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The Future of TV
Look at the lineup of new content tonight: Duel Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? Don't Forget the Lyrics Clash of the Choirs We got a lot of game shows and reality television to look forward to this winter and spring if this writer's strike continues much longer. If only Microsoft had an subscription model for their video content in the XBOX Marketplace. Technorati Tags: tv ......

Posted On Thursday, December 20, 2007 4:15 PM

Know a good Exchange Hosting provider?

We've been using 1&1 for years, but over the last several months they have had a unbelievable amount of downtime as they continue to try and upgrade to Exchange 2007.

Does anyone else out there use a hosted Exchange provider that they like?  Keep in mind we only have 2 accounts, so places like Rackspace won't deal with us.  It would also be preferable if they do web hosting also so we can use one provider for all our domains.

Posted On Tuesday, December 4, 2007 2:34 PM

Precedent Set - $10,000 per song fine

What a bunch of CRAP!  Almost $10,000 per song.  And it could have been as much as $150,000.  This bullying by the music and movie industry has to stop.  But now that they have this win, I think it's going to get a lot worse.

24 illegal song downloads cost US woman 220,000 dollars  Link includes video.

Posted On Friday, October 5, 2007 3:01 AM

Will Bionic Woman Be Canceled?
First a show like Cavemen is allowed to see the light of day, now Bionic Woman's ratings are dropping like a stone. “Bionic” fell 30 percent during its second episode to a 4.0. Moreover, this morning the industry is buzzing that the pivotal second “Bionic” episode, the result of extensive behind-the-scenes retooling, was a creative disaster—cliché-packed dialogue, a nonsensical villain, one-note characters. The much-heralded arrival of Isaiah Washington (who in a New York Post story Wednesday proved ......

Posted On Friday, October 5, 2007 2:55 AM

Cavemen - Ouch

Did anyone else see the premiere of Cavemen?  I mean I knew it was going to be bad, that was the only reason I tuned in at all.  But I couldn't even make it to the end of the opening party seen before turning it off.  It just hurt to watch.  And I watch a lot of crap shows on TV.  Just ask my wife.

This show must end.  And soon.  I feel cheated somehow just knowing it exists.

Posted On Thursday, October 4, 2007 2:51 AM

Windows Live Pricing
Something I noticed in the InfoWeek article from the previous post that I hadn't seen before was pricing for high volume sites: $0.25 / year / unique user for sites that have more than 1 million unique users per month. Or $250,000 per year minimum. It doesn't say anything about traffic less than that. But I have seen limits posted of 25,000 calls per day. After that you need an agreement with Microsoft. Does anyone have any pricing information below the million unique users mark but above the 25,000 ......

Posted On Friday, September 21, 2007 7:16 AM

Karaoke Elvis
Saturday night Kendra and I stopped in this little wing place and were treated to karaoke night. One of the customers was in full on Elvis gear. Big hair, glasses, large belt buckle, but no jump suit. His daughter performed first and her name was actually Lisa Marie. This guy is way into Elvis. When it came his turn to sing, he made an entrance from the bathroom like it was backstage and was carrying a guitar. He never used the guitar at all, not even pretending. In fact, he didn't move at all while ......

Posted On Monday, September 17, 2007 2:04 AM

Car Sales Elvis
A few years ago my wife and I were buying a car. You know that point where you are out in the lot looking at cars and you just know somewhere there is a sales guy waiting to pounce? Well, imagine when you finally see that guy he looks just like young Elvis. That's what happen to us, and Kendra almost lost it. Turns out he is actually an Elvis impersonator by night. I don't know if this helps him sell cars, but I certainly remembered him. And we did end up buying a car from him. Fast forward a couple ......

Posted On Monday, September 17, 2007 1:54 AM

BuiltWith.com
I just found this site thanks to commandN. BuiltWith.com allows you to type in a URL and they will tell you what technology was used to build the site and what type of advertising they are using. Pretty cool. Try it on one of your sites and let me know how accurate it is ......

Posted On Friday, August 24, 2007 1:48 AM

Our Condolences Tony

I was right in the middle of typing a blog post about all the little things that seem to be going right today when I got a call from my wife, Kendra.

A friend's dad just passed away.  Really puts everything in perspective.

Tony, I know you read this blog, so let me say, you have our entire family's deepest sympathy.  I have lost both of my parents at a young age and I understand what a hard time this came be.

God bless.

Posted On Wednesday, August 15, 2007 2:33 AM

A Good Larry Ellison Ego Story
I just read D'Arcy's post about books and the one on Larry Ellison reminded me of a story I heard about 10 years ago. I was working with the son of an Oracle VP. He told us about the time his dad and Larry went to Dell. I believe it was Dell, may have been one of the other big computer guys. We'll go with Dell. Remember, this was 10 years ago. Anyway, when Larry and his dad arrived Michael Dell was in the bathroom, so they had to wait a total of 3 minutes. When Michael showed up, Larry was pissed, ......

Posted On Tuesday, July 31, 2007 4:02 AM

You Picked The Wrong Pocket Buddy
A few years ago I was walking through our local mall on a weekday afternoon when I almost had my pocket picked. A group of teenagers positioned themselves near the food court so you had to walk through them, then one of them would snatch your wallet and run while the others made a wall. One of them tried to grab my wallet, which should have been easy to do wearing suit pants, but it had a button, and no dice. The kid ran off with nothing. The amazing gall of these kids is that they didn't even bother ......

