http://www.ngtech.org/wordpress Musings and ramblings of an aging academic Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:17:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I downloaded the ISO image of the Windows 7 Beta (build 7000) last night.  It's a 2.2 gb DVD image.  Today I used the ISO image, booted to my copy of VMWare Workstation 6.5 and installed Windows 7 into a virtual machine.  The whole process was automated.  VMWare Workstation recognized ... http://www.ngtech.org/wordpress/archives/53 I bought a Dell Mini 9 right before Christmas.  As soon as it arrived, I started customizing it and have documented everything I have done so far.  When the configuration (and documentation) is complete, I will post it here.  In the meantime, here is a brief description of what I ... http://www.ngtech.org/wordpress/archives/52 Are you Web 2.0 challenged?  Many people are, except maybe for digital natives.  If you want to get up to speed quickly (although it is a little bit of work, kind of like learning of most any kind) then try this link to 25 Web 2.0 things you should know ... http://www.ngtech.org/wordpress/archives/51 Thanks to the Lessig Blog for this one. Here is a short video that explains everything, especially how the telecomm companies want to take control of content on the Internet by simply pricing out current content providers (85% of which are you and me ... private citizens, not large conglomerates).  ... http://www.ngtech.org/wordpress/archives/50 I have written and published a total of 6 books, all non-fiction. One was a college textbook and the other 5 were cookbooks. Writing and then seeing your work published is a unique event and it is difficult to describe the feeling of accomplishment that you get. If it is ... http://www.ngtech.org/wordpress/archives/49 This is my first test of using Windows Live Writer (beta) to compose an entry for the blog.  It makes editing a blog post much easier than using the normal WordPress editor.  Essentially, Windows Live Writer is a desktop application that lets you create your post in WYSIWYG fashion (with ... http://www.ngtech.org/wordpress/archives/45 I have spent quite a bit of time this past week putting Microsoft Expression Web through its paces. I have used FrontPage (which is going away ... replaced by Expression Web) and Dreamweaver, as well as some other, lesser, tools. I think Expression Web, with a few modifications, ... http://www.ngtech.org/wordpress/archives/43 This is a little off-topic for this blog, but I was showing my MBA students a video a few weeks ago that recounted the history of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which deals in futures. Since a futures market generally does well with a price-volatile product like precious metals, hog ... http://www.ngtech.org/wordpress/archives/42 I had a bad experience with an upgrade this week. I decided to upgrade my IPAQ to Windows Mobile 2005 (called WM5 for short). That also required an upgrade of the ActiveSync program from my version 3.8 to version 4.x. I accessed the HP site, paid my ... http://www.ngtech.org/wordpress/archives/41 I was reading one of my favorite RSS feeds (Download Squad) and ran across a great piece of software. I have so many email accounts that are used for different purposes that it is really hard to keep track of them all. I end up spending time in ... http://www.ngtech.org/wordpress/archives/40