Safely install and test software in a virtual layer

Note to Self: Test this out when I get home and can get to the site.
This step-by-step guide details how you can safely install software to a virtual layer without running a virtual machine using Altiris Software Virtualization Solution. The guide shows how to install Firefox Bon Echo Alpha to a virtual layer that [...]

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Creativity – QoTD

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.
–Erich Fromm

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Spaceship Serenity Model Made From Paper

For all you Firefly fans. This is pretty darn cool !! Instructions on how to make your own if you get bored.
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Testing, Testing is anyone home?

New Theme: Andreas04 – What do you think? I like it!
Lack of Blogging Excuse: None that are good enough!
Firefox Status: I have 2.0 Alpha 1 on my work machine. So far it is looking good. Lost most of my extensions and all of my themes but that seems to be the norm.

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Rails for Designers

This is for designers who are going to be working with Rails and is intended to give them a good starting point to jump into work with a Rails developer. This is all introductory material. Basics are covered (MVC, locations of files) as well as a code example and more advanced topics (partials, ActionView helpers).
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Where in the World is Flat Stanley?

We were walking by The Discovery Place yesterday and my wife was just telling me about my bonus son sending his Flat Stanley to his grandmother and how much fun she was having when what do we see in the outdoor Dead Sea Scrolls display? A Flat Stanley being photographed with the Dead Sea Scrolls [...]

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What?!? It has been a week already?

Wow, This week went by in a blink of my eye. I really hate it that I cannot blog from work anymore. I seem to get my best ideas and inspiriations early in the morning (it is 8:50am EST as I am writing this) and I do not get to post during the work week.
I [...]

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Great Tips for blogging

This article is targeting corporate blogs but some of it applies to all bloggers.
Weblogs Work » Living on the Edge: Blogging in the Real World
Just Do It.
How do you learn to blog? By blogging. Badly at first, but improving with each push of the publish button.
Link, link, link.
The most important thing to [...]

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Grow your Get Smart network

Rajesh Setty has a very interesting post about how we can get smarter by contributing to our network and helping others to grow which can help us to grow. I feel like blogging is very similar to helping your network grow. We find stuff in our daily life and our internet wanderings and we bring [...]

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Coffee: The NEW health food

Now I do not have to feel so bad for taking the habit back up again after 2 years without drinking any.
Turns out coffee is actually good for you. It fights depression, wards off cancer, promotes circulation, and now it’s been proven to fight type 2 diabetes. Drink up!
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The plan for next week To get smarter, starting this Saturday

Guardian Unlimited | Science | Simple ways to make yourself far cleverer
Saturday
Brush your teeth with your ‘wrong’ hand and take a shower with your eyes closed.
Sunday
Do the crossword or Sudoku puzzle in your Sunday paper and take a brisk walk.
Monday
Have oily fish for dinner, and either cycle, walk or take the bus into work.
Tuesday
Select unfamiliar [...]

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Gandalf Biography

Gandalf – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gandalf is the best-known of the Maiar of the people of Valinor. He was known as Olórin who dwelt in the gardens of Irmo and was the pupil of Nienna. When the Valar decided to send the order of the Wizards to Middle-earth, Olórin was proposed by Manwë, in order [...]

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Brand new service for commenting on web pages

BlogEverywhere.com – Your opinion matters … Express It!
BlogEverywhere is a simple way for you to log your thoughts and comments on any web page “without leaving it” . It enables you to have a conversation with other readers of that page.
This only works with IE right now. It does have a future plan for Firefox.

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Brighten up your day

Two great new sidebar features for our WordPress.Com blogs, Recent Comments and Recent Posts. Great ongoing improvements from the wonderful programmers at WordPress!

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Quote of the Day

“Procrastination and worry are the twin thieves that will try to rob you of your brilliance-but even the smallest action will drive them from your camp.”  ~ Gil Atkinson

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This blog knocked my block off!

Benedict Eastaugh the author of the incredible ionfish that I found last friday. I am still digging through his archives and reading every single post with relish. I happened upon his Noteworthy post in which he is talking about getting rid of the dross in his posts. He also referenced his very first post which [...]

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Jugad = Word of the Day

Via Harshdeep 2.0
Uttaranchal News, Garhwal News, Kumaon News, Kumaun News
‘Jugad’ is the buzzword in many parts of India these days. The word’s soaring popularity and frequent use among Hindi speaking Indians can easily turn any word of foreign origin green with envy. It’s not merely a five letter word but a science, art, [...]

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Nostalgia Wave

I saw a copy of this poster at my local Red Robin Hamburger restaurant, Ice Cream Can, 1927 Prints at AllPosters.com and I felt a wave of nostaligia wash over me. The older I get the more I find myself drawn to these types of nostaligia inducing experiences like the restaurant that Travolta and Uma [...]

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