Posted On Wednesday, June 27, 2007 12:38 AM

Zombie Flash Mobs
How many kids do you think these people have given nightmares too? Brain-eating zombies invade SF Apple store ......

Posted On Saturday, May 26, 2007 6:56 PM

Voyagers! on DVD July 17th

No, not the Star Trek series.  How many of you remember this show?

Posted On Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:43 AM

NBC Fall Lineup - Must Geek TV

I guess the success of Heroes and The Office is all NBC can count on these days because they sure seem to be going after the geek demo.

The IT Crowd is being adapted from the BBC, Journeyman is a Quantum Leap style show, Heroes is getting a spin-off Heroes: Origins, and the Bionic Woman returns.

I can see the fall 2008 Friday night lineup now:  Lord of the Rings: Return of the Peacock, Star Wars: The Last Hope and Star Trek: The Search for Ratings.

Posted On Monday, May 14, 2007 6:28 AM

Man Chops Off Own Head With Chainsaw
Talk about trying to one-up Bruce Campbell. How in the world did he pull this off? A man cut off his own head with a chainsaw after stabbing his 70-year-old father to death in their apartment in the German city of Cologne, police said. Alf Willwacher, a senior prosecutor, said an electric chainsaw was next to the son's body. "We do not believe any third party was involved,'' he said. I wonder how the police came to this conclusion? I would think the father had defended himself with the chainsaw once ......

Posted On Wednesday, May 9, 2007 12:21 AM

Leo is Back

Call for Help with Leo Laporte is back on G4TV in the United States.

Posted On Tuesday, August 30, 2005 6:51 AM

Why Free DVRs Are Free
Why would someone pay $800 and a monthly subscription for a Tivo? Or potentially thousands on a Media Center, either Windows, MythTV, etc. DirecTV: We tried the new DVR from DirecTV that records local HD over the satellite. And it just plain did not work. Constant lost recordings and system lockups over the course of a few months eventually led us to cancel DirecTV completely. Charter Cable: Charter's new Motorola DVR is much more consistent, but Charter has shot itself with us 3 times now. First, ......

Posted On Thursday, May 3, 2007 11:41 PM

IPTV Adoption May Be Slowed By Cable Companies
AT&T is trying to get Illinois to change the cable rules to make it easier to enter. A quick summary: Cable companies need to negotiate with every single town in order to provide service, AT&T wants to make it a single statewide rule. Now I know that a lot of hidden agenda is buried on both sides of this argument. But when was the last time you lived in a town with 2 cable providers? Right now I can choose between Charter, DirecTV and Dish Network. So there is competition. But Verizon and ......

Posted On Monday, April 23, 2007 1:04 AM

Windows SmartPhone Blogging?

Does anyone use, or know of, a good application for Windows SmartPhones to use for blogging?  Something similar to Windows Live Writer would be good.

It should be able to support categories and photos and of course it needs to work with GeeksWithBlogs.

Posted On Wednesday, April 18, 2007 8:15 PM

Tell Me Your Favorite TV Show Not on DVD (and get a free Joost invite)
I just got 5 more Joost invitations to hand out. These are up for anyone who wants one. I think its getting close to release. Keeping the TV theme, leave a comment requesting the invite, and include the name of your favorite TV show, past or present, that you want to see released on DVD. For example, mine would be Red Green. You can get "best of" collections and for some reason the complete 1997 season (which I believe is Season 6). I was going to put My Hero on the list, but it looks like it was ......

Posted On Thursday, April 5, 2007 8:26 AM

Show Us Your Start Menu
I think a person's start menu says a lot about them. So show us your start menu! It's a simple Ctrl+Alt+Print Screen. Work Running Windows XP, the company is not overall aggressive about adopting the new OS even though we are a software company. Not running a standard skin (that's the Zune skin). Using IE, not Firefox. Must be a company thing? Windows Live Writer is the top program. I post once or twice a day from work during downtime, but I don't leave the application open. Visual Studio, Notepad ......

Posted On Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:29 AM

The Most Influential Person in IT is ...

Top 100 Most Influential People in IT

Posted On Monday, March 26, 2007 8:57 AM

Battlestar Galactica Season Finale
If you have not seen the final episode yet, don't read any farther. The "obvious"? Okay, so I guess what they are trying to reveal is that all four characters hearing the music are Cylons (Tigh, Sam, Tory and Chief) and Starbuck makes five. Starbuck's re-appearance means she survived death and while she was dead the location of Earth was revealed. Right? Because I am a little confused from the high of Starbuck still being alive after pulling this massive scam on the media. The conspiracy Okay, so ......

Posted On Monday, March 26, 2007 7:33 AM

Choose Exchange Over Windows Live Mail
After about a year of waiting I finally got my invite to Windows Live Mail. (Okay, so I didn't really care that much.) What I got is some awful hybrid between Hotmail and Yahoo Mail. Nothing revolutionary here. Just a forced update to the ever aging Hotmail. Granted I didn't spend much time with it, so if you think you can change my mind, please do so. Unfortunately, this is also the same interface you get with Office Live. Consider using a hosted Microsoft Exchange server. Prices start around $7 ......

