Drinking Diet Pepsi just paid off. I just won a Rock Band 2 Bundle for the Wii from Pepsi. We should be having some fun in 8-10 weeks.
Monthly Archive: August 2009
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Aug 30
Image Resizer PowerToy for Windows 7
I just realized Windows 7 doesn’t have one of my favorite XP powertoys, Image Resizer. I constantly use this utility to quickly resize images with the convenience of the Windows shell context. Luckily I found that the guys over at CodePlex have updated the utility to run on Windows Vista and Windows 7 and even …
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Aug 29
Windows 7 and the Vundo Trojan
I found out this morning while downloading some utilities that Windows 7 is as vulnerable to the Vundo Trojan as previous versions of Windows. Somewhat disappointed, I have started out performing all the necessary cleaning operations: Getting and running the latest version of VundoFix Running a full system scan using ESET NOD32 Getting and running …
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Aug 28
Windows 7 and IIS 7
While getting my Windows 7 laptop setup to be a development system, I noticed that IIS is not an option for install with Windows 7 (as with Vista, XP, 2000, etc.). After a quick Google search I found the following Technet article at Microsoft. There are no instructions for Windows 7, but I found using …
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Aug 28
CD/DVD Emulation on Windows 7
I have been using a combination of Daemon Tools and MagicDisc for Windows XP and Vista, but when upgrading to Windows 7 I found out that Daemon Tools no longer works. I did some quick research and found that a lot of other folks liked PowerISO. I downloaded it, installed it, and it works great. …
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Aug 23
Border Cafe in Cambridge
I had dinner at the Border Cafe in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA this evening with my cousin and co-workers. The food was excellent, and the beer and margaritas were refreshing. It was a rainy humid day in Boston so the restaurant was a bit on the warm side, but the lighthearted atmosphere, good friends, and …
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