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Entries for February, 2008

Don’t Be Afraid to Question "Why Are We Doing It This Way?"

"A boy asked his mother how come she cuts off the edges of a pot roast when putting it into the pot. Mother told him that that’s how her mother taught her to do. So, boy went to his grandmother and he got the same answer. Then he went to his grand-grandmother and ask her [...]

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Cisco VPN Client on Microsoft Vista - Connection Issues?

If you are using the Cisco VPN Client on Vista (if you can even get it installed, you need one of the latest versions) Then you probably have ran into connection issues. "Connection Reset By Peer" or "Failed to Enable Virtual Adapter" or "User Authentication Failed" etc etc. I recently redid my Vista box and [...]

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HowTo: Find a Domain Name Quick

I usually buy domain names when I think of something cool and it is available. (ilovetotsinpdx.com anyone?). The easiest way to find domains the "Web 2.0" way is using this cool AJAX’y interface to search open domains.
http://instantdomainsearch.com
Makes it fun and easy! BTW I do use http://www.active-domain.com for my [...]

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IT and Development Best Practice: Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should..

One thing I have learned over the years in IT and Development is this: Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should.
What does this mean? It means that sometimes software and programs and hardware will let you do thing/configure things in such a way that is possible [...]

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