Posted On Thursday, March 22, 2007 8:51 AM

Digg - You Are Not Logged In
I'm not sure what the problem is, but I am constantly having to re-login to Digg. I'll digg one story and then less than a minute later I'll get the "You are not logged in." message when trying to digg another story. It doesn't always happen, but it's frequent enough to annoy me. The problem happens at home and at work, in both Firefox 2 and IE7. Anyone else having this problem ......

Posted On Thursday, March 15, 2007 6:40 AM

March Madness and the Kuhl Curse
I've been invited to my first bracket competition of the year. And like every other year, I fully expect to finish dead last. No matter what I try, I always get screwed. For example, this year I picked North Carolina to go all the way. Which means sometime before the first game the entire team will come down with the stomach flu and be replaced by a pick-up team from the Institute of No Depth Perception ......

Posted On Tuesday, March 13, 2007 12:40 PM

Robot Revolution Began in 1979
Looks like our future robot overlords actually started their revolution to overthrow their human creators way back in 1979. Robert Williams was the first man ever killed by a robot. On January 25, 1979, Williams climbed into a storage rack at the Ford Motor’s Flat Rock casting plant to retrieve a part because the parts-retrieval robot malfunctioned. Suddenly, the robot reactivated and slammed its arm into Williams’ head, killing him instantly. Some people will say it was an accident. But I know better. ......

Posted On Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:16 AM

Windows Vista Ultimate Wallpapers

No Zune?  How about some desktop wallpapers.  Microsoft has released 2 new desktop wallpapers based on Windows Vista Ultimate.  You don't need to actually be running Ultimate, or Vista for that matter, to use these.

Wallpapers are in 4:3 and wide screen format.

Posted On Thursday, March 8, 2007 8:27 AM

Star Trek Voyager Apartment
Looks like another guy with time and money to spend has converted his apartment into a Star Trek paradise. Oh wait, he filed bankruptcy, I guess he only had time to spend. Before: After: ......

Posted On Wednesday, March 7, 2007 2:02 PM

Are You Stupid?

Take the stupid test.  No cheating.

My result:

StupidTester.com says I'm 5% Stupid! How stupid are you? Click Here!

Posted On Tuesday, March 6, 2007 7:22 PM

2 More Joost Invites Available
Joost must have liked Jeff and D'Arcy because they just gave me 2 more invites. Same rules: first come, first serve and you must be a GWB member. If you want one, leave a comment, and make sure you put a link to your blog. Learn from Andrew's mistake. I'll use the contact form to get in touch with you. Update: Both are gone. They went to Andrew and Lou Vega. I'll post again if I get more ......

Posted On Thursday, March 1, 2007 12:58 PM

I have 2 Joost invitations available

First come, first serve.  Just request it in the comments.  The only rule is you must be a GeeksWithBlogs member.

Update:  Both are gone.  They went to Jeff Julian and D'Arcy Lussier.  I'll post again if I get more.

Posted On Wednesday, February 28, 2007 12:06 PM

Pizza Vending Machine

Take your stale sandwich / rotten apple spinning vending machine and throw it in the ditch.  Every IT department needs one of these.

Wonder Pizza

Posted On Wednesday, February 28, 2007 11:49 AM

Working at Microsoft / Google / Yahoo!
Here is a blog post from someone who has worked at all three places. The summary: Share this post : email it! | bookmark it ......

Posted On Monday, February 26, 2007 8:06 AM

How Much is GeeksWithBlogs Worth?

$212,400

This value is calculated based on several factors shown above, including: Links, Traffic (Alexa), age of the domain, site category, domain keyword popularity, and overall occurences of the domain name on the web.

Try it yourself at dnScoop

Posted On Friday, February 23, 2007 7:33 AM

I'm THE PC and I'm THE Mac
CEO Steve Jobs and Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates, the seminal figures in the development of the personal computer, will make a rare joint appearance at The Wall Street Journal's ``D: All Things Digital'' conference this year. The two men will jointly discuss the history and future of the digital revolution in an unrehearsed, unscripted, onstage conversation on May 30 with D co-producers Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. Woh! This could get interesting. I'm hoping it degenerates into a physical ......

Posted On Wednesday, February 21, 2007 6:45 AM

Tabbed Browsing for the Wii
Here is an interesting way to get tabbed browsing on the wii. Navigate to wiiminder.com. The site itself creates tabs to help you navigate. If you point your normal browser there all you will get is a video demonstrating the site. Can't wait to get home and try this. It even includes a better favorites system. But where is the Xbox 360 browser? Could you make one with XNA Game Studio? Would Microsoft block it's release ......

Posted On Tuesday, February 20, 2007 6:47 AM

Happy Presidents Day

Hopefully by now you have heard the song Code Monkey.  Here's another great song by Jonathan Coulton, perfect to celebrate Presidents Day.

