Month: August 2010

Swiss File Knife is a free multi function command line tool that belongs onto every usb stick. Download SFK from sourceforge. This package contains binaries, source and buildscripts for Windows and Linux. You may also download just the windows executable sfk.exe or the linux binary for Ubuntu or DSL. No installation, no registry entries, no […]

Application helps foil a burglary from more than 1,000 miles away.

CBS – 9-Day Long Traffic Jam in China A combination of construction and broken-down vehicles has caused an almost-unimaginable traffic jam in Northern China, which has lasted for well over a week. Katie Couric reports.

Dad Life (Father’s Day Opening 2010) Dad Life 2020

Earlier today I wrote a post about Microsoft Support sucking ASS.  Well, I just wanted to put in a plug for the community that is Experts Exchange. I live on the web, and I don’t think a day goes by that Experts Exchange isn’t in the top 10 (if not #1) results of searches for […]

Last Thursday (4 days ago) I had a SQL 2005 server go belly-up.  Since our DBA quit unexpectedly recently and I’m only a lowly network admin/engineer with a bit of SQL experience, and since we were faced with a critical issue threatening our business and the Internet as a whole; I dropped (well my company […]

The last few days I’ve been trying to recover from a pretty big SQL server failure.  After running into problems with Microsoft’s support I have had to turn to the web for help here.  After all I’m a network guy & only dabble in SQL from time-to-time.  I’m posting this to mainly have as a […]

A controversial look at big government spending and Obamanomics.

From Travis Pastrana’s double back flip on a motorcycle, to his jumping out of an airplane without a parachute, to the longest jump ever (31km), these are some amazing jumps.