Women In Business
I attended a session titled Women In Technology at XChange on Tuesday. Now, this was a roundtable of female executives from BMC Software, IBM, Intel & Ricoh, moderated by the always awesome Toni...
View ArticleAssy McGee Doth Not Become Thee
So you always pride yourself on being the squeaky wheel, huh? You’re mad as hell, and you’re not going to take it any more… Yet again. There’s yet a new reason for you to throw off on this vendor, or...
View ArticleNot So Good
Yeah yeah…I’m late to the party. But that’s understandable, since the Windows Mobile 6 updates from AT&T are taking an interminable amount of time to arrive. Remember… Way way back in March...
View ArticleGet An OVE On?
OK, so this is looking back a good bit, but this has been bugging me for the longest time.. OVE? Really? Pardon me, but using that as an acronym for MS’ Launch-a-palooza at the beginning of 2007 goes...
View ArticleWhat Happened To Starts With D, Rhymes With Hell?
Interesting video from Morningstar about the business model for the Austin, TX version of Beelzebub. What Happened to Dell? Since the analyst asks the question… Why wouldn’t you want a direct model? I...
View ArticleOutlook Not Good: Killing RSS Softly
Anyone other than me utterly sick of Outlook 2007 acting like it was abducted by aliens and transplanted into a concrete-like body before escaping the alien mothership? I’ve resolved to get my...
View ArticleDon’t Wanna Be Your Monkey Wrench
Gonna be doing a bit of work on the ol’ Funcave tonight. Laying in the newest standalone version of the fantabulous Wordpress. So if things look a little weird for a while, don’t worry. We haven’t...
View ArticleWhen Does OMA Really Mean OMA?
Oh…that’s an easy one. When it means OMA, of course! Here’s the dealio… A fellow SBS MVP, as in the M from the Magical M & Ms… Whoa…waitaminute. Was she M? Or was she…M? Anyway, Marina Roos (no...
View ArticleThis Just In…Satan Complains About The Heat
Pot.Kettle.Black That’s the first thought that comes to mind, after hearing the Florida Gators whine about being taunted onfield by Georgia after the Dawgs drew first blood… Which subsequently led to...
View ArticleCheap Shot Of The Week
So what do you do when you play for a cow college in Alabama… And you find yourself facing an All-American defensive tackle who has been named “the best player in college football” and who will...
View ArticleCheaper Shot Of The Week
Cheerleader gets trampled during opening festivities… Ironically enough… She’s from Auburn High School, near Seattle. Coincidence? I THINK NOT! She denies that she was trying to lay an illegal chop...
View ArticleHurr-ay Hurr-ay Hurr-ay!
In case you happened to miss the fine print… Nearly all the official Windows Mobile 6 upgrades that have been released so far have some major restrictions, including… Availability time limit...
View ArticleGot LemonJack?
You might, if you’ve got an O.G. style BlackJack. The crazy kids over at Engadget exposed a semi-stealth recall of all BlackJacks manufactured between November 2006 and February 2007 because of an...
View ArticleNo-Commitment Price!
This is a must-read. Those crazy kids over at Engadget scored an interview with AT&T’s head of Mobility. I’d go point-by-point over the things that had me growling with derision as I read it. But...
View ArticleOperation UK Suppression: Mission Accomplished
If you live in the UK and try to load the freshly baked Office Mobile 6.1 update, which will give your Windows Mobile 5 or 6 device the ability to work with Word, Excel & PowerPoint documents...
View ArticleAnother Day, Another Treo 750 Windows Mobile 6 Rumor
That crazy Poindexter at Boy Genius Report is squawking that the long long looooooong awaited WM6 update for the Treo 750 will materialize sometime tomorrow. In the morning, no less. If I had a nickel...
View ArticleWhere Have All The Features Gone?
Here’s a riddle for you… Question: When is a Windows Mobile 6 device not a Windows Mobile 6 device? Answer: When its feature set has more gaps than the smile of a Kentucky debutante. Or Amy Winehouse....
View ArticleBig Whoop
So, the crazy kids over at Engadget posted a sprinkling of details regarding Windows Mobile next… As in the next 2 versions on the whiteboard past the intermin 6.1 release. And I have to admit that my...
View ArticleHow WHS Stole Christmas
Long story short… Windows Home Server has a hellaciously bad data corruption bug that made it into the shipping product. It’s a semi-crapshoot whether your data will be affected, as it all depends on...
View ArticleApple Bites
I could go on and on about the big rainbow fruit from Cupertino, but I’m specifically talking about MacOS in this instance. With all the recent brouhaha about Windows Home Server’s data corruption...
View ArticleThe RIAA And Its Big Box Of Stupid
Just when you think someone couldn’t be more out of touch with their customer base… The RIAA goes and TOTALLY cements their record of complete insanity concerning what their customers have proven,...
View ArticleBill Clinton Doesn’t Care About Black People
Or maybe it’s just MLK he’s bored with… Not a good day for The Bill & The Hill. Obama-o-rama will have a field day with this. It could have been worse, I guess. There could have been an intern...
View ArticleThe Segway Of Software
Let me be utterly clear about this, so there is no lingering confusion in anyone’s mind… Groove has to be the worst software I’ve ever used in my life. For something else that was breathlessly touted...
View ArticleOne For The Gamers
If you don’t know anything about the games industry, this vid might not make a whole lot of sense. So read this to catch up. Then check this out. Then watch the vid… Derek Smart Derek Smart DEREK...