The Presidents

Posted On Monday, February 19, 2007 6:27 AM

Happy Valentines Day Kendra

Click here for the video

Posted On Wednesday, February 14, 2007 8:04 AM

GotDotNet Shutting Down?
Looks like CodePlex is finally starting to kill off GotDotNet. I just got this e-mail: Subject: Important Announcement: GotDotNet Private Workspaces will be shutting down You are receiving this mail because you are listed as the owner of a private project hosted on GotDotNet Workspaces. Microsoft will be shutting down private Workspaces on 3/20/2007. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact us at: gdnfeed@microsoft.com Thanks, The GotDotNet Team ......

Posted On Thursday, February 8, 2007 7:24 PM

What Would Make You Switch to Apple?
I made a tongue-in-cheek comment about why I don't switch to Mac OS X on a recent post to which Jeff Julian made a comment that got me thinking. What would it take to get you to switch to Apple? For me it would take a two-punch combo: Visual Studio for the Mac or an equally good development environment for Ruby on Rails. (I mostly do web development.) A music and video subscription model to iTunes. If I could get that, I would seriously consider trading in my laptop, Zune and Xbox for a MacBook, ......

Posted On Tuesday, February 6, 2007 3:04 PM

Man Accused Of Posing As A Highly Decorated Marine
St. Louis, MO -- A local man is accused of living a lie, posing as a highly decorated Marine. He fooled his friends but not the feds. The so-called phony Marine, 48-year-old Michael Weilbacher, was just arrested at Tuesday night's Marine League meeting. My wife works with him. She says he acts like the typical retired Marine with war stories, coffee mug, cubicle stuff, lanyard, etc. She also told me he is a nice guy and doesn't think anything malicious was behind it and hope he gets psychological ......

Posted On Wednesday, November 29, 2006 8:09 AM

Emperor of the United States
I found an interesting article on Wikipedia about Joshua A. Norton, the self proclaimed Emperor of the United States. Joshua Abraham Norton (c. 1815 – January 8, 1880), also known as His Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, was a celebrated citizen of San Francisco who, in 1859, proclaimed himself "Emperor of these United States." Although he had no political power, and his influence extended only so far as he was humored by those around him, he was treated deferentially in San Francisco, and currency ......

Posted On Thursday, February 1, 2007 7:29 AM

Hiring Senior ASP.NET in St. Louis
We are adding a senior C# developer to our team for an ASP.NET 2.0 product scheduled to be released in about 1 year. This is product development, not IT support, with a software development firm. This is all we do. If you are interested, or know someone who is, please let me know. Here is the official description: Mitchell Humphrey is a software vendor located in St. Louis, MO, with a nationwide client base. We are currently seeking a Senior Software Developer in our Software Development Department. ......

Posted On Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:40 AM

Live Search Web Service and SDK Released
Today we’re proud to announce the release of the Live Search Web Service (previously known as the MSN Search Web Service Beta). For those new to our search service, it allows developers to programmatically submit queries and retrieve results from the Windows Live Search Engine using a SOAP API. Anyone got any plans for this yet? http://dev.live.com/blogs/d... ......

Posted On Friday, January 26, 2007 1:49 PM

Bill Gates on The Daily Show

Bill will be on The Daily Show this upcoming Monday.  Which means he will be all over Soapbox YouTube on Tuesday.

Bill Gates slated for 'Daily Show' appearance

Posted On Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:07 AM

Crappy / Free CD Case

Don't give out those homemade DVDs without a case.  Create a Paper CD Case.  It says, "Hey, I'm cheap, but I care.  So don't ask to borrow any money."

Posted On Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:56 PM

Java is Officially Dead

Steve Jobs has called it.  Time of death, Jan 13th, 2007 12:39AM.

Markoff: “And what are you thinking about Flash and Java?”

Jobs: “Java’s not worth building in. Nobody uses Java anymore. It’s this big heavyweight ball and chain.”

From Ultimate iPhone FAQs List, Part 2 in The New York Times

Posted On Tuesday, January 23, 2007 2:37 PM

Training Needed
I need to put together training courses / materials for a new employee straight out of college. He needs to know C# and ASP.NET, and currently has little to no exposure. Currently I am leaning toward either Guerrilla.NET from developmentor, .NET Complete from KeyStone, or .NET Power Suite for Visual C# .NET from AppDev. Any suggestions? Anyone ......

Posted On Monday, January 22, 2007 4:56 PM

Embedding Images in GeeksWithBlogs Posts

Right now, as many of you know, images uploaded to GWB are flakey.  If you don't want to clutter up your Flickr account and just need a place to upload one off images try All You Can Upload.  Just select a file from your computer to upload and you get a URL to past into your post.  Easy.  No registration required.

Posted On Friday, January 19, 2007 7:21 AM

James Kim Found Deceased

Goodbye James.  Rest in peace.

Posted On Wednesday, December 6, 2006 4:35 PM

Happy Birthday Kendra

Kendra, I love you and I want everyone to know.

Happy Birthday!

Posted On Thursday, November 30, 2006 11:49 AM

How Apple Can Make Better Products
The iPhone rumors are flying again. What I think Apple should do to save research and development costs is just leak rumors of their next product and see what shows up on the internet. The embedded video I have included for the iTalk looks really good. Now Apple can just go build it. Heck, they really don't even need to think of new ideas. Just listen to the rumors ......

