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

Speed up File Copy in Vista

I've been using Vista Ultimate as my primary OS now for nearly a year and, I have to say I'm having VERY FEW problems. Certainly not the horror stories you read all over the web and, really no more than I had with Windows XP Pro. It may have something to do with the machine I built to run Vista. … Read more

150 miles per Galleon?!??!?

Oh Man, Oh Man, Oh Man!!!! My cousin forwarded this to me the other day. I just took a second and checked it out. Amazing!! If this thing is real, my gas troubles are over. With gas getting up to $3.00 per gallon here in TN I would spend the extra $$$$$ to get that kind of mileage. Check this … Read more

Wow!! Long time now type!

Sorry for the utter lack of posts! The holidays were extremely busy! I hope that Santa was good to all… No Coal in the stockings? Well, here is my yearly reminder. If you are still doing it manually…. Don’t forget to update the copyrights on your website(s). If you are still doing it manually.. Then QUIT IT!! Save yourself some … Read more

Friday Funny – Go Elf Yourself!

This is great! Everyone has probably already played with this but I couldn't resist. Check out my Elfish-ness Then give it a try your self! That is if you haven't already! Only 10 Shopping days left till Christmas! I guess I should start soon. *****UPDATE****** They have disabled this site… I have removed the link.

CFX_PFPro_Java Download – Finally

I’ve been pulling my hair out for a few days looking for the Coldfusion CFX tag for PayFlow Pro. I’m moving/upgrading a customer’s webstore and the old cfx tag would not work on the new server’s CF installation. So I had to get a more current tag. Only, PayPal no longer supplies the Coldfusion SDK and they don not have … Read more

Friday Funny – This is just crazy!

Ok… Another edition of the Friday Funny. I ran across this the other day on YOUTUBE. Now, I know you're asking… what are you doing on YOUTUBE when you are supposed to be working?!?!? Well, I was having a particularly difficult time getting some data to import into a database and I got to the point where I couldn't think. … Read more