View ArticlePeople Like Simple
The main thing about the detailed SBS and EBS breakout graphics that keeps bugging me? Those Standard CAL and Premium CAL banners at the bottom. I’m seriously hoping MS isn’t rocking the boat when it...
View ArticleBehind The Green Curtain
AKA Trust Is For Suckers I have clipart of a server room on my web page, so I must know what I’m talking about! Trust is a funny thing. Some people won’t trust anything they have to pay for. Other...
View ArticleThe Funcave’s Saddest Video Of The Day
As a parent with 2 small children, I was horrified when I first saw this video over at Engadget… I cannot fathom the kind of parent that would be idiotic enough to think this is a good idea. Not only...
View ArticleThe Troika Virus
What’s dumber than a virus intended to “revive the golden era” of virii? The nitwits what designed and coded it, that’s what. Here’s how the description should really read… The virus will then hit at...
View ArticleWe Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties
So I was tuning in to Microsoft’s Small Business Summit this morning, catching up on a few things and… Ouchie. Big step backwards over last year’s Small Business Summit event, which was flawlessly...
View ArticleLike A Day Without Sunshine
No, I’m not talking about what passes for springtime in Seattle. That’s what I think about Windows Live without Messenger. Kinda, well…depressing. Especially on a mobile device. So all you emo kids...
View ArticleA Surprising Week
Oh, I knew the MVP Summit would be awesome. But it was awesome in ways I hadn’t counted on. In no particular order, here’s what ROCKED… Getting to see MOM again. Steaks with Nancy and Crystal on...
View ArticleSomewhere, The Boss Should Be Suing Someone Over This
Worst.Video.Evar And when talking about marketing debacles from Redmond… Being the worst is actually an accomplishment, of sorts.
View ArticleSo Close…
And here I thought I had found the answer to my More Mobile Than Mobile quandary…namely, the problem of carrying all the associated stuff. Big ups to Engadget for finding this. I think.
View ArticleDeath Of The Funboard
It’s official. The Funboard AKA the FB has been permanently shuttered. This would be the official notice. Not planning to send anything about the closing via e-mail to any of the 650+ folks who...
View ArticleBetween A Rock And A Hard Place: The War On ROMs
Again…let me tell you how astonished, humbled, and amazed at how many of you got real, tangible value out of the talk on Mobility I delivered in New Orleans this weekend. I appreciate EVERYONE who has...
View ArticleToday Is A Big Day For Me And 39 Good Friends Of Mine
Today is the final class meeting for the 25th anniversary class of Leadership Tuscaloosa. This afternoon, we graduate. I’m feeling…really overwhelmed by it already. When I applied for Leadership...
View ArticleHow Would I Know?
A lot of interesting things happened in NOLA last weekend. Some of which I’m at liberty to discuss, some of which I’m not. But by far, the most disconcerting had to be the number of people who said to...
View ArticleDaniel Koster Just Kicked My Ass, And With Good Reason
And man…do I deserve it. In response to the post on pirate ROMs, and how I handled declining to answer a question on how to do it at the NOLA conference, I used the analogy of being a drug user...
View ArticleSay It Ain’t So Jones! Say It Ain’t So!
Let me come right out and get this review over with in one sentence, for those of you who have important things to get done… The new Indiana Jones movies TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY SUCKS! Yep, I said it....
View ArticleWhere Has All The Memory Gone?
Weird weird issue on the normally kickass server here at the Funcave, which just so happens to be named Charlene. As in… The name of this server is CHARLENE, SIR! Tried to copy a 45GB VHD file to our...
View ArticleLosing More Than It
You have to see this. Watch closely at the start of the video, to see what lights this candle. Office Worker Goes Absolutely Insane – Watch more free videos That’s right, someone knocking over a stack...
View ArticleThe Black Screen Of Death
I got a letter this mornin what do you reckon it read? The totally wicked awesome HP Mini-Note with which I’ve been carrying on a complete hardware love affair suddenly gave up the ghost in the wee...
View ArticleWhy Does Hyper-V Take A Kabillion Years To Delete A Virtual Machine?
Make no mistake about it. I personally think Hyper-V is a seriously kickass slice of awesome from Microsoft. And if you aren’t at least checking it out, you’re really, truly and seriously missing out....
View ArticleThe Problem Is Not In Your Set
Been fighting a few issues here and there related to a Wordpress upgrade. Never had one go this badly before. And after 2 days of off-and-on troubleshooting, I’m not much closer to an answer. The Blank...
View ArticleT-Shirts Of The SEC: Genius or Madman?
To commemorate Les Miles’ late game playcalling in the second annual Saban Bowl, LSU gets an ultra-rare, limited edition SEC t-shirt. I’m betting that one of the books Les Miles doesn’t read that would...
View ArticleT-Shirts Of The SEC: Auburn Tigers
Like a CMT soap opera set in the Appalachians, Auburn’s season this year has gone from bad, to worse, to abominable. And there’s really only one person who should be held accountable for that. Tommy...
View ArticleGoodbye Kitty
Just when I thought my trip last Sunday couldn’t get any worse, upon arriving at the Silver Cloud in Redmond at 2a in the morning, I saw this at the far end of the check-in counter… First, I thought...
View ArticleEBS Has Left The Building
Instead of my typically convoluted Funcave windup involving some theoretical physics, Bluetooth and comic book lore a la “The Big Bang Theory,” I’ll just come right out and say what’s up this time:...
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