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

Site of the Week: TipBin

Ray Camden over a ColdfusionJedi blogged about a new site called TipBin. So, I went over to check it out and it is really pretty cool. I think everyone should go check this out and share your tips! I've not added any yet but plan on doing so this afternoon. Here's a little info from the TipBin site: About TipBin … Read more

Samsung BlackJack

Well…. For various reasons I’ve had to replace my Blackberry 7100g cell phone. When I first got it two years ago it worked really well for about 1 week… Then it started dropping calls, turning itself off, etc… So I went back to the Cingular Store where I got it and they made me call Blackberry and … well.. they … Read more

Vista Keyboard Shortcuts

I was doing some poking around on my keyboard to see what shortcuts where still working in Windows Vista. Thankfully all the ones I was used to were still there.. But, there had to be more? Newer… Groovier?? Well, here is a list of all the Windows Vista keyboard shortcuts. I don't know how Groovy these are… But they will … Read more

Virus caused TCP/IP Problems

Ok… Your PC was FULL of viruses and spyware. Boo!!! But, You've managed to successfully remove them… Hurrahhh!!! Well, upon reboot you now can no longer get to the internet.. Boooo!!! Dropping to a command prompt and doing an ipconfig returns this wonderfully cryptic information: Windows IP Configuration An Internal error occured: The request is not supported. Please contact Microsoft … Read more

Annual Stella Lawsuit Awards

This week's Friday funny takes a slightly different direction…. Don't know if these are real or not.. probably not… But here goes: Time once again to review the winners of the Annual 'Stella Lawsuit Awards.' The Stella Awards are named after 81 year-old Stella Liebeck, who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald's (in NM). That case inspired … Read more

Finding the Vista Telnet Client

From time to time I find that I need use of a telnet client… And, when I used Windows XP primarily, I would just drop to a command prompt and type the command. Well, that is not quite as simple in Windows Vista. By default, Vista doesn't include the Telnet client, but you can install it very simply by following … Read more

Coldfusion 7

Well, Being as Coldfusion version 8 (aka Scorpio) has been released, I decided to try and get my server copy updated as well… However, being a CHEAP … I decided only to move up to version 7.. I really couldn't pass it up. My server was running version 6.1 and I could have upgraded to 8 for ONLY $649.00.. But, … Read more