Goodbye Geek Brief TV...
blog
Saturday Mornings I get up early, my wife Deb does not.  This is time for me to relax and catch up on my “me” time by drinking some coffee and watching my video
Automatically add PDF Files to iBooks / iTunes via Dropbox
dropbox
If you’ve just recently upgraded to iOS 4 (aka iPhone OS 4), then you are eligible to download iBooks version 1.1. Why is iBooks version 1.1 so exciting? Because it
CloudEngines Plugs Security Flaw in Pogoplug with Firmware 2.1
linux
In my original Blog Post entitled Beware the Pogoplug [https://robpickering.com/beware-the-pogoplug/] I pointed out a rather serious security hole in the Cloud Engines [http://www.cloudengines.com/]‘ Pogoplug device. That security
PXE Boot your Parallels VM
Apple/Mac
[http://www.amazon.com/Parallels-Desktop-Upgrade-Windows-7/dp/B003M85RAA%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIIE33VISUW746DYQ%26tag%3Dbaldusgateitempa%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB003M85RAA] The Problem If you’re in a corporate environment you probably have Windows OS
Quicken Essentials for Mac - The Bare Minimum
finance
> Update – 20120712:  I was wrong, this is still a great article, but I gave up on Intuit and any and all of their Macintosh software, see my latest post here [https://robpickering.
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iBank - Your Quicken Alternative
finance
[http://www.amazon.com/IGG-Software-001017-iBank/dp/B000Q1OTTG%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIIE33VISUW746DYQ%26tag%3Dbaldusgateitempa%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB000Q1OTTG] I’ve entered my last transaction into Quicken 2007 for Mac. I’m tired
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Upcoming Battleground Changes
battlegrounds
For those of you who participate in battlegrounds, or maybe just the occasional Wintergrasp, many changes are coming: * Marks of Honor are going away. * Holiday weekends will now be denoted as “Call to
Intuit Responds - Quicken Essentials 2010 for Mac
finance
After posting my blog article [https://robpickering.com/technology/2010/1/31/quicken-essentials-2010-for-mac-why-bother.html] , and at the direction of several of my readers, I sent an email to my contacts at Intuit pointing
Love is in the Air - 2010
howto
The Love is in the Air World Event is now live on all servers. This year’s version of the World Event has undergone major changes and, as such, most of the guides
Quicken Essentials 2010 for Mac.  Why bother?
quicken
I’m upset with Intuit and I’m not sure what to do about it. First and foremost, let me get this out of the way. I love Quicken [http://quicken.intuit.com/
Enchanting Heirloom Items
WarCraft
Heirloom items are one of the best things that have happened for leveling in World of Warcraft.  The other is Refer-a-Friend (I’ll probably do a different post on RaF in the future)
Beware the PogoPlug
Security
Today marks a milestone for me.  I started a blog.  I have no idea how long I’ll write this, but something I found out recently compelled me to share what I know.