So, you may get a shiny new quadcopter for Christmas and you’re itching to fly
it outside? Don’t. You’ll wreck it. Seriously. Much like Ralphie in “A
Christmas Story [http:
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On May 9th, I started a new career.
This wasn’t something I had planned. I’ve been the VP/CIO of Information
Services for my former company for a decade. Before that
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I’m a big ServiceNow fan. I became a bigger fan when they opened up a new
Developer Program [https://developer.servicenow.com] that included access to a
free, personal ServiceNow Instance. Just
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Current Status of SmushBox and Smush Mobile
My original review of the SmushBox is over here [https://robpickering.com/?p=1465].
As I’m writing this I’ve currently just gotten my SmushBox
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Retail Info
* Where to buy:iOS App Store
[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibank-for-iphone/id919518925?mt=8&uo=4&at=11loW7]
* Retail Price: $9.99
* Would I Pay Retail?Not
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The Problem
A few days ago, we started having strange behavior in our Configuration
Management Database (CMDB). When looking at certain classes of Configuration
Items (CI) we would see the User Interface (UI)
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Appears that with the coming of OS X 10.9 Mavericks, we are once again faced
with various peripherals that cease to function correctly.
I often do work that requires a serial port.
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The PadPivot is a “Lap and Desk Stand” for the iPad and other tablet-sized
devices. I had purchased an original iPad the previous year and had kept
looking for a nice desk stand
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The C-Loop was my introduction to the Kickstarter [http://www.kickstarter.com/]
service. If you don’t know, Kickstarter is a way for potential inventors /
service providers to crowdfund their ideas. It provides
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Today marks another milestone in my professional career. I’m going to begin
writing blog posts about a great new Information Technology Service Management
(ITSM) tool called ServiceNow [http://www.servicenow.com]. We
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Over the last 6 years, IGG Software [http://www.iggsoftware.com]has continued to
lengthen their lead in the Macintosh Personal Finance space, becoming the
dominant player assisting you with all aspects of
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On March 27th, I was listening to the Security Now podcast (Security Now #397 –
“Listener Feedback #164” [https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-397.htm]), when Steve Gibson
mentioned a Kickstarter [http://kickstarter.com]
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On Monday morning, I got a call from one of our Executives telling me that his
home computer was displaying a strange message and asking for some assistance.
I asked what was displaying
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A friend of mine (he has a blog over here [http://aucontrary.com]) gave me an
idea for a program. He wanted to know when his kids got home (and when they
left)
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