Posted On Tuesday, November 28, 2006 9:24 AM

Wal-Mart PS3 Musical Chairs Brawl

The stupidest man alive has been found, and he works at Wal-Mart in West Bend, Wisconsin.  Turd brains put 10 chairs in another part of the store and told everyone in line for a PS3 to run for it.  Anyone sitting in a chair gets to buy a PS3.

Wal-Mart Brawl

Posted On Friday, November 17, 2006 1:15 PM

Black Friday Ads (PDF)

Your one stop shop for Black Friday ads in full PDF format.

Posted On Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:59 AM

Aggreg8

Microsoft is launching a new team, blogger, ??? site called Aggreg8. I signed on, looked around, and for the life of me, I don't understand the focus of this site. It seems to be a way to group blog posts more my topic than blogger, but it doesn't look executed very well. They probably should have just tried to integrate these feature into The Hive.

Posted On Monday, November 13, 2006 1:56 PM

Nine Things Developers Want More Than Money

This article focuses on the motivation factors behind software developement and encourages you to score your company.

Posted On Wednesday, November 8, 2006 8:43 AM

Add Windows Live Search to your website

Search boxes powered by Windows Live are designed for website owners and bloggers who want to quickly add customized search capability to their site. The search box enables visitors to search your site, the Web, or any other locations you define.

Posted On Wednesday, November 1, 2006 1:54 PM

Now Hiring in St. Louis

My team is looking for a C#, ASP.NET developer to help on a new product.

Posted On Tuesday, October 31, 2006 9:29 AM

Red October

Posted On Friday, October 20, 2006 6:51 AM

Geeks With Blogs Search Macro on Live.com

I have created a search macro for Microsoft's Live.com search engine that will search all the blogs on GWB.

Posted On Wednesday, October 18, 2006 3:00 PM

The Web According to Ballmer

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer chats with BusinessWeek editors about Web 2.0's sky-high valuations and the new competition the company faces

Posted On Thursday, October 12, 2006 5:48 AM

How Many of Me

Find out how many people in the U.S. share your name at HowManyOfMe.com.

Posted On Monday, October 9, 2006 11:50 AM

Amanda Congdon is in St. Louis

Well it looks like Amanda is in my back yard today. She is visiting the City Museum which is a great place to take kids in St. Louis. And it's not really a musuem. If you're ever in the St. Louis area you should check it out.

Posted On Friday, October 6, 2006 11:29 AM

TWiT Windows Podcast

The TWiT podcast network has just added a new podcast just for Windows.

Posted On Thursday, September 28, 2006 5:04 AM

Bud.TV

Bud.TV will launch as a multi-channel online network, with as many as seven channels dedicated to a variety of consumer-interest areas, including comedy, sports, news, short films, and original and mainstream programming. The network also will serve as a distribution platform for multimedia content providers showcasing new and creative material. Bud.TV’s innovative desktop application will allow users to view the content in full-screen DVD quality, setting Bud.TV apart in quality and performa

Posted On Wednesday, September 6, 2006 5:26 AM

developerID - the developer network

a social identity network for programmers, designers, engineers, sys admins & others working in the professional developer community.

Posted On Thursday, August 31, 2006 9:47 AM

Lose The Address Bar Challenge

How good is your search engine? Considering switching from Google to Live? First take the "lose the address bar challenge."

Posted On Friday, August 25, 2006 10:05 AM

PC Magazine's Top 100 Websites

Here is our canon of the top 101 classics for 2006, humbly submitted for you perusal. You've probably heard of many or even most of them, but it's our hope that all of our readers will find something new or rediscover a forgotten favorite on the list.

Posted On Wednesday, August 23, 2006 5:08 AM

TIME 2006 - 50 Coolest Websites

How do we select our finalists? We evaluate hundreds of candidates—some suggested by readers, colleagues and friends, others discovered during countless hours of surfing. Many of this year's choices are shining examples of Web 2.0: next-generation sites offering dynamic new ways to inform and entertain, sites with cutting-edge tools to create, consume, share or discuss all manners of media, from blog posts to video clips. Think we missed one? Send us your thoughts and we'll post a selection o

Posted On Tuesday, August 22, 2006 5:01 AM

Is Amazon.com Down?

An error occurred when we tried to process your request. Rest assured, we're already working on the problem and expect to resolve it shortly.

Posted On Monday, August 21, 2006 10:18 AM

10 Ways to Tweak Your Tech Resume

eWEEK spoke to experts from recruitment firms and job boards and picked their brains for as much résumé-writing advice as they would dish out, rounding it up below. The best thing we learned: With the right advice, writing a top-notch resume can be a breeze.

Posted On Friday, June 30, 2006 1:57 PM

Star Trek vs Star Wars

What would happen if the starship Enterprise encountered the Death Star? Watch to find out...

Posted On Monday, June 26, 2006 1:24 PM

Bye Bill

Bill Gates is leaving Microsoft (mostly) to spend his days working at his charitable foundation. Good or bad, whatever you think of Bill and Microsoft, he certainly helped shape the face of the technology across the planet.

