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January 2006 - Posts

XBox 360 likely to be iD software's primary dev platform...

posted Tuesday, January 31, 2006 1:39 PM by cavis
Straight from John Carmack….. Xbox 360: 'A really sweet develoment system' "The Xbox 360 will probably will be id's primary development platform. As it is right now, we would get the game up on the 360. When I would do major hack-and-slash architectural Read More
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Virtual Humor....

posted Wednesday, January 25, 2006 6:38 AM by cavis
This cartoon by Rohan Singh started my day off with a smile…..   Cheers! Read More
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Populating Internet Explorer Zones using Group Policy...

posted Saturday, January 21, 2006 11:45 AM by cavis
  I recently received an email asking – “How can I populate Internet Explorer Zones using Group Policy?”. I receive this email pretty frequently so I thought I would just blog it….   First, get into the Group Policy Object Editor then locate Read More
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Group Policy Settings Reference...

posted Friday, January 20, 2006 1:14 PM by cavis
I receive a lot of questions around Group Policy. One of the more common questions is about how to locate a policy in the large (and growing!) list of policies available. The good news is there is a nice reference spreadsheet that MS makes available for Read More
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Coast to Coast....

posted Monday, January 16, 2006 6:38 PM by cavis
Whew!   I came home from Seattle for the weekend only to now be in Palm Beach, Florida. I am covering some Technet events for a co-worker who is working on a project. I am delivering in Palm Beach tomorrow and Tampa on Thursday. Looks like there Read More
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Toulouse responds to WMF "backdoor" rumor and more....

posted Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:39 AM by cavis
Check out Stephen Toulouse information about the WMF/SetAbortProc vulnerability. I hope this puts to rest rumors about it being an intentional backdoor…   Cheers! Read More
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I finally have an XBox 360......almost!

posted Friday, January 13, 2006 1:03 AM by cavis
I managed to pick up an XBox through an online retailer just moments ago. I have been holding out for an XBox Premium bundle system and finally caught one online before they sold out. How did I manage this? There is an interesting website called XBox360Tracker Read More
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Scoble doesn't like the "Evangelist" title....

posted Friday, January 13, 2006 12:47 AM by cavis
Robert Scoble comments on how he doesn’t care for the title of “evangelist”. He believes there is a religious connotation applied to it (and he is right about that). He goes on to explain why he doesn’t want religious customers. He details this along Read More
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Blogging under the influence....

posted Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:03 AM by cavis
Normally I avoid blogging when I have had a few beers, shots, ???????.....but I made a promise to two young ladies this evening, and I intend to keep it. I just made it back to my hotel room after an evening of beers, shots and karaoke. The karaoke was Read More
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I just have to mention this coolness....

posted Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:43 AM by cavis
I made a few posts this morning from my hotel room using my Samsung i730 as a Bluetooth connected modem. I am super jazzed at the speed and stability of the setup. I decided to head down for breakfast and take my laptop and phone with me so I could Read More
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The direction of my blog....

posted Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:28 AM by cavis
I would like some feedback from those who read (or at least glance at) my blog. I have been struggling with direction since starting up my blog and have finally come to a crossroads where I need to make a change. A couple of things have brought me to Read More
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Telemarketer Counter Scripting.....

posted Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:43 AM by cavis
Now this puts in formal form something I have done off and on for years now (though with much less frequency due to the wonderful Do Not Call List registries in the US) .When you get a call from a telemarketer, run through this counter-script designed Read More
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Dish Network's Expanding HD lineup...

posted Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:35 AM by cavis
Thomas Hawk reports from CES on Dish Network’s new PVR and other HD goodies. I am with Thomas on the hope that Dish and MS (must…..not….be…..bias….) will sign some dort of a deal. Not sure that will happen given the recent Read More
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Lock Picking....Tooth Picking....

posted Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:21 AM by cavis
I have a lock pick set that came from my grandfather’s tools many, many years ago. Why he had it, I don’t know. I found it many, many years ago, tested my skills and have managed to open a few simple locks. Ifeel pretty comfy that I could Read More
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Orb...

posted Wednesday, January 11, 2006 1:02 AM by cavis
I know this isn’t exactly new product but I just have to say how cool it is. Orb allows you to connect to a home based Windows XP or XP Media Center machine and listen to/watch/view stored content. I just finished watching the season premiere Read More
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Upcoming Free Live Technet Briefings....

posted Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:06 AM by cavis
I will be delivering some Technet sessions in Florida next week. Jan 17th in Royal Palm Beach and Jan 19th in Tampa. We are going to be covering a rather large set of topics including – New Features of Windows 2003 R2 such as Active Directory Federation Read More
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New Downloads for Developers - Week Ending - 12/25/2005

posted Monday, January 09, 2006 3:12 PM by cavis
Presentations and WebCasts – New Video & Audio based information for developers is located at these links:   http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/archive.aspx   http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=14   http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow/ Read More
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New Downloads for ITPros - Week Ending - 12/25/2005

posted Monday, January 09, 2006 12:56 PM by cavis
Presentations and WebCasts – Deploying SharePoint Products and Technologies for Enterprise Collaboration – Detailed discussion about the design and deployment of the Microsoft IT hosted collaboration platform. The platform supports personal Read More
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Egomaniacal Ravings....

