Yesterday, Twitter announced a new feature: recommendations for who you should follow. While the concept is in the right place, it could use some assistance in being properly implemented. The recommendations are calculated based on people you follow and whom they follow and several other factors. From my brief experiences with it, there are three things that drive me nuts about … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2010
Deploying Adobe CS5 Products Through Group Policy With The Adobe Application Manager
When the Adobe CS4 products came out, I spent a lot of time looking into how to deploy titles like Photoshop and Dreamweaver. Even using the CS4 Deployment Toolkit, nothing would allow me to create a .msi installer that would work with Group Policy, only for Microsoft Systems Management Server and Apple Remote Desktop. While I'm hoping to get my organization to invest in the … [Read more...]
Happy SysAdmin Day 2010!
Happy SysAdmin Day! Here at 404 Tech Support we've been announcing this day for the past three years running: 2008, 2009, and now 2010. Always the last Friday in July, SysAdmin Day is the day for everybody to show their appreciation to their system administrators. I say, however, why stop at SysAdmins? All of IT deserves some appreciation, from the Help Desk on up to the CIO. … [Read more...]
Product Review: Rust-Oleum Dry Erase Paint
As part of moving into my house, I had big dreams to finally create my ideal office. Even though part of that fell through when the cooling for my datacenter window air conditioner in my office had to be removed, I still had high hopes after being stuck in a few apartments that allowed minimal modifications. In this day and age, what does every good office have to have? A white … [Read more...]
Hands-on With The Firefox 4 Beta 2
Firefox 4 is under development with the first beta available and the second beta just hit the wire. The new version is, of course, getting faster and improving security but let's check out some of the new features to see some of what's coming next with Firefox. The features differ a little bit depending on your operating system with Windows Vista/7 leading the way in having the … [Read more...]