http://matthewsnell.com/blog Random things and geekery Wed, 06 May 2009 18:59:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is more of a photo blog, the image below is IE6 & IE8 running on the same machine (OptiPlex 740 with Windows 7 RC and VirtualXP) at the same time.  If only 7 was actually gold and deployed to my desktops...  I wouldn't have to worry about running another ... http://matthewsnell.com/blog/2009/05/06/ie68-almost-seamlessly-running-on-the-same-machine/ So I joined up to beta test Windows 7, more for the fun and distraction of it than anything.  I downloaded both the 32 and 64 bit ISOs and burned em' to DVD for installation.  Below is a basic walkthrough of the installer and a fix for a problem that ... http://matthewsnell.com/blog/2009/01/15/installing-windows-7-beta-on-an-optiplex-740-wnvidia-6150-le-video/ Amusing video...  http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1886349 ... and other than that, I've got nothing else to say at the moment :) http://matthewsnell.com/blog/2008/11/13/matrixp/ This summer, the Uni moved to a new mail system.  We left behind the customized IMAP over TLS/SMTP over SSL setup for a newer, supported and more advanced setup.  The new back-end is Zimbra Collaboration Suite.  Being that this isn't only a mail system, but a collaboration suite (hence the ... http://matthewsnell.com/blog/2008/10/24/summer-in-review-episode-1-the-outlook-menace/ Heya, Check it out, the Christmas 2008 tree.  We went out and pre-selected it before the snow and cold arrived.  This is all Nat's doing btw, good call.  We can go and cut it down anytime after Thanksgiving.  The good news is that they have plenty of tall trees here and ... http://matthewsnell.com/blog/2008/10/20/christmas-2008-tree/ We were sitting down last night, chilling out after dinner and flipping channels.  We landed on the John Jon and Kate Plus 8 Christmas episode, one of the kids was singing "Joy to the world, the time has come" and I finished it with "for Lisa to recieve her slime".  ... http://matthewsnell.com/blog/2008/06/24/you-cant-do-that-on-television/ Not much to talk about, just killing some time and I thought I'd share... Movies In the movie dept, I have some ones to see and ones to avoid.  Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is certainly worth checking out.  You don't walk away from this flick feeling good, but it's a ... http://matthewsnell.com/blog/2008/06/23/stuff/ OK, so I had a fun ass day. Yesterday I sent a message to the GNHLUG folks so I could get a recommendation on an IMAP server. I got a few and had to decide between Dovecot and Courier. Both are open source solutions and the winner ... http://matthewsnell.com/blog/2008/05/03/open-source-imap-and-mail-client-joy/ Soooo, you've been using IE to visit sordid sites and now your machine is fouled up with all sorts of malware. This mess was avoidable, so clean your machine and put on a browser prophylactic before indulging in your favorite solitary past times again... What you'll need: SeaMonkey NoScript MultiZilla/MultiViews [optional] Overview: We're going ... http://matthewsnell.com/blog/2008/02/14/safeer-browsing/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=845 Real Player got a slap in the mouth from stopbadware.org. I can't think of a mainstream program that deserves it more! I've had many an issue with the application acting like it owns MY computer in the past. I love to see bad/annoying programs punished. :) Long ... http://matthewsnell.com/blog/2008/02/01/real-player-me-points-and-laughs/