Posted On Thursday, June 15, 2006 6:09 PM

The Latest Memo From Bill Gates

Even though this latest Gates memo was carefully prepared, officially distributed and 100 percent created for public consumption, it's still an interesting read. In it Bill Gates talks about how technology has changed business, how our workforce has adapted and two problems that still need to be solved. We've got the full text of Gates' email up on our website. It's a useful read, not only for what Gates says, but also because top CEOs and CIOs will be reading it, and probably acting on it, a

Posted On Friday, May 19, 2006 7:25 AM

Take a Stand Against the Madness; Stop the RIAA!

Copyright law shouldn't make criminals out of 60 million Americans, and it's time for a change. Tell Congress that it's time to stop the madness!

Posted On Thursday, April 27, 2006 12:06 PM

Tips for Productivity and Happiness at Work

Some good common sense to keep yourself productive and happy at work.

Posted On Tuesday, April 25, 2006 9:39 AM

Microsoft Live Drive Coming

Microsoft is planning on releasing a new live service to store your personal data online, similar to Google's GDrive.

Posted On Thursday, April 20, 2006 7:04 AM

Working at Microsoft

This article is by an employee that has been at Microsoft since 1999. It's very interesting. The article confirmed rumors and speculation I've heard, but there were still a few surprises. If anything it's a good article to hang on to if you work at a stuffy company.

Posted On Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:23 AM

Developer + Happy = Productive

Here are some links and info to keep handy next time your employer starts "cheaping out".

Posted On Tuesday, April 11, 2006 12:35 PM

Where's My Money?

Keep track of all the dead-beats that owe you. Also works with SMS.

Posted On Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:54 AM

The Feed

Rather than bother everyone that reads GeeksWithBlogs with all the snippets I find interesting, I am going to start posting more items but not to the front page or main feed. Mostly this is for my own long term access. But, if you are interested you should be able to see all the little useless things I find interesting on the web by subscribing directly to my blog.

Posted On Friday, April 7, 2006 5:46 AM

Sell Your Used Computer Books

Barnes & Noble has a new buyback service. Just enter you ISBN to get the amount, then print their label and send it to them on their dime.

Posted On Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:35 AM

What I Would Like To See In Live

Gadgets that interface with Exchange server for mail, tasks and calendar.

Posted On Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:16 AM

Windows Live Developer Center

In Microsoft's ongoing battle with Google (and Yahoo!) to become your first stop on the internet, they have finally started to utilize their greatest asset. Not Office or Windows, but the developers, developers, developers.

Posted On Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:52 AM

Brisco County Jr. is Online!

AOL has the greatest show ever: Bruce Campbell in the Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

Posted On Wednesday, March 15, 2006 11:27 AM

Missouri Family Attractions

If you live in the Missouri area and your looking for something different to do with your kids, try the Family Attractions Card.

Posted On Tuesday, March 14, 2006 6:06 AM

Cubicles: The great mistake

Reviled by workers, demonized by designers, disowned by its very creator, it still claims the largest share of office furniture sales--$3 billion or so a year--and has outlived every "office of the future" meant to replace it. It is the Fidel Castro of office furniture.

Posted On Friday, March 10, 2006 11:43 AM

Amazon movie downloads are coming

It's been highly anticipated that Amazon would enter the movie-download business. But the long wait may be over as such an offering might finally be coming to a personal computer near you.

Posted On Friday, March 10, 2006 9:56 AM

Newsvine is Live

Looks like newsvine.com is out of beta. Think of it as a merge of Google News and Digg.

Posted On Friday, March 3, 2006 9:27 AM

Bypass Automated Response

Next time you need to call customer service and you don't want to use the interactive voice response system use gethuman to find the escape code to talk to an operator.

Posted On Thursday, March 2, 2006 10:02 AM

Lottery Odds

The numbers on the Mega Ball are 1 - 46. But on the back of the ticket, it says your odds of picking the Mega Ball are 1 in 75. Can someone explain this?

Posted On Wednesday, March 1, 2006 8:53 AM

Blockbuster Throttling?

Does anyone know if Blockbuster throttles it's customers the way Netflix does?

Posted On Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:23 AM

Something New From Microsoft Mobile?

OrigamiProject.com

Posted On Monday, February 27, 2006 7:51 AM

Photo Tour of Google

Time Magazine has posted a photo tour of life inside Google.

Posted On Friday, February 24, 2006 6:58 AM

Elder Wisdom Circle

A FREE service providing practical advice and guidance from empathetic volunteer seniors. Please think of us as grandparents to the cyber-world.

Posted On Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:44 AM

Star Trek Car

Pics of Nissan Terranaut reveal vehicle perfect for Picard and his crew

Posted On Wednesday, February 22, 2006 5:56 AM

Now Hiring

The company I work for, The DataTech Group, is hiring again.

Posted On Tuesday, February 21, 2006 8:02 AM

Technologist Manifesto..., or Things Everyone in IT Should Know

The best business solution is not always the best technology solution. The burden is on you, the technologist, to make the best system the business will use.

Posted On Thursday, February 16, 2006 10:43 AM

MovieBeam

The on-demand video service MovieBeam is back, and now they are promising movies the same day they are released to DVD.

