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

Friday Funny: Uncle Bob

No new funnies in my e-mail this week.  🙁  I guess my normal spammers, er um I mean friends, were actually busy doing work or pursuing other meaningful activities this week. So, I’m pulling this week’s Friday Funny from the e-mail Archive again. I’ve got quite a store of goodies there! Hope you have a great Weekend! Uncle Bob: The … Read more

Pre-Order Windows 7 upgrade and save 50%

I was wandering around the web this morning and saw an Article over at ZDNet about Windows 7 prices.. Which led me to this other link to a Microsoft Pre-Order Windows 7 page. And, looky here!! Starting tomorrow, June 26, you can pre-order upgrade versions of Windows 7 at 50% off!!! Here’s a blurb from the page: It’s pretty simple … Read more

New Zune HD Video

We’ve got a new “Hands-on” video with the new (soon to be released) Zune HD. Here’s a quick reminder of what we know (or think we know) so far about the Zune HD. The Zune HD will ship on September 5, 2009. Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) touch screen. 16:9 widescreen format display (480 x 272 resolution) High-definition (HD) video output … Read more

Spam: It is inventive.

Here is the latest Scam e-mail I’ve gotten.  Don’t be fooled! This is a scam! This e-mail came to one of my e-mail accounts today from different senders and IP addresses but the machine sending names were the same. AND, the content was identical. It looks as though some has a mass-mailer sitting on their machine. Just a reminder to … Read more

Friday Funny: Poor Sheep

This week’s Friday Funny comes from deep within my e-mail archives. Actually, I just found it saved on an old external Hard drive when I was freeing up some space. The e-mail came me to originally from a friend in a previous life. It’s pretty old and I’m not sure why it has lasted on my drives as long as it has but, it’s a hoot!  😆

So, here ya go… Poor Sheep.

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Remote Shutdown, Oh how I love thee…

I manage a few Windows Servers across my VPN… Updating software, OS, and managing backups, etc. And, sometimes when you are installing an update that requires a reboot things can get a little complicated. Especially, if that server has a lot of services running and you are logged in via Remote Desktop. If there a lot of services that have … Read more

Cool Video: Bird Attacks RC Plane

I’m a big fan of RC (Remote Controlled) Airplanes, Helicopters, and cars. I don’t have any right now but, I’ve been looking at Helicopters and think I may want to give that a whirl. 😉 – sorry about the pun. I did, however, get my nephews a couple of really sweet/fast cars for Christmas this past year. I think with … Read more