I push all the buttons around here.

I was lucky enough to score a free copy of Vista and Office 2007. I was also able to see a demonstration of both.
I was very under-whelmed with Vista. As a geek, I like a lot of the stuff it offers. But as a professional, I won’t be able to provide all [...]

Now for the down sides.
I could only think of 3 things…
1.  I’d like an easy way to reboot the media center without plugging in a keyboard, or trying to reach the power button in the back of the unit.
2.  Also, FrontRow is attractive, but not perfect.  The fonts are WAY to large.  It’s impossible to [...]

Now, it’s time for the good stuff.
There is a certain level of tweaking that had to take place in order for the Mac Mini to really play nice on the windows network. Below is a list of tweaks I used to make the Media Center convenient for my needs.
1. XviD QuickTime Component. [...]

Thank you IE 7 for not rendering this blog correctly.  Everyone else seems to manage just fine without extra work.  Clearly, I didn’t get the memo you would not be so easy.  Guess I should have known better.

All the avid Mac users are probably thinking right about now that I’m stupid. If I would store my media files in the right places according to the OS X specifications, Front Row would just work with zero effort. That is absolutely true. However, my needs were a little more complicated than [...]

I finally get to be a geek on my blog! I’ve always asked questions or generalized my geekyness. In a way it made me a blogging leach/bum. I constantly glean from others, never supplying anything of value in return. Well, NO MORE. I finally have something I’m proud to share.
When [...]

…is over… kinda.  You gotta love geeks.  They love to talk tech.  What an amazing experience to sit, listen, and participate in such a cool discussion.  I’ll post some notes after I translate, digest, and organize them.
Plus, everyone will post their notes in heavy rotation soon I’m sure.
I have to offer a big thank you [...]

The anticipation is about to come to an end.  The time has finally come for the IT Roundtable and the ICC.  I can’t wait to connect with so many IT guru’s who have blogged, commented, and shaped my vision and dreams for Church IT.  I’ll have to admit, I’m very intimidated.  I’m way out of [...]

My syslog trials were a bust. Zenoss failed to impress. It was overly complicated. After some searching, I found many other ones that are quite a bit easier to work with. I liked the idea of Zenoss, but it was more frustration than it was worth.
I did some more tweaking of [...]

My syslog trials were a bust. Zenoss failed to impress. It was overly complicated. After some searching, I found many other ones that are quite a bit easier to work with. I liked the idea of Zenoss, but it was more frustration than it was worth.
I did some more tweaking of [...]