UPDATE 2008.10.03: So it looks like Travis was right, and an Outlook plug-in is needed – which means this system isn’t 100% compatible, although the ActiveSync part looks interesting.  That means the only100% solution I know of is still Post Path.  It just isn’t open source.  If Cisco would find a way to GPL it, ...Read More

I ran into a problem the other day… too many downloads of a large VMWare image I had shared.  It swamped my connection and made the server inaccessible.  So I had to quickly put in a bandwidth limiter, and thought I’d share how easy it is to do: I am using mod_bandwidth.  There are several ...Read More

“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”  –  John F. Kennedy For about a year after September 11th, 2001 this quote was ...Read More

Red Hat announced today the acquisition of Qumranet, the inventor and maintainer of KVM:  http://www.redhat.com/promo/qumranet/ Red Hat has been involved with the ongoing efforts to develop and maintain KVM.  I think this will give additional focus, resources, and credibility to the KVM project.  Red Hat’s virtual management project, oVirt will probably pick up the pace ...Read More

I was in an Apple store at lunch today (don’t tell anybody) with a friend picking up a Nano for his wife.  I have always been curious about the little PDA checkout devices they use.  My buddy was even impressed with how quickly he was able to checkout, since the clerk scanned the bar code ...Read More

Filing this one under either silly, ridiculous, or scary, Microsoft was finally granted a patent for its amazing invention, the Page Up and Page Down functions: Read about it here: http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-218626.html Aside from copious amounts of prior art, and obviousness, is this shame on Microsoft, shame on the Patent Office, or both? What do you ...Read More