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

Vista Shadow Copies

The Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) service is a pretty good feature of Windows Vista. Windows XP offered a similar feature in a “Previous Versions” client that needed to be installed by the user. This allowed users to take advantage of the backups that had been deployed. Vista's Shadow copy is on by default for the “system” drive and is “built-in”. … Read more

Pretty Funny

It's a little early for a Friday Funny but, I thought this was worth an early mention. Especially, with the release of the new X-Files movie coming up on July, 25 2008. Rhett and Link, you know them? Well you should, they are hilarious!! Well, they have created a new song to go with the release of this blockbuster film! … Read more

Zune error Code:C00D1316

Well, several months back I decided I wanted a Zune 80gig. So, I got online, found out who carried them locally and went and got one. I will have to say it has been a great investment. It is much better than my wife’s 80gig video IPOD. Bigger screen, more vibrant colors, etc.. But, today I started the Zune software … Read more

Coworking in Knoxville

A good thing about working for yourself can be the independence that it provides. But, some of the bad things about working for yourself can be the solitude and the lose of the ability to bounce ideas off others. Well, my wife was looking around Facebook a few weeks back and ran across a Group called CoWorking Knoxville and thought … Read more

New site in progress: HornSpit dot com

Got a new site officially in progress now. This is a site that came about from one long night in the Opera Pit. As another horn player and I were talking, about internet needs none the less, HornSpit.com was born. This site is planned to be a repository of all things irreverent about the French Horn (or properly known as: … Read more

Post to multiple social networks at one time

If you are a web social butterfly with your facebook, plurk, twitter, friendfeed, brightkite, etc accounts then the ping.fm service is your you! Ping.fm is a simple and reliable service that makes updating your social networks a snap. You simply log in, set-up the services you want to update and you're done! Type your message and hit submit! All your … Read more

Happy July 4th!!!

I hope everyone has a Happy and SAFE 4th of July. Although it would be a tremendous honor, I would hate for anyone to be added to the Fireworks Hall of Fame this year!! [More]