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Has anyone else noticed an increase in the amount of SPAM that doesn’t get filtered out by GMail’s junk email filters? It seems to be getting worse – of course not to the extent of an unprotected POP3 account, but it is noticeable.
Rate your Junk Email experience with GMail recently:
Just curious.
links for 2006-11-24
- The WPSA PowerSports Snowmobile Tour officially kicks off its 2006-2007 season this weekend with the AMSOIL Duluth National at Spirit Mountain in Duluth, Minn.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I want to wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving. We’re taking a break over the next day or so, but we’ll be back later in the week with more news and stuff.
KnowNow WordPress Enterprise Edition
This is great news for the team over at Automattic – WordPress has become a world-class platform for interactive communications, and this latest move is well-earned.
The new version will apparently be marketed through KnowNow, a Sunnyvale, CA company which has a bit of experience in the enterprise marketplace.
The new KnowNow WordPress Enterprise Edition will offer enterprises a comprehensive authoring solution that includes a powerful new platform for open communications and information management. With the addition of WordPress, KnowNow offers enterprises a platform to build their customer-facing presence in the blogosphere, or an internal platform behind their own firewall to support interactive employee communication. The solution enables authoring of content that leverages the RSS format, meaning enterprises can speed the delivery of critical information to employees, partners, or customers.
Via: The Blog Herald – WordPress goes Enterprise (SixApart cries in dark corner)
MSFN – Microsoft Forefront Client Security Public Beta
Looks like Microsoft Forefront is ready for beta testing. Public beta is open download here.
Via: MSFN – Microsoft Forefront Client Security Public Beta
links for 2006-11-19
- Another update to VMWare Workstation – the leading desktop virtualization software package.
Snap Preview Anywhere
Ok, so I’m trying out this service/plugin called Snap Preview Anywhere. Snap is a search engine, but their unique twist is to generate live previews of the search results. So before you click on a given search result, yo can view the preview to decide if you want to visit the site, or move on to the next result.
The Snap Preview Anywhere plugin that I’ve enable here on my blog generates a preview of the site that a given link is for. Simply hover over the link and a preview will appear.
I have noticed that many times this takes a second or two – so my question to you is:
Does the delay in the Snap Preview bother you, how bad is the delay when you’re simply trying to browse?
links for 2006-11-18
- Steve Rubel talks about how more bloggers are turning pro – and how a slowdown in advertising dollars may stall those dreams for many.
- jkOnTheRun has a great preview of the Fujitsu P1610. I’m in the market for a new system and may compare this as an option instead of a regular laptop or UMPC.
Possible Mobile Quandary?
Ok, so the more I think about how best to leverage my meager personal computing budget for 2007, the more ideas I have. While having ideas and options is not a bad thing – I’m starting to wonder if my trusty Pocket PC is worth the price any longer.
More and more, I’m thinking about a UMPC – one with WiFi, Bluetooth and a decent performance level. All I need to do is have a real computer with me at all times, be able to play media (not create it), Internet access for writing & blogging, email and such. That’s it.
With that in mind, I’m starting to think that I don’t need as robust a phone as I have today. I’ve got several (dozen – shh…) software packages for my Pocket PC, but I find that I only use a few – and then only lightly.
I know I could move to a Smartphone like the T-Mobile Dash or Moto Q, but can I go lower than that? Can I go back to a plain old phone? One that has 3G data services for sure, but a simple phone none the less?
The reality is that I’ll never really make use of that awesome looking 17″ Quad Core killer 10lb. laptop that I would otherwise be dreaming about. A simple laptop or UMPC is more my style today – it would do everything that I need it to do.
I’m just curious what others are planning now that Vista is on its way to store shelves – what changes are in store for your mobile kit?
jkOnTheRun: Reading RSS feeds in IE7 and Outlook 2007
Have you heard of the RSS features in Internet Explorer 7? How about Outlook 2007? Yep, Microsoft baked RSS goodness into the two most-used desktop applications from Redmond.
What? How well do they work? It just so happens that Kevin Tofel has a great overview of RSS in the two products. It really is a an honest appraisal of how well Microsoft has implemented RSS.
Integration is quite good, but the feature set is a little lacking. Still, if you’re starting out with RSS – these two applications will help you get a good understanding of how RSS can help you consume more information faster than simply browsing news sites.
Good read.
Via: jkOnTheRun – Overview: reading RSS feeds in IE7 and Outlook 2007
@MAC_Arms Pay taxes when you make your money, pay taxes when you spend your money, pay taxes when you successfully invest your money, pay taxes when you save enough taxed money to afford a house, pay taxes to live in your house, pay taxes when you sell the house that you paid taxes on to
Yup, taxes are criminal and we need serious reforms. I've always said that if you want to see a tax revolt, make withholdings illegal and have Americans write a tax check every payday. They'll revolt for sure. You don't miss what you never had.
I think it’s safe to say that @GovEvers should stop blocking audits in Wisconsin and open the books…
“Only AMERICAN citizens should vote.”
Sen. @berniemoreno says voter ID and proof of citizenship are simply common sense.
“We’re talking about a very low threshold — identify who you are and prove you’re a U.S. citizen when you register to vote. I think we’re getting closer to
Wrong. Democrats are solely responsible for hours-long airport lines.
They voted to defund TSA three times and won’t even entertain a conversation about reopening it. Why?
They’re using it as leverage to stop enforcing immigration laws.