by ezs | Feb 4, 2007 | Technology, Uncategorized
Another sidebar to the release of ZENworks Pulsar.
The management console is moving from the tree-based heirarchical view of directory objects to becoming a much flatter, much more filtered task-centric view of objects.
A lot of discussion took place in the last couple of years internally to get the metaphors and behaviour just right.
The aside – take a look at Visual Complexity. Hundreds of examples of mapping and modelling then displaying very complex data.
It has everything from transport mapping to systems management:
by ezs | Feb 2, 2007 | evilzenscientist, podcast, Technology, Uncategorized
A colleague asked about converting WAV audio (from a voice recorder) to MP3.
Here is a how-to for Audacity on Windows. The same general approach is appropriate for Linux too.
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by ezs | Feb 1, 2007 | travel, Uncategorized
.. or blame the jetlag?
I left my (actually Grania’s) camera in the restuarant last night.
Anywhere else and there would be zero sight of it again; lifted and sold on eBay.
In Singapore a totally different experience; one phonecall last night – “Yes – we have your camera”; I walked in this evening and the camera was waiting for me.
The local team told me that this was the ‘norm’ and Singaporeans are very honest. Well – it saved me getting in trouble when I got home!
by ezs | Feb 1, 2007 | Technology, travel, Uncategorized
I’m in delightful Singapore this week; with good, fast local internet access.
The trouble is that all of the content I need is in the US.
The graph from Ping Plotter tells it all. Locally little latency. The trans-pacific hop adds 200ms to each packet.
The bandwidth itself isn’t bad; just the latency.
by ezs | Jan 30, 2007 | Technology, Uncategorized, ZENworks
HP aquired Novadigm.
Altiris acquired Previo, Computing Edge, Wise, FSLogic, Bridgewater Tonic and Pedestal.
Symantec have aquired Ghost, Powerquest and On Technologies.
Novell aquired Ximian and Tally Systems.
LANDesk was aquired by Avocent.
Microsoft aquired Softricity and Desktop Standard.
Now Symantec have spent again and announced the intent to acquire Altiris.
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