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Windows 7 beta – on MSDN tonight

by ezs | Jan 8, 2009 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

Cool – the Windows 7 beta ISOs are on MSDN already.

Windows 7 public beta – tomorrow

by ezs | Jan 8, 2009 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

Get the full details here http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/01/07/information-on-downloading-and-installing-windows-7-beta.aspx

Get in quick – only the first 2.5 million downloads will get it.

On January 9th, the Windows 7 Beta will be available for Windows enthusiasts to download via the Windows 7 page on Windows.com. The Windows 7 Beta is going to be available download-only (we’re not sending out physical media) and available for a limited time to the first 2.5 million people who download the beta.

I’ve been using Windows 7 pre-beta for a few months. It’s pretty solid.

ThinkPad thermal shutdown

by ezs | Dec 30, 2008 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

One of my laptops kept shutting down during use; after a lot of testing it turned out to be temperature related.

I downloaded and installed a cool utility – Notebook Hardware Control – and tweaked the ACPI settings for my machine.

The CPU was running at over 95°C and the laptop was performing a safety power down.

The fan is much more agressive now – and the CPU is running at 75°C – a lot better.

ITIL Expert – the purple badge

by ezs | Dec 19, 2008 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

My ITIL Expert cert and badge arrived from Brisbane this morning.

Thanks to “The Art of Service” people!

openSUSE 11.1

by ezs | Dec 18, 2008 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

I’m downloading the two DVDs via uTorrrent right now.

Looks like I’m one of the fastest seeds sharing this on the West coast – lots of outbound connections from here – 800k/s out. I’m going to throttle that back before it takes down my VOIP.

BrainShare 2009

by ezs | Dec 17, 2008 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized

Looks like BrainShare 2009 has been cancelled.

Dear Novell Customers and Partners,

This note is to inform you that Novell will not be holding its annual BrainShare conference in Salt Lake City, Utah that was scheduled for March 2009.

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Over the coming months, we will continue to focus on building the high-quality training and enablement offerings you have come to expect from us. We will do this through online classes, virtual conferences and local tours. These new approaches will allow everyone to participate in our education and training—without incurring the high cost of travel that, at least for now, is an issue for many of you.

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Thank you for your continued support and confidence.

John Dragoon
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

After speaking at nine BrainShares in SLC and working on half a dozen keynotes I’ve got a particular attachment to the event. Personally I hope this isn’t the end of BrainShare for good.