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

Year: 2009

Windows 7 Telnet Client

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I dropped to a command prompt today on my Windows 7 machine to telnet into my Cisco Router and found, that once Again the Microsoft telnet client is not installed. It seems that, as with Windows vista, the Microsoft Telnet client is not installed by default.   But luckily it’s pretty easy to install,  just follow these simple steps: Click the … Read more

Friday Funny: Carols For the Psycho Challenged

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Happy Friday Everybody!!! I hope that you all had a good Thanksgiving.  We are now officially into the Christmas Season!  This time of year the radio stations are playing more and more Christmas tunes… Tune of all varieties, Country, Pop, Rock, Classical, etc… But according to an e-mail I received the other day there is one genre that is missing… … Read more

Friday Funny: When Nature Calls

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Happy Friday Everybody!! I hope your week has been Fun and Entertaining.  But, if it hasn’t, then… um… er… HAPPY FRIDAY, it’s almost over! Take a break this weekend, kick back, relax… Don’t think about Thanksgiving coming up. Don’t think about how dirty the house is.  Don’t think about how much food you have to cook.   No, think of nothing.  … Read more

Friday Funny: The Swine Flu – Do you have it?

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Hello Everyone, Happy Friday!!!   We’ve been battling the Swine Flu here at my house.  My wife is finally on the mends but,  I though it was important to share the symptoms of the H1N1 virus so people would have a good idea of what to be on the look out for…. Then I got an e-mail doing it for me, I’ve included that below:

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Friday Funny: Things you probably shouldn’t do

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Happy Friday!!!   This week’s Friday Funny is not a joke but, a series of images of certain activities.  Activities that SHOULD NEVER be performed in the manner in which they are pictured. This post is not intended for instruction… In other words “These people are obviously professionals,  don’t attempt this at home!” Just click on a thumb nail to see … Read more

Scam attempts: Aren’t they cute?

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Howdy all! I hope all is well for everyone this fine day! Today, I got a fresh scan attempt in my e-mail.  This one is interesting in that fact that  it abandons the old  “Hey, I’m in another country and my pop died and I need to funnel his money out…” route.  This is attempting to lure you in by … Read more