Posted in Technology on Aug 24th, 2010 No Comments »
I have had some emails recently from people wondering if I was still alive. I’ve also had messages from various people needing some technical advice. Obviously I am still alive. So, over the next few weeks I am going to make a concerted effort to put these emails into a blog entry. Here are some [...]
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Posted in Technology on Jun 16th, 2010 No Comments »
Note: There has been quite a bit of interest in this posting recently. I made some updates to the original article (1/9/2010) and re-posted to the top of my blog.
Rugged Laptops
One of the great things about my job is that I get to test new gear from time to time. Most of the time this usually consists [...]
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Posted in Technology on Oct 17th, 2009 1 Comment »
In simplest terms, XP Mode is XP Professional running as a virtualized instance in Windows 7. If you’re not familiar with virtualization, it is essentially running a copy of Windows XP as an app within Windows 7. XP mode is an optional free download for Windows 7 Ultimate and Professional and includes a full copy of a [...]
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