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- Popims Animator: The Right Tool for the Job?
- There are quite a few free morphing animation programs out there, one of which is the relatively new Popims Animator, released in March of this year. It marks a supposed "upgrade" for another morphing program called SmartMorph, but is it really better? Kirk Starr puts Popims Animator to the test....
- Tags: Job, TechRepublic Inc., Tool, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Kirk Starr, right tool, software, popims, animation
- Image galleries 2007-11-05
- SmartDraw 2008: The Right Tool for the Job?
- The makers of a new business graphics app claim it's the Right Tool for the Job. But is it really possible for the average user to create top-notch professional business graphics in minutes? Graphic designer Kirk Starr puts SmartDraw to the test. by Kirk Starr
- Tags: Job, TechRepublic Inc., Tool, Kirk Starr, right tool, SmartDraw, graphics, screenshots
- Image galleries 2007-10-17
- Kirk vs. Picard--The movie!
- Though I disagree with the presumed tactical outcome, this mashup video of Capt. Kirk vs. Capt. Picard is really freakin' funny. Stuff like this is why YouTube is one of the fastest-growing sites on the Web. The fact that I knew immediately that almost all the Picard footage was lifted...
- Tags: Footage, Movie, Outcome, Mashup, Picard, Star Wars Imperial Battlefleet, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-03-22
- Captains log - Oh man that hurts
- We've seen a lot of posts on weird news stories, but this is one that stands outhttp://tv.yahoo.com/news/ap/20060117/113754804000.htmlAmazingAs much as I liked Star Trek I don't think I would want his stone.Oh, well, at least it helped someone.I wonder what they could get...For a Klingon caught near Uranus... :^Osorry...old childhood joke.Been...
- Tags: Klingon
- Discussion threads 2006-01-18
- Photos: Life imitates Star Trek
- The devices used by Capt. Kirk and his crew seemed so futuristic at one time. But reality has caught up to fiction.
- Tags: fiction, photograph, Star Trek
- Image galleries 2006-10-05
- SmartDraw 2008: The Right Tool for the Job?
- The Job Professional graphic designers like Kirk Starr charge a lot of money to make business presentation materials look great. But what if there's no room in your budget to contract a designer? The makers of SmartDraw 2008 claim this app grants anyone the ability to create...
- Tags: Job, Tool, SmartDraw 2008, Tool SmartDraw 2008, Recruitment & Selection, Productivity, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Cara Reynolds
- Blog posts 2007-10-17
- Monday Yuk of the Day
- This is why no one robs the Post Office in New Kirk, New Mexico:http://community.webshots.com/photo/471148947/471219265CIggbhPicture was taken on Old Route 66 during my relocation to Arizona.What are they afraid of?The chickens threaten potential robbers with giving them the bird flu? :-)Chicken to robber: "Now you stay away or I will...
- Tags: BFilmFan
- Discussion threads 2005-10-23
- MSDN Architecture Webcast: MSDN geekSpeak: Web Services With Kirk Evans (Level 200)
- The presenter of this webcast shares important tips about working with Web services and preparing for Windows Communication Foundation WCF.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Web, Webcast, Web Service, Web Services, Channel Management, Digital Media, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Xearth (zip)
- Xearth for Windows is a port of Kirk Johnson's original xearth program to Microsoft Windows. Xearth renders a shaded image of the earth on your desktop, as seen from your favorite vantage point in space. By default, the image is updated every five minutes according to the current position of...
- Tags: Image, Xearth, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-11-09
- Will we talk to the next version of Windows like they do in Star Trek?
- Houston we have a problemThis is voice recognition control to user.We have tried to conect you to the server,but due to abnormal weather conditions,our circuits have gone rusty.Please try Linux,or Mac 13.Error....error....error...I can see it now,after many attempts to open My Folders,the blue screen of death,or should that be scream,leaves...
- Tags: Neil Higgins, Microsoft Windows, Star Trek
- Discussion threads 2007-03-15
- Video Mashup: Star Trek vs. Monty Python
- While not quite as funny as the Darth Vader vs. King Arthur Monty Python/Star Wars mashup video from last week, this crazed beauty gleefully boasts a collection of classic Star Trek video clips set to the Camelot musical number from Holy Grail. Effectively, Kirk, Spock and the gang...
- Tags: Python, Video, Star Trek, Mashup, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-07-19
- EMail Attachment Problem
- I have a client who has a WinXP-Pro PC with Outlook 2002. Whenever she wants to write an email with an attachment (i.e. PDF-File) the attachment shows up in the large white area of Outlook where the text is written. Usually there is suppose to be a little section near...
- Tags: Microsoft Outlook, E-mail, Microsoft Office, Groupware
- Q&A 2004-11-25
- The Top 20 Sci-Fi Starship Captains of All Time
- The Top 20 Sci-Fi Starship Captains of All Time, according to Kunochan.com, are as follows: Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation) James T. Kirk Star Trek Han Solo Star Wars Kathryn Janeway (Star Trek: Voyager) Malcolm Reynolds Firefly William "Husker" Adama...
- Tags: Star Trek, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-10-04
- Jessica Alba Screensaver (Ten software downloads on TechRepublic that will never make it as a Right Tool for the Job)
- How do you control unauthorized software in your shop?Whether it's Elf Bowling, an unapproved IM client or even SETI@home, IT department are constantly struggling to keep unauthorized software off company machines.Does your company have an acceptable computer use policy that forbids user from installing unauthorized software?How do you enforce the...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Instant messaging, tool, Bill Detwiler - TechRepublic, job, software
- Discussion threads 2007-09-06
- Firefox promo site taken down by hackers
- IronyTo quote Airplane II: The Sequel,"Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes." - William Shatner (playing a character best described as "a serious James Kirk ripoff")And exactly what has this got to do with Firefox itselfIt's a browser not a server. It wasn't breached. Embarassing agreed, but very misleading.Totally...
- Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2005-10-05
- Secret to cloaking devices, teleporters discovered--it's coffee!
- StarTrek.com has finally revealed the secret behind the Klingons' cloaking device technology, as well as the Federation's vaunted transporters--a good cup o' joe. You can buy a pair of thermo-sensitive mugs that mimic these two iconic sci-fi effects whenever you fill them with a sufficiently hot beverage. The Klingon Bird...
- Tags: StarTrek.com, Food & Beverage, Programming Languages, Java, Manufacturing, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2007-03-20
- Master Process Management in FreeBSD
- This sample chapter from The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System explains process management in FreeBSD in detail, covering topics like context and thread switching, signals, and jails. It concludes with exercises to help put this new knowledge into practice. Title: The Design and Implementation of the...
- Tags: Addison-Wesley, exercise, FreeBSD, FreeBSD Operating System, knowledge, operating system, Process Management
- Download resources 2006-05-15
- Master Process Management in FreeBSD
- This sample chapter from The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operation System takes systems administrators "under the hood" to deepen their understanding of process management in FreeBSD. This sample chapter from The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System explains process management in FreeBSD...
- Tags: Process Management, FreeBSD, Addison-Wesley, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software
- Book chapters 2006-05-15
- Space, the final frontier
- Space, the final frontierOk, this is a very serious post. Remember Star Trek with Scotty, Bones, Capt. Kirk and the gang? This post is all about what the best episode was. What geekier thing could one think of other than Star Trek? I personally have many favorites but I think...
- Tags: TNG, Captain Kirk, Star Trek
- Discussion threads 2006-01-28
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