November 19, 2009 — If you are one of the lucky few to be attending PDC in Los Angeles, CA this week, you probably got a sneak peak at Internet Explorer 9.  On Wednesday, the IE team showed off IE9 performance and standards compliance.  They provide some interesting data points (and charts) on performance across browser platforms.  Interestingly enough,…

November 18, 2009 — I finished working on my new theme tonight, so you should be seeing the new look of my blog.  I’m still fine tuning some of what you are seeing, so things may seem a little dusty till we get all the kinks worked out. Drop me a comment and let me know what you think…

November 16, 2009 — I picked up a Virgin Mobile Broadband2Go USB modem for my laptop tonight.  I travel fairly regularly and like to have access to the Internet when I am on the road.  Since AT&T hasn’t enabled tethering for it’s iPhone users still, I wanted to find an aircard that would allow me to get Internet access…

November 16, 2009 — I noticed tonight that my domain controller’s clock had creeped ahead by about 15 minutes.  Inconsistent time, especially time that differs between servers, clients, and a domain controller can throw applications like Exchange, who depend upon Active Directory for information, for a loop.  In Windows 2008 R2 (and Windows 7), the /setsntp and /querysntp switches…

November 12, 2009 — It’s the best time of the year.  Not only do some local radio stations switch over to Christmas music 24 hours a day, but Sirius / XM Radio dedicates five channels of its entire lineup to the holidays. This year, the chestnutty goodness starts Monday, November 16.  Making the return are: Holly (Sirius 3 /…