Archive for September, 2005

The New Microsoft…

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

…Now that I’m an IT guy, I spend an awful lot of my time thinking about the things those letters stand for: Information and Technology. As I was sitting this afternoon (reading a book on ASP.NET security during my free time, no less) I started thinking about an imperceptible role shift that might be [...]

Voice Over IP…

Tuesday, September 13th, 2005

…or VoIP is the term for a new (re: just barely mainstream) way of communitcating over the Internet. VoIP lets you use a regular telephone to make calls anywhere. The difference is, the calls are sent over the Internet through your broadband connection. This has the advantage of making them very cost effective. Furthermore, [...]

It’s Alive!..

Monday, September 5th, 2005

…My wife’s car, affectionately named “Utar,” got some attention this morning. He’s due for inspection soon so I got up early (9am) and drove him over to my parent’s house. My father supvervised a front brake replacement and did some other minor repairs. Long and short: Utar is running as well as ever and is [...]