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

Online Back-ups

Well, after great thought and study, I've decided to go with Mozy as my online back-up choice. I've set up the account and have installed the clients. One server and one desktop client. My server has a tremendous amount of bandwidth so, I thought I would do it's initial back-up first. So far I'm not real happy with the transfer … Read more

Friday Funny: mmmm Chicken and Waffles!

Hello everyone! Well I love good fried chicken.. and I really like a good waffle from time to time. Now thanks to these guys I know there is a place dedicated to putting both on one plate! I just can't get enough of this one…..

Happy FireFox day!! FireFox 3 released

It's FireFox download day!! The Official release of Mozilla's FireFox browser is up and ready to download. Traffic on the site seems a little high today as it took a few times before my connection to their site went through. So, be diligent, get out there and start downloading!! Get FireFox 3 Now

Calm Down!!

This is just a little rant. You probably don't want to hear/read this but hey, this is my site so here goes. This past Christmas my lovely wife, knowing the geek I am, got me this great t-shirt. If you are a geek like me you can determine the subject of this shirt quite easily. Now, if you can't tell… … Read more

Want an IPOD? – Twitter a story!

Found a contest for all you Twitterererers out there.. There is a contest going on over at Coppyblogger.com.. Can you tell a story in exactly 140 characters? That's the idea behind the first ever @copyblogger Twitter writing contest. It should be a great exercise and a lot of fun. Being constrained to exactly 140 characters will spark your creative juices … Read more

Firefox RC1 released

FireFox 3 Release Candidate 1 FireFox 3 has been released for testing purposes only. There is a high probability that any “Addon” you have installed will be incompatible with this new browser so, keep that in mind if you choose to download and install. Here's what Mozilla has to say about this latest release: Firefox 3 is based on the … Read more

Windows XP SP 3

This will be somewhat of an anti-climatic follow-up for most of you guys… After installing Service Pack 3 for Windows XP, I have experienced absolutely no ill side-effects. This is a completely different experience from the release of Service Pack 2.. Whew!! I can say that beyond the download (approx 70meg for me) being a little slow, that was the … Read more