joeware - never stop exploring...

There is a company called ScriptLogic which makes various tools including various AD Management and Security tools. I have never really looked into them as they have nothing that calls to me that I couldn’t just put together myself or already have put together for myself.
In a recent set of newsgroup posts though a couple [...]

While I completely failed in getting the Dual Tuner Hauppage card to work previously, adding some additional single tuner Hauppage cards worked beautifully and after a little registry hacking as per Green Button and Peter Rosser (MSFT) and a reboot I have 4 tuners up and running seemingly perfectly.
Next step, load up Vista Ultimate [...]

Just wanted to follow up on Google Picasa. I used it heavily over Christmas weekend to search through my images to find various pics to put together on little creative things I was making (cards, coupons, etc). I have some 40,000 plus images on my machine, Picasa was rocket fast. The one complaint was that [...]

Two exciting Marvel characters are coming to the big screen this coming year.
 
Johnny “Ghost Rider” Blaze (Nicolas Cage) in the movie about Ghost Rider
Trailer - http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/ghostrider/hd/
 
and
 
Norrin “Silver Surfer” Radd (Doug Jones) in the new Fantastic Four Movie
Trailer - http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/fantasticfourris…

Top 10 Science magazine`s breakthroughs of 2006:
The Poincare Conjecture: Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman apparently solved the venerable mathematical problem.
Neanderthal DNA: Researchers sequenced more than one million bases of nuclear DNA from a Neanderthal.
Shrinking Ice: Discovery that the world`s two great ice sheets were losing water at an accelerating pace.
375-million-year-old [...]

Happy Holidays to everyone except the ~30% who are offended by the greeting.
 

http://www.winimage.com/winimage.htm
Since Microsoft opened the format for the VHD, WinImage (Shareware) now supports it.

…did I place my ass at?
Swamped
Oh yeah, it is attached, no chance at losing that. Good thing too, I have just been so swamped with stuff. I am hoping to play a little catch up over the holidays here. No doubt I will fail but I will certainly give it an effort. You may [...]

This was recently sent to me (email #890 out of about 1200 in my inbox) but I don’t know how accurate it is. I tried to verify it and saw comments but nothing firm. I could see it happening, Most folks in Michigan don’t go looking for government help when bad things happen. There are [...]

Well at least one person recommended joeware tools when Redmond Magazine asked that question.
 
http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=654
 

Happy birthday little buddy.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8M3IJ003.htm
Anyone with an Internet connection will soon be able to get three-dimensional maps of the moon, or real-time tracking of the space shuttle, after NASA agreed Monday to give more of its imagery and information to Google Inc.
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http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/18/people_milestones/main2279787.shtml
Joe Barbera, half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones, died Monday, a Warner Bros. spokesman said. He was 95. Barbera died of natural causes at his home with his wife, Sheila, at his side, Warner Bros. spokesman Gary Miereanu said.
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That’s the problem with America… Too many stupid people and no one to eat them…
   - Carlos Mencia

I thought this was a pretty cool story.
World’s tallest man saves China Dolphins…
BEIJING - The long arms of the world’s tallest man reached in and saved two dolphins by pulling out plastic from their stomachs, state media and an aquarium official said Thursday.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061214/ap_on_fe_st/china_dolphins_tallest_man

Steve Linehan (one of the good guys at Microsoft and friends) posted over at ActiveDir Org how to get the Admin Pack to install on Vista. He did this sometime ago but I see I still have emails asking about this so I am reposting here for those who might have previously missed it.
 
From: [...]

Apologies to everyone, I have been extremely busy and not posting. I didn’t think much of it but several offline responses to the recent post grouping over the last couple of days and an email from Tony over at ActiveDir.org asking where the heck I was at made me realize that folks actually expect me to post [...]

The general whining of the AFA and other parties this time of year just begs me to post this link…
http://www.religioustolerance.org/winter_solstice.htm
Here is a snippet for just one of the religions mentioned
CHRISTIANITY: Any record of the date of birth of Yeshua of Nazareth (later known as Jesus Christ) has been lost. There is sufficient evidence in the [...]

“It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are 20 gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”
  -Thomas Jefferson

As the Government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the law, religion or tranquility of Musselmen; and as the states never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mohometan nation, it is declared [...]

“The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy.”
    -George Washington

“In no instance have the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.”
    -James Madison

“Lighthouses are more helpful then churches.”
   -Benjamin Franklin

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old Texas rancher, whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to former Texas Governor, George W. Bush, and his elevation to the White House.
The old Texan [...]

Ever hear that one? Of course the problem is that some user was granted admin on their laptop and they went and did something silly with that power and then when they try to hook back up to work they realize they don’t have the necessary rights to fix it…
That seems to be a common [...]

My sister asked me if I recognized this font and knew its name. I didn’t recognize it and don’t have it on my machine. Does anyone else recognize it? It was something she made previously some time ago but she can’t find the font and original document anymore.
 

Received an email today from someone who loved AdFind, to paraphrase the note
 
AdFind rocks! How the heck do I do Tab Delimited CSV output?

Err duh. My bad… I thought I put that in the usage and didn’t or must have commented it or must have been dreaming of all of the above. You can [...]

You ever hear that statement? If it seems too good to be true, it probably is? Well it is such a popular expression for a reason. Sure, you will occasionally find good deals but you really need to be careful of the deals, especially around the holidays like now.
Firmly in the too good to be true column [...]