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- Guitar Hero Material
- If you read Jay's blogs, you might have seen the fact that I took my son to an event called Fan Expo - in fact you can see the whole list of pictures I took, if you follow the links in the blog.http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/geekend/?p=906Some of the pics depict a Guitar Hero...
- Tags: JamesRL, Guitar Hero, Tubular Bells, music
- Discussion threads 2007-10-15
- Pics: Costumes, fanboys, and outer space toilets...oh my!
- Well to be fair Jay....Regarding your Jek Porkins comment....there was more than one of them at the event. I vene noted that one of the women in the picture actually changed her outfit into another charecter entirely for the Masquarade ball/costume competition. These people take it pretty seriously.There were also...
- Tags: JamesRL
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
- USB external drive not showing up
- I recently bought an external USB drive. I bought a premade one, as they were on special and cheaper than buying a nice case and drive and doing it myself. Its a Seagate Free agent drive - but not one with any software. Its USB 2.0 of course.My computer doesn't...
- Tags: JamesRL, USB, USB 2.0
- Discussion threads 2007-09-17
- Seven ways to research a prospective employer
- Google......is your friendCorporate websites and so on will tell what they want to tell. Googling an employer helps find more information.I googled my current employer when I applied and found a sales presentation online. It told me about their products and how they were positioned and marketed. That made me...
- Tags: JamesRL
- Discussion threads 2007-08-29
- Not paying your staff OT? Think twice...
- http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2007/06/05/cibctellersuit.htmlNow this is in a financial institution, and it is with staff not paid as well as most IT people ($31k Canadian for 10 years exp, at the level of head teller). And that may have an influence.The bank's position is that their official HR policy is that they pay...
- Tags: Financial services, JamesRL
- Discussion threads 2007-06-06
- Marketing calls
- As a manager, I get all kinds of calls. Sometimes switchboard puts them through to me, though why I am so lucky I don't know. I don't have a gatekeeper, I'm not important enought for an admin.The one today though took the cake.First off she started off a little too...
- Tags: JamesRL, marketing, card
- Discussion threads 2007-06-05
- Looking for a workable solution to an IT mess
- I have currently taken a networking job with a small company with a small IT department. Upper management is not happen with the individuals in the IT department and all the issues they are having with the whole network ranging from the end users desktop support, turn around time on...
- Tags: JamesRL, networking29, information technology, network, job
- Discussion threads 2007-05-31
- New Python....sort of....
- http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/218027Eric Idle has created a new work called "Not the Messiah(He's a very Naughty Boy)" which is both a Mock Oratorio poking fun at Handel perhaps and an extension of Life of Brian.I know that many MP fans hang out here....James"It's......a miracle!"hehe.. I thought "new programming language" when I read...
- Tags: Programming languages, Development tools, Scripting languages, JamesRL, Python
- Discussion threads 2007-05-28
- Did anyone else get a suspicious email
- Through peer mail?Subject: Thank You.Body: I have viewed your post and it was very helpful.My apologies if this offends the person sending. There was no reference to either a specific post or the name of the person emailing to me.If this was someone just jotting off a quick note and...
- Tags: PDAs, JamesRL, gmail, e-mail, http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=101&threadI
- Discussion threads 2007-05-07
- A Micheal Moore Movie that even Maxwell will want to see
- I apologise that I haven't listened to this clip yet(can't from work), but I heard the first minute or so on the drive into work Monday.http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/2007/03/march_5_2007.htmlA couple of documentary film makers from Toronto decided to do a documentary about someone they "liked". They agreed with Moore's general positions on things...
- Tags: JamesRL, micheal moore, off-topic
- Discussion threads 2007-03-07
- Being on the other end of the line
- that would be goodWe have all manner of stuff we can access via the web but from my car the network access is a little slow and most page requests time out before they can respond, it also racks up quite a high bill on the mobile phone.My company's approachFirst...
- Tags: JamesRL, Web, help desk, off-topic
- Discussion threads 2007-02-15
- Cyberbullying versus free speech
- http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/02/12/school-facebook.htmlhttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070213.FACEBOOK13/TPStory/TPNational/Ontario/This is juts 30km north of me...Long story short - students get upset at ban of cells/pagers/other devices in school and blame principal of school school board policy BTW. Kids go onto social networking site and make comments, turning into something pretty nasty (some of the comments suggest he should...
- Tags: JamesRL, internet speech, cyberbullying, off-topic, free speech, jurisdiction
- Discussion threads 2007-02-13
- The Top 10 Most Quotable Geek Films...Ever!
- Gaping hole.....Buckaroo Bonzai: Hey, hey, hey. Don't be mean. We don't have to be mean because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are. Laugh-a while you can, monkey-boy. Mission Control: Buckaroo, The White House wants to know is everything ok with the alien space craft from Planet 10...
- Tags: JamesRL, Mission Control
- Discussion threads 2007-02-08
- This is not a case of video game addiction - so shut up
- UmmmmI have to watch this at home as my work blocks YouTube, but...Are you aware that someone people get their jollies from going on these shows as guests and they are "acting". There was the famous case of a comedy troup from Toronto getting on Jerry Springer on a number...
- Tags: game, JamesRL, internet addiction, off-topic, video, video game
- Discussion threads 2007-02-08
- Is it just me? I can't view the discussions tab
- When I am in the forums, I can click on the questions tab, the posts from my contacts tab and so on without an issue. When I click on the Discussions tab it shows no discussions and a blank field where the discussions should be. I've had this problem occur...
- Tags: Beth, JamesRL
- Discussion threads 2007-02-01
- Changing the Scene
- CongratsI've done a business analyst role, actually more than I've done coding.It means different things to different organizations.I went to a bank to be a business analyst on contract, and ended up writing a data dictionary, reveiewing the business rules, and working with the group reviewing the end to end...
- Tags: JamesRL
- Discussion threads 2006-12-14
- A Challenge
- I offer up to my friends at TechRepublic a little contest.We seem to have a troll lurking in our midst. Now I've seen and dealt with trolls for years in other forums, but I know there are some here with a unique wit, and frankly I would enjoy seein
- Tags: JamesRL, troll
- Discussion threads 2006-12-12
- Use this year's Holiday party to your advantage
- Walking a very fine line....As a manager, I do enjoy the opportunity to see my coworkers in a different atmosphere, and that is an important part of social networking.But I might suggest some do's and don'ts.Do go.Some employees couldn't b
- Tags: social network, it management, career, DOn't, JamesRL, glass, drink, ice
- Discussion threads 2006-12-12
- Your money or your life...
- I started thinking about this when I read the story of the guy shot while standing in line for a Playstation 3. He refused to hand over his money and caught a bullet. More recently in Toronto, a young athlete left a bar on Saturday night to go to a
- Tags: ATM, JamesRL
- Discussion threads 2006-11-30
- Starbucks and Intermountain Healthcare 'lose'? sensitive employee data
- article rootMessage was edited by: The Trivia GeekIt doesn't have to be difficult to be more secureMy company encrypts all laptops as a matter of policy, and enforces a strong password on them. Its not perfect but its much better than no encryp
- Tags: security update, security, JamesRL, laptop computer, Starbucks Corp., job
- Discussion threads 2006-11-15
