On Leaders vs. Followers in business

I had to answer a few questions in my grad class on a very good article. The article is from the May-June 1990 issue of The Futurist, and is titled ‘The Importance of Followership’. Basically, it lays out the importance of cultivating an organization of employees…

The Best BitTorrent Websites

BitTorrent is a great way of transfering large files across the net without putting large loads of servers. All you need are the torrent files. Here are a few of the best sites you can get legal and not-so-legal torrents from.

GTD — 10 Helpdesk Operator Tips

After working for over five years on an IT Helpline, I am now presenting my top 10 tips for Getting Things Done when working on the helpdesk.
 
 Automation
 Working on a Helpdesk can be very repetitive. If you have common tasks to perform such as resetting passwords or…

I-pass being used to catch speeders?

When my home state of Illinois originally rolled out its electronic tolling program, I-PASS, the toll authority, said that the transponders in the vehicles would never be used to track your location, only to collect tolls as you pass through the tolling gateways…

Triple-boot Macbook Pro: OSX Leopard, Vista 64-bit and Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit

I’ve just verified that this procedure works. It was created through the combination of a few threads out there on the topic that were missing pieces of the puzzle in one way or another.

WXGA (1280x800) in Ubuntu

If you’ve got a widescreen (WXGA) laptop or LCD, you’ll want to fix the resolution. The Ubuntu logo should be a circle, not an oval. Leaving the default resolution *will* give you more than a few headaches over the course of the day. Luckily, it’s simple to fix. Open up the…

Connect automatically to shared folder in Ubuntu

In a windows environment, you automatically get connected to your H: drive (or sometimes Z:) when you log in. For people using Ubuntu, this doesn’t happen natively. Here’s how to restore this functionality:

Repairing GRUB after imaging Ubuntu with Symantec Ghost

The GRUB bootloader sometimes doesn’t survive imaging with Symantec Ghost.

After applying an image of Ubuntu Linux to a target machine, GRUB may need to be repaired before the machine will boot properly. To…

Ninja Stallman to sword-fight MPAA-RIAA

I usually try to keep it down at work, but the latest xkcd had me literally LOLing. Look at Stallman’s beard! Hilarious. And DVD Jon gets an honorable mention. Oh, how I love this comic.