Starved Rock
Took a trip to Starved Rock Illinois for Eagle Watching Weekend. Absolutely beautiful hiking the trails with ice frosted tree branches and cold crisp air, but alas the generally warm Winter had left enough of the […]
RichCopy – Windows 7 backup
Updated post – Windows 7 automated backup with Robocopy script Hit the link above for simple backup on Windows 7, read on for RichCopy… Microsoft RichCopy is a tool I discovered when I made the jump to […]
Email Client – Thunderbird 3.0 released – I was pleased
Thunderbird 3.0 RC1 – I am pleased
Vista Performance – massive increase – search index
I run Vista SP2 on a Dell Latitude D630 with 2gig o ram. It’s been running like an old dog awakened from a nap on a hot summer day. Plenty of memory free, CPU just sittin […]
Email Clients
I found myself once again wishing for a better email solution after a clients web host (cough, site5, cough, cough) lost email during a server migration. The customer, who travels a lot, had converted from POP mail […]
Frostline Kit – The Hockey bag
It was a sad day in Fisk family history today. Yes it’s true we retired the Frostline Kit hockey bag after 33 years of active & semi-active service. Frostline Kit? My brother being a madman of […]
One pedal stroke at a time…
The Church of the Big Ring is back in session, hopefully I will be faithful in attending weekly. The pastor welcomed me back with open arms and then promptly reminded me of my sins. Yes I […]
Asset Management Database – Free Download
Web based PHP and MySQL Asset Management database for fast easy access, updates and CSV generated reports. The application is designed to manage IT assets from a Desktop Services perspective: computers and associated hardware, printers and […]
What is in my hair?
It’s 11:15pm. I stand in front of the kitchen sink drinking a pre-recovery break (also know as short periods of sleep) glass of water after (yet another) 15 hour day at the office. I sigh lightly […]
.Net 3.5 SP1 adds Firefox .NET Framework Assistant plugin
What the! Microsoft installed Firefox .NET Framework Assistant plugin with .NET 3.5 SP1. Adds ClickOnce support. Deploying with ClickOnce Apps – Link FF notified me at startup Options