Today I received an email from Google apologizing for the outages relating to their Google Apps suite, which I use as part of my core infrastructure. I was not actually effected by the outages, but I did hear about them on various podcasts and blogs. I find their solution to the issue to be fair [...]

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Dr. David Schwartz, author of “The Magic of Thinking Big” contends that a key element of success is to follow a plan for liking people. In the book, he talks of President Johnson’s ten-point formula for success. Here are those points for your review. Ask yourself after reading each one: How can I better practice [...]

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One of the productivity features I miss most when leaving my Ubuntu environment for Windows Vista 64-bit is multiple (virtual) desktops. After searching high and low, I finally found a solution that best emulates my beloved Ubuntu desktop.

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If you are interested in creating a local development environment for Django and you are running Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit, this guide is for you! Following are step by step instructions.

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