Wow, for such a simple concept game it is very easy to get sucked in.  I have been playing it throughout the day.  Up to level 10, waiting to get more energy.  It is a good game and I recommend people check it out.  It serves as a nice distraction.

I have moved my blog over to Blogengine from Wordpress.  All in all, I am happy with the move.  The process to get Blogengine setup was fairly simple; however, some of the necessary database privelages were not documented, but not that big of a problem.  It is important to note that I am not unhappy with with wordpress.  It was a good application and I will miss it.  I wanted to switch over to ASP and IIS7 (I know...why?).

Blogengine does not have all the features and enhancements of the more mature Wordpress, but it has everything I require.  The functionality is g... [More]

Well, I made my decision. After spending hours working with both Apple's Aperture and Adobe's Lightroom I have made my choice. I will be using Adobe's Lightroom. In the end, I thought they were both good applications and reasonably priced (both at $299.00).

In the end there were just a couple things I preferred about Lightroom.
1. More resources created and published by users / photographers.
2. Better integration with other software I use (Adobe Creative Suite 3)
3. Available for both mac and pc.
4. Slightly more advanced output support within... [More]

Today I realized there is nothing more annoying than phone numbers in email signatures that do not properly select / dial from smart phones / blackberries / etc.

People need to lose the parenthesis when putting there phone number in the signature!

(555) 555-1324 when clicked on with a blackberry or otherwise will only dial 555-1234

If the number was displayed as 555-555-1234 or 555.555.1234 there would not be a problem.

Why can't people give up on the parenthesis?

Also on this note, don't include an image in your signature. Some of us do not like seeing an attachment on every email. Just type in the company name!

Greetings. Over the last couple days I have been in the process of overhauling the site. First big change is the new name. Welcome to Rendition17. With the new name comes the new address: www.rendition17.com.

Overall you will find the same content and a few new things. Three days ago I have started adding a photo per day. Unless otherwise noted, these are all photos taken by me.

With the new name comes a new theme. Though similar to the last one I tried, I like this one a bit more and it has less work to make it fully functional across browsers. The theme provided by: [More]

Well, ever since I have been using the "newer Gmail" I am greeted by this screen:

Though it is not that big of a deal and I am always able to get into the site immediately after refreshing, it sure is annoying.

Dell is buying Equal Logic one of the best iSCSI SAN solution manufactures.

This is definitely exciting. The press release on Dell's website indicates intentions to integrate functionality from the Equal Logic's products into the PowerVault line of storage products currently offered by Dell.

This is also appealing to see that the support, maintenance and warranty of the product could be wrapped into Dell's existing service offering. Which has proven itself time and time again to me. It seems as though t... [More]