks to Steve who has been kind enough to setup this up for me.

VMWARE Webcasts

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:13:00 +0000

There is a lot going on around Virtualization, so it’s important to keep up to date. Like other vendors, WMAWRE also provides Webcasts and Podcasts.

Recorded sessions can be found here: http://www.vmware.com/a/webcasts/recorded/

Podcasts here: http://www.vmware.com/resources/podcasts/audio.html

and upcomming events are listed here: http://www.vmware.com/a/webcasts/index/