Google must be up to some sort of 'evil' today. This morning, as usual, I opened up Outlook to get my work email from exchange and my Gmail email via IMAP. After coming back from lunch, I noticed that Outlook was showing me a message that it could not connect to Gmail. So, I logged into Gmail and noticed that my chat feature was gone, IMAP was gone and I had the invitation box showing up again. I suspect Google accidentally reverted my account to some earlier state, but I hadn't lost any email.
While typing this article, I hit the refresh button on Gmail... Boom... Everything is back to normal. Outlook is working as normal. Chat feature is back. Invitation box is gone.
Odd...
Edit: Looks like I am not the only one having problems with Gmail.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Friday, December 21, 2007
Windows Server 2008
My company purchased a very nice computer for some testing I am doing. Right now, the computer is running Vista Ultimate on 4GB of RAM and an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ (Roughly 2.30 GHz). I have Virtual Server 2005 R2 running a few virtual machines. The first virtual machine is Windows Server 2003 Enterprise. The second virtual machine is Windows XP Media Center Edition. Today, I am adding a third machine to the mix: Windows Server 2008 RC! I purchased an Intel Quad Ethernet card for the computer. With the card, I am able to assign an individual ethernet cable to each virtual machine (I had to mess around with settings of each port to be able to assign them to an individual VM).
Man... I am such a geek! I love technology!
When I am done, I will have 4 computers running in one box... How cool is that?!
Man... I am such a geek! I love technology!
When I am done, I will have 4 computers running in one box... How cool is that?!
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Hacking the MyBook World Edition II
I recently purchased a 1Tb Western Digital MyBook World Edition II NAS (Wow, that is a mouth full). For some odd reason, I was not immediately content with the drive and wanted to play around with it. I began searching and stumbed upon http://mybookworld.wikidot.com/. As a result of this webpage, and some poking, my Linux skills have been rekindled. It has been so long since I did anything with Linux.
I am finalizing my setup of the drive and plan to use it as the central storage device for my network (So I do not need to run from computer to computer trying to find a file). One of the neat features is that I can connect a non-network external hard drive to this device using USB. I plan to set up my network so all computers backup to the NAS and then the NAS can backup to my external hard drive. After running the backup (At some specified interval), I can take the external drive and put it in my fire proof safe!
Protecting data is very important... If you do not regularly backup your data, you should consider doing it. It is a terrible feeling when you lose important work or digital pictures.
I am finalizing my setup of the drive and plan to use it as the central storage device for my network (So I do not need to run from computer to computer trying to find a file). One of the neat features is that I can connect a non-network external hard drive to this device using USB. I plan to set up my network so all computers backup to the NAS and then the NAS can backup to my external hard drive. After running the backup (At some specified interval), I can take the external drive and put it in my fire proof safe!
Protecting data is very important... If you do not regularly backup your data, you should consider doing it. It is a terrible feeling when you lose important work or digital pictures.
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Out of BETA?!
Wow... This is new.. Google has moved Blogger out of BETA. Google likes to cook its beta projects for a long time (An excellent idea I might add). I decided to upgrade this particular blog to see how smooth the process was and I must say I am very happy!
The biggest improvement is the flexibility of the templates (A needed improvement).
Thanks Google!!
The biggest improvement is the flexibility of the templates (A needed improvement).
Thanks Google!!
Monday, October 23, 2006
CVE
I just posted an article on our main page about becoming a Certified Videoconferencing Engineer. Since it is technology related material, I have crossposted to the technology section of our blog. Exciting stuff happening!!
Friday, September 29, 2006
Goodbye Newsgator... Hello Google Reader!
I think that the time has come...
I have been an avid user of the Newgator online RSS reader for quite some time now (Maybe as long as a year). It has been my one stop shop for all of the latest on the internet. In fact, I use it so much that I have it burned in my brain to visit http://mail.yahoo.com and then http://www.newsgator.com... I almost type the two addresses as one.
When Google first came out with Google reader, I did not really like it (And I love Google). Yesterday, Google gave me what I wanted and updated the google reader. It now has the features that I have longed for. The main feature that I wanted was the ability to mark an item as read (As if it were email)... After playing around with the reader today, I believe that I may be switching from Newsgator to Google Reader. I will keep both running for a while and see which one I like the best. First impression- Google rocks!
I have been an avid user of the Newgator online RSS reader for quite some time now (Maybe as long as a year). It has been my one stop shop for all of the latest on the internet. In fact, I use it so much that I have it burned in my brain to visit http://mail.yahoo.com and then http://www.newsgator.com... I almost type the two addresses as one.
When Google first came out with Google reader, I did not really like it (And I love Google). Yesterday, Google gave me what I wanted and updated the google reader. It now has the features that I have longed for. The main feature that I wanted was the ability to mark an item as read (As if it were email)... After playing around with the reader today, I believe that I may be switching from Newsgator to Google Reader. I will keep both running for a while and see which one I like the best. First impression- Google rocks!
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
500 Ghz Processor for Your 111 Megapixel Camera!
Two news stories have hit the web this week that I have to blog about.
First, we have been introduced to the 111 Megapixel camera from DALSA. Albeit, there are larger options available... This is just phenominal! Just a few years ago, I would have stuck my nose up to digital. It just was not ready for the world. Today, I have a digital camera with me all the time (My cell phone right now). We have taken over 17,000 pictures over the past two years as a result of digital technology. Sites like Flickr have made it possible for amateur photographers to thrust themselves into the public eye.
Second, we have been introduced to the overclocked 500 Ghz processor. Come again? That's right. Today, I am using a 1.73 Ghz computer, but tomorrow I could be using a computer that is over 250 times FASTER....
Granted, both of these stories speak of technology that is still unobtainable by the general public, but it still neat to see innovation like this. Now, we just need to boost the RAM, build bigger hard drives and get that bus speed up!
First, we have been introduced to the 111 Megapixel camera from DALSA. Albeit, there are larger options available... This is just phenominal! Just a few years ago, I would have stuck my nose up to digital. It just was not ready for the world. Today, I have a digital camera with me all the time (My cell phone right now). We have taken over 17,000 pictures over the past two years as a result of digital technology. Sites like Flickr have made it possible for amateur photographers to thrust themselves into the public eye.
Second, we have been introduced to the overclocked 500 Ghz processor. Come again? That's right. Today, I am using a 1.73 Ghz computer, but tomorrow I could be using a computer that is over 250 times FASTER....
Granted, both of these stories speak of technology that is still unobtainable by the general public, but it still neat to see innovation like this. Now, we just need to boost the RAM, build bigger hard drives and get that bus speed up!
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