Posted On Wednesday, February 15, 2006 6:18 AM

Free Microsoft Exchange Email Service

mail2web.com Offers Free Microsoft Exchange Email Service

Posted On Tuesday, February 14, 2006 5:51 AM

How To Troubleshoot Any Networking Problem

even if you're a network troubleshooting black belt, I'll bet you'll get a smile or two of recognition

Posted On Monday, February 13, 2006 11:42 AM

How Much Is Your Home Worth

Find out by putting in your address at Zillow.com. It will show you the apx. value of your home and your neighbors.

Posted On Thursday, February 9, 2006 5:46 AM

2005 Engadget Awards

Best and worst of 2005

Posted On Wednesday, February 8, 2006 9:18 AM

Daedalus Makes Enterprise Look Like A Radio Flyer Wagon

the Daedalus is traveling just under warp 37!

Posted On Tuesday, February 7, 2006 11:04 AM

XHTML

We are starting a new project, and I have been trying my hardest to use XHTML. In the past, I have always used HTML, so this is my first real shot at it.

Posted On Monday, January 23, 2006 9:47 AM

Disney + Pixar = Kids iPod?

Now that Disney has purchased Pixar, Steve is likely to end up on the Disney board. What I would like to see come out of this in the long run is a video iPod simplified and aimed at younger children. Add a section to the iTunes store aimed at music for kids, plus video content from Disney and I think you have a winner.

Posted On Monday, January 23, 2006 9:23 AM

Digg For .NET Developers

DotNetKicks.com is a new "rip-off" site of Digg designed specifically for .NET Developers. If Digg had sub-categories under programming, we wouldn't need this site. But it doesn't, so DotNetKicks fills the void. Check it out.

Posted On Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:49 AM

Free Unlimited Online File Storage (Update)

A while back I wrote a post on ShinyFeet, an unlimited file storage site. So what's the catch I asked?

Posted On Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:11 AM

Listal - A social DVD, book, music and games collection manager

I've recently started using Listal to catolgue my DVDs.

Posted On Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:44 AM

Microsoft Targets Target

Target is moving to the .NET Framework.

Posted On Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:58 AM

Google Video Store

The Google Video Store is now online. I'm not impressed. The cuteness of Google is definitely wearing off. Google needs to improve it's new offerings.

Posted On Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:32 AM

Amazon Tags

Amazon has now added the ability to "tag" items. I have added a few DVDs and created a sample personal online DVD collection. I think this new feature could have some interesting applications.

Posted On Tuesday, January 3, 2006 10:16 AM

The 10 Biggest Microsoft Surprises of 2005

What were the most surprising Microsoft moments in 2005? Here's our list. What juicy items did we miss?

Posted On Wednesday, December 28, 2005 8:52 AM

Is Microsoft Still a Monopoly?

This article is a excellent opinion post on Microsoft's current and future status as a monopoly.

Posted On Tuesday, December 27, 2005 10:32 AM

Hurry Up Netflix

Netflix better get off it's butt and over a download service soon.

Posted On Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:24 AM

Wikipedia Internet Riot

Chaos seems to be breaking out at Wikipedia. Hopefully this is only temporary.

Posted On Saturday, December 17, 2005 7:01 AM

Greed List 2005

Every year I post all the things that I hope the suckers family and friends in my life will buy for me. I hope to completely eliminate crap gifts one day.

Posted On Wednesday, November 23, 2005 10:54 AM

How Microsoft Works

That's an accurate summary, but it doesn't tell anywhere near the whole story. It doesn't tell you that Microsoft is a business empire without equal, that its products are used in nearly every computer on the planet, or that it has yet to reach the height of its power and influence. Microsoft has become a symbol of all that is great about the information age, as well as all that is less-than-great about it.

Posted On Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:52 AM

Wanted: MCSAMCSDMCPDMCA

I remember whan all we had were MCSEs and MCSDs and by golly, we liked it! Now were gonna need an MCCA (Microsoft Certified Certification Analyst) just to figure out who is who!

Posted On Thursday, October 27, 2005 6:19 AM

gBay

It was only a matter of time before Google tackled eBay, and that time is now. As early as next week Google will launch Google Base, an online auction system, that may be free.

Posted On Wednesday, October 26, 2005 6:50 AM

Microsoft @ 30

Check out Microsoft's site dedicated to the history and future of the company.

Posted On Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:25 AM

Top 101 Web Sites

PC Magazine has released a new edition of its Top 101 Web Sites. Not a lot of surprises. I have seen most of these sites. But I did find a few gems.

Posted On Friday, October 21, 2005 6:02 AM

Free Book - Introducing Visual Basic 2005 for Developers

Get a focused, first look at the features and capabilities in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and .NET Framework 2.0.

Posted On Wednesday, October 19, 2005 10:48 AM

Best of Visual Studio 2005 Launch - St. Louis - Nov. 8th

Get ready to dive deep and learn how Visual Studio 2005 will boost your power and creativity. We’ll explore the Visual Studio Team System, which significantly cuts the complexity of delivering high-performance, collaborative applications. We’ll also discuss how Visual Studio 2005 makes it simple to develop and deploy smart client applications, access key features of ASP.NET 2.0, and create rich, mission-critical solutions.

Posted On Tuesday, October 18, 2005 10:03 AM

Get The 411 On Free 411

Try 1-800-Free411. It's free directory assistance, but of course you need to listen to an advertisement.

