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Posts from November 2003

Still too cold to run!

It’s still too cold to run! It’s 49 degrees, so I’m staying home, staying inside, watching too much TV, and writing a review of Outlook 2003 for my <a href=http://www.kataan.org>web site.</a> I’m evaluating Outlook 2003 for a client upgrading their services to Microsoft Small Business Server 2003.
I’ve got a stack of movies to watch this [...]


A Curmudgeon’s guide to Outlook 2003

A client of mine is upgrading their systems to Windows 2003 server and Exchange server 2003, and I have an opportunity to evaluate Outlook 2003 for their use.
I’ve used Outlook 97, Outlook 98, Outlook 2000 and Outlook XP since 1997, and it has become my primary organizational tool. I use it to track my [...]


too cold to run!

I was ready to go running today, but had a party to go to, housework, and my son to take care of. Dressed in lycra/coolmax tights, a coolmax shirt, a longsleeve cotton shirt on top of it, went out the door, went two steps and turned around.


Annoyances

Spamassassin got a bad review in the latest <a href=http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/14/45FEspam_1.html>InfoWorld</a>. In a comparison against Brightmail Anti-Spam Enterprise Edition Version 5.1, FrontBridge TrueProtect E-mail Security Suite, and Postini Perimeter Manager Enterprise Edition and Proofpoint Protection Server 1.2.1, the author claims:
<i>You get what you pay for. SpamAssassin is an open source gateway that is included with Red [...]


New toys, great when someone else pays for them!

I set up a new machine for a client of mine:
Dell Poweredge 4600, Pentium Xeon 2.6 ghz processor
1.5 gigs RAM
5×73gb 10,000 RPM hot-swap SCSI drives
Adaptec RAID controller
Windows Small Business Server 2003
SBS 2K3 is nice, 2003 looks like a nice improvement on 2000, sort of how 98 was aesthetically a step up from 95. Exchange [...]


Fun day…

I set up a new machine for a client of mine:
Dell Poweredge 4600, Pentium Xeon 2.6 ghz processor
1.5 gigs RAM
5×73gb 10,000 RPM hot-swap SCSI drives
Adaptec RAID controller
Windows Small Business Server 2003
SBS 2K3 is nice, 2003 looks like a nice improvement on 2000, sort of how 98 was aesthetically a step up from 95. Exchange 2003 [...]


Cheap coffee of the day: November 19, 2003

San Francisco bay coffee company French Roast
I’ve taken on a whole new appreciation for Costco since becoming a parent. Large pallets of diapers, extra large cans of formula, and a single place to buy almost everything in one outing is a godsend when juggling around a business and a child.
I’ve bought cheap coffee at [...]


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