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JKDefrag – Another Open Source Defrag Alternative
A little over a year ago I wrote an article on a defragmentation utility called UltraDefrag. At that time it was in version 1.3.x and worked quite well. I wasn’t overly fond of JKDefrag at that time but since then I have been using JK off and on and it started to grow on me.
The [...]
Interaction Center VoIP Professional Bootcamp
I’ve recently returned from Toronto, Ontario where I was on a training course provided by Interactive Intelligence. Interactive Intelligence provides Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions for businesses of all sizes. This particular course was titled Interaction Center VoIP Professional Bootcamp. A bootcamp it was.
The course ran from 8:30 am until 10 pm and consisted of [...]
Another Transition Story: From Public to Private Industry
As a follow-up to yesterday’s article where I talked about transitioning from eDirectory to Active Directory, today’s artcile is about adjusting to the new style of organization I work for.
As you probably know already, I recently left my position with a government organization to re-join the ranks of the private sector. In a previous article [...]
Making The Transition From eDirectory to Active Directory
For the greater part of the past 5 years I’ve worked mostly with Novell’s eDirectory and related services. I thought it was a great combination but I’m starting to realize how much better Active Directory is.
Now, as I get settled into my new position at my new company I’ve started to realize how much I [...]
Anonymize Your Traffic With The Onion Router
Have you ever wondered how to hide your internet activity from the rest of the world? There’s a great open source project called The Onion Router (aka TOR) that can accomplish this very quickly and safely.
You might wonder why one would need to anonymize her traffic. There are many reasons, including (but not limited to) [...]
An Interview With Mensys About eComStation
I’ve recently had the chance to ask Joachim Benjamins of Mensys about the state of eComStation, their involvement with the product and where it fits in this mordern world of Linux and Windows operating systems. Here is the interview in full. Enjoy.
1. TheNerd: What is Mensys and how are you involved?
Joachim: Mensys started out as [...]
Captain Crunch Talks Software Piracy
I was browsing around on YouTube today and found the following video. It’s a clip of an episode of the Computer Chronicles series. This particular episode aired in 1985 and features the great Captain Crunch (aka John Draper) talking about software piracy.
I found it funny how the same problem is still affecting the software industry [...]
How You Can Make Money Posting Links
I have recently been enlightened to a new serivce that promises to make you money just for posting links on websites, blogs, forums, etc. This new service is known as LinkBee.com.
At first glance you will notice that there are three types of links and each type pays out at a different rate. These rates appear [...]
Comparing 3 Open Source E-Commerce Website Scripts
Recently I have decided that I want to get into the e-commerce business once again so I set out to look for a good, free, and open source website script that would be easy to install, maintain, and administer. Apparently, this wasn’t going to be easily accomplished so I posted a message on the Digital [...]
Making the best of the Digital Point mess
For just over a year I have been a member of the Digital Point Forums,I must say I have very mixed feelings about the site.
For those of you who don’t know what it’s about you should probably take a few minutes and browse the link above but, in short, it’s a webmaster forum. Actually, it’s [...]
