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

Scammers: They really need to try something new

Happy Tuesday !!!   Unless you are not reading this on a Tuesday. In  which case I would say,   “ Happy   ________day!!”   So, this morning  I opened up my e-mail and was treated to another …  (*dum dum duuummm*) E-mail, scam attempt!!!  (I feel like there should be lightning strikes and thunder when I say that) Not that I want … Read more

Friday Funny: How To Clean A Toilet

HOWDY!!! We have (finally) a return of the Friday Funnies! I’m really sorry it’s been so long since the last update, but the Funnies in my mail have been slim here of late…  Either that or *cough* they weren’t “appropriate” to place on the internet.  Well, not appropriate for this site.    But this little Gem came in and made me … Read more

Warranty Schmarranty

Here’s an interesting read about Apple’s wonderful customer service. Note my sarcasm?  🙂 Anyway, here’s a short clip of the article. The Apple Retail Store Hates You  – I recently visited the Apple store to exchange a defective power adapter which was still under warranty.  I still have the defective adapter, as it has now cost more time and effort … Read more

Windows 7 Telnet Client

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

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

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