Online Ringtone creator

Came across this site that makes it really easy to convert your own audio files into ringtones. Conveniently called www.makeownringtone.com

Boot Windows 7 from VHD

Just read this from The Lazy Admin about booting Windows 7 from a VHD and thought this was pretty cool for testing. I like the idea…currently running Windows 7 as a virtual system but may give this a try to really put it through the paces.

Ideal Home Network

I was watching some video from CES earlier and started thinking about the amount of electricity we use with idle devices around the house…especially the computers. Usually there are 2 computers, 1 server, and a Tivo on every night (not including the little night lights from the TV. coffee pot, and every other electronic device [...]

Emailing with PHP

While adding some more features to the recent Intranet Portal, one thing that came up was to have an email sent with a copy of the order for a quick check. I originally did this sending it as plain text however it was a little difficult to read. I wanted to set it up to [...]

Windows 7 Beta…first impressions

Just installed the Windows 7 Beta. I should point out that I’m one of the few out there that seem to actually like Vista and have had great success with it….could it be better, sure, was it as bad as everyone makes it out to be, no way.
So, first thoughts of the new beta:
Install went [...]

Palm Beach IT Association – January 2009 Meeting

This coming Tuesday the PBIT meeting will be hosting Tish Boyles and Jose Gomez from D-Link. If you haven’t already done so and are planning on attending, please sign up so we have an accurate head-count.
NOTE: The meeting will not be held at our normal location due to a scheduling conflict. We will be meeting [...]

Feature request for Windows Home Server

So far I’m really enjoying the little MediaSmart WHS that my wife got me for Christmas. I’ve been playing around with the various add-ins (there are some great ones!) and am still tweaking the IIS setup so I can have my photo sharing just the way I want (I don’t like the HP app as [...]

Online Ordering Intranet Portal

While writing an online ordering portal to be used internally between multiple locations to standardize their purchases, I needed to create an easy, web-based way to add and modify product entries in a MySQL database. I started trying to put this together using PHP and after a little while decided to start browsing the web [...]

Managing your UPS on Windows Home Server

Now having a WHS running in the house, I was looking around trying to figure out how to get it talking with my UPS to make sure it wouldn’t have issues when the power dies. Being in Florida, it’s not a question of if but just when the next one will happen.
Turns out there’s [...]