ROBERT OWEN — Technology Leader & Musician
Technology leadership, music, and the space where they overlap

Friday Funny – Short Joke

Sorry for the lack of posts.. I've got some updates planned for my Vista Quest but, I've been pretty busy this last week.I'll try and get them posted this weekend. For now though, I just had to pass along this joke that came…. Yet again, in my e-mail. It's pretty good considering how short it is and makes a good … Read more

Friday Funny – The Baptist Cowboy

Again, this Friday Funny comes to us via my e-mail…. Ahh e-mail, such a useful tool that yields so much useless, yet funny, material. A cowboy, who is visiting Wyoming from Texas , walks into a bar and orders three mugs of Bud. He sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. … Read more

Joost Invites

A while back I got an invite from Kyle Hayes to try out Joost. And, although I don't use it a lot I still think it's pretty cool! The content seems to be getting better and the quality is great! Well, I was watching the “AquaMan” Pilot last night, fumbling around in the player and noticed that I too seem … Read more

Quick Fix of the day – Win XP

I had a friend call just now. Turns out his kids had been playing with his computer and now his Windows desktop has turned on it's side. I.E. the top is to the left, bottom moved to the right.. etc. Mouse movements, everything was affected. Well, should this ever happen to you or anyone you know, just hit Ctrl-Alt-“up-Arrow” on … Read more

Friday Funny – I used to like cats!

I just ran across this video and had to share… I have four cats and I'll have to say that I have seen the look in their eyes when they are about to go nuts like this… Always best to just let them go somewhere else. This is not for the faint-of-heart.. Enjoy?

Site of the Week: Microsoft Surface

This week’s Site of the Week is the Microsoft Surface Website. This is really a pretty cool thing. Take a second and check it out.. Next thing you know, the Borg will be invading. Oh, kind of interesting the site seems to be done in Flash and not Silverlight

Day for Announcements!!

Well, today is starting to shape up quite nicely. This morning Adobe announced the beta release of Coldfusion 8 (Scorpio). Head over and check it out.. From the examples going on over at Ray Camden's Site It looks like this release will be well worth it!! And Also, a friend of mine just e-mailed me with this little tid-bit: Fred … Read more