Posted On Monday, October 17, 2005 9:27 AM

Free Unlimited Online File Storage

I just found out about this site ShinyFeet.com. They offer unlimited e-mail space and unlimited file storage. For free!

Posted On Friday, October 14, 2005 10:00 AM

HTML, CSS, PHP, and More Cheat Sheets

Lorelle on WordPress contains a list of web development related cheat sheets.

Posted On Thursday, October 13, 2005 1:30 PM

Set Your Priorities

Custom development is that murky world where a customer tells you what to build, and you say, 'are you sure?' and they say yes..

Posted On Wednesday, October 12, 2005 8:01 AM

Google Reader

Google has entered the online RSS reader game with Google Reader.

Posted On Monday, October 10, 2005 11:46 AM

Yahoo! Podcasts

Yahoo has followed in Apple's footsteps (surprise) and added Podcasts to their service.

Posted On Monday, October 10, 2005 10:52 AM

Music Download Services Compared

Which service is right for you?

Posted On Friday, October 7, 2005 7:40 AM

Microsoft DVD - Fooled You

All of the news stories floating around about Microsoft created a disposable DVD and planning to go head-to-head against Blockbuster are fake. Just one giant internet hoax.

Posted On Thursday, October 6, 2005 7:20 AM

Microsoft Makes First Bid To Purchase Supreme Court

Harriet Meirs, George Bush's newest nominee to the Supreme Court, was once an attorney for Microsoft.

Posted On Thursday, October 6, 2005 7:16 AM

Hi-Def Commercial

I just saw my very first commericial in high definition.

Posted On Tuesday, October 4, 2005 11:49 AM

How much of a geek are you?

A recent survey suggested that hi-tech jargon is proving tricky for many people to understand. Find out how technically smart you are with our quiz that tests how much you really know about the world of the web and computers.

Posted On Thursday, September 29, 2005 6:51 AM

Everybody Hates Google

Google has bought rights to its first television show. Watch the entire season premiere of Everyboby Hates Chris.

Posted On Tuesday, September 27, 2005 5:45 AM

The Final Cut?

The engineer in charge, Gordon Bell, hopes to create a digital record of everything he sees and hears.

Posted On Tuesday, September 20, 2005 6:48 AM

Office Space Extra Special Edition

Best Buy will be selling an Office Space Gift Box

Posted On Tuesday, September 20, 2005 6:21 AM

Already Bored With VB 8?

Let's start thinking about all the things we want in VB 9, so we can be disappointed when VB 8 releases.

Posted On Monday, September 19, 2005 10:34 AM

What, No Google?

Most popular employers among US computer science students: Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Apple

Posted On Monday, September 19, 2005 10:16 AM

How Microsoft 95 Became Microsoft 2005

Microsoft was already a powerful company, but at the time it looked like it might be heading for some real trouble.

Posted On Friday, September 16, 2005 11:27 AM

Free ASP.NET 2.0 Hosting

Hosting.com is pleased to provide FREE hosting plans for ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.

Posted On Friday, September 16, 2005 11:20 AM

Campaign Monitor

If you are looking to do an e-mail newsletter for your business you should check it out.

Posted On Monday, September 12, 2005 7:19 AM

Internet Television For Geeks

Check the links listed under Blogroll - Video

Posted On Saturday, September 10, 2005 10:12 AM

My Kai-Fu Is Stronger Than Yours

Kai-Fu Lee has nothing good to say about Bill Gates or Microsoft.

Posted On Thursday, September 8, 2005 6:51 AM

NerdTV Has Launched!

The site contains a list of scheduled interviews for the remainder of the year.

Posted On Wednesday, September 7, 2005 7:05 AM

Santa's Bringing Tech Toys

Toy companies are hoping that high-tech toys are going to be at the top of kids' wish lists this holiday season, as a flurry of sophisticated playthings hit store shelves.

Posted On Wednesday, September 7, 2005 7:01 AM

LaVerna Evans Elementary Fund Raiser

My son is in the first grade and his school is doing their annual fund raiser. This year you can purchase items on the web by going to www.mrfundraising.com/store and enter a seller ID of la1406.

Posted On Tuesday, September 6, 2005 9:49 AM

Microsoft Brings .Net to Katrina Relief Effort

Microsoft Corp. is bringing the power of its .Net technology to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort, delivering a system to help locate people displaced or missing since the hurricane.

Posted On Tuesday, September 6, 2005 9:23 AM

Katrina and Live 8

Join Live 8.

Posted On Monday, September 5, 2005 9:21 AM

Now Hiring: 2 Web Developers

My company is hiring 2 web developers immediately for my project.

Posted On Friday, September 2, 2005 11:48 AM

NerdTV Is Almost Here

we're finally launching NerdTV after three years of fitful starts, mistakes, and hard work.

Posted On Friday, September 2, 2005 10:03 AM

Pirates of Silicon Valley

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates were changing the way the world works, lives and communicates.

Posted On Tuesday, August 30, 2005 6:09 AM

Yahoo! MyWeb Links

Many of the bookmarks fall under tags: .net, .net articles, .net libraries, agile, architecture, asp.net, asp.net articles, asp.net controls, open source, programming general, programming software and web design.

Posted On Monday, August 29, 2005 8:57 AM

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