posted Sunday, January 08, 2006 11:34 PM by cavis
Every now and then, I feed my ego by finding out who links back to my own blog. Since I don’t command a Scobelesque size audience, I don’t get a phenomenal amount of hits (yet) so I have to come up with ways to keep me interested in blogging. The best Read More
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Using the Samsung i730 as a BlueTooth Modem...

posted Sunday, January 08, 2006 3:30 PM by cavis
One of the downsides of traveling a lot is having to pay the exorbitant fees for Internet Access at hotels. Most charge $10/day though they will discount to $50/wk in some cases. The better (imho) hotels give it away for free (most Marriott Courtyards Read More
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Mind the Gap in Munich....

posted Sunday, January 08, 2006 10:33 AM by cavis
I went to the movies with some co-workers last night to see Munich. I am not up on the history of the events from the hostage crisis at the 1972 Olympics so I can’t speak to the accuracy of the film in the respect. But I was surprised that the guys Read More
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A Finnish Time Warp....

posted Sunday, January 08, 2006 8:24 AM by cavis
I picked this up from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog……. It would appear that the Fins have stopped time somewhere in the late 70’s and this video proves it. The music is bad, the hair is bad, the clothing is worse. I think it is Read More
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Windows Live Messenger Beta available...

posted Sunday, January 08, 2006 8:10 AM by cavis
I don’t use IM as much as I did say 5 years ago. So I don’t get too excited when new IM products come out. But I know other people do so i wanted to make sure everyone knows about the Windows Live Messenger Beta. I just loaded it up on my Read More
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Now these are small Media Center Cases....

posted Sunday, January 08, 2006 6:16 AM by cavis
I have yet to build a small form factor MCE machine. I want to so I keep my eyes open for appealing, small cases. These are some of the better looking ones I have run across. The down side with these cases is always the lower wattage PSU’s though. Read More
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Exchange "12" Beta to be made available to Technet subscribers...

posted Saturday, January 07, 2006 11:50 PM by cavis
I am in Seattle and heard news from the Technet subscription team that a special beta release of Exchange “12” would be available in the March mailings. I wish I could say I was the first to get this news to you but my buddy Kevin,blogged Read More
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More CES Goodies...

posted Saturday, January 07, 2006 11:41 PM by cavis
Scoble is still at CES and ran across a really cool sounding device that allows you to look through it at the sky, it can, through GPS and magnetic positioning determine where you are in relation to the objects in the sky and provide narratives about Read More
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A Google O/S and "Office" suite?

posted Saturday, January 07, 2006 11:17 PM by cavis
Jason Calacanis, CEO of Weblogs, Inc, seems to think Google will build out a Google Office suite and Linux based Google O/S by year’s end. He also thinks Google will give the O/S away for free with a tie-in to Ad-Sense. *IF* Google were to provide Read More
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Windows Media Center, XBox360 and other CES goodies....

posted Friday, January 06, 2006 7:18 AM by cavis
Scoble is at CES and linking to gobs of cool stuff. My fave is the 102” Plasma…..drool! Anandtech has an article on the new ATI OCUR (Open Cable Uni-Directional Reciever) one of the first of I hope several cable and satellite card tuners that will pump Read More
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Identity and Access Management Webcasts Info....

posted Thursday, January 05, 2006 10:23 AM by cavis
Here are links to some of the items I will be referencing in Part 1 and Part 2 of the Identity and Access Mgmt Webcasts I am doing the next two days.   Session Slides – I combined Parts 1 & 2 in a single deck   Sites:   Read More
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Stumped....

posted Wednesday, January 04, 2006 12:49 AM by cavis
For those of you that attended the SFNTUG meeting this evening, it is now almost 1am and I am at a wall. I have been fiddling with the demo I tried to deliver for about an hour now and I am no closer to getting it working. I am crashing out for Read More
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Identity and Access Mgmt Webcasts...

posted Tuesday, January 03, 2006 7:26 AM by cavis
I am delivering Part 1 on Thursday and Part 2 on Friday. We will discuss the challenges an organization faces when dealing with multiple identities and intranet/extranet acess. We will discuss security repurcussions and using Microsoft Identity Information Read More
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Time Killers....

posted Monday, January 02, 2006 2:13 PM by cavis
Okie…..this is just cool….. Create your own virtual sand machine…courtesy of WFMU’s Beware of the Blog Cheers! Read More
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The Obligatory New Year's Post....

posted Sunday, January 01, 2006 8:42 PM by cavis
Happy New Year!   Moving on…to the important stuff…..   Go right now and grab a calendar or open Outlook. Start filling in people’s birthdays with a reminder pop-up for two-four weeks BEFORE the birthday. This has been an annual ritual for Read More
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