The IT Consultant is drafted to judge the 2011 Halloween Costume Contest. I thought the dog should have won!
Oct 312011
Oct 302011
From MakeUseOf.com…
Browse an assortment of amazingly useful commands. Whether you’re an veteran system admin or a command-line neophyte striving to discover more, CommandLineFu is a vote-driven collection of commands that serves up thousands of ideas you should have thought of but didn’t.
via CommandLineFu: Amazing Collection Of Command Line Gems [Linux & Mac].
Oct 302011
By Michael Cooney at NetworkWorld.com…
ORLANDO — If you had to pick 10 technology-related trends that will impact your enterprise infrastructure in the coming year, Gartner says you’d do well to start with virtualization and move to other issues such as social media influence, energy issues and flat networks to name a few.
Oct 292011
Saw this on YouTube, it’s definitely worth watching and listening to…
Nora Jones covers Bob Dylan song “Forever Young”
Oct 282011
For iOS users only. Install the Box.Net app, sign up for a new account and get 50GB of free storage where other users get only 5GB. There is about 12 days remaining I think.
I went ahead and installed it, and will update this post with my review on it later.
Oct 282011
As my digital media class is nearing the video component I’ll be recommending this post to my students.
By J. Lockhart at MakeUseOf.com…
So in the past, I told you how to find some pretty cool stuff for your media creation, and I also helped you find ways to get your production started. However, in my classes this semester, I have been learning a few things too. Since I’m a production student, I get a lot of stuff thrown at me video-wise.
via Check Out 3 DIY Video Series For Professional Tips On Video-Making.
Oct 272011
By Adrian Klaver at LinuxJournal.com…
jEdit is a cross-platform text editor written in Java. The current stable version at time of this writing is 4.3.2, and it’s available at http://jedit.org. Besides the cross-platform capabilities, jEdit offers other features, such as a sophisticated plugin system, syntax highlighting for 130 languages, a built-in macro language and extensive encoding support. I wrote this article using jEdit, and I demonstrate some of its features here, especially some of the plugins I have found useful.
Oct 272011
From PCWorld.com…
Apple’s iCloud is a nice tool for keeping contacts, calendar items, and other data in sync between my iPhone and iPad, but what about keeping everything synced up with my Windows PC? Apple has that covered as well with the iCloud Control Panel for Windows.
via Syncing iCloud with Windows and Outlook | PCWorld Business Center.