To all those Browns fans out there…

As many of you know, I am a wholehearted Pittsburgh Steelers fan. With the Clowns …er… Browns getting lucky recently by getting their first win over the Steelers in 13 meetings, all of a sudden all the Browns fans are talking smack. 1 win in 13 games – that’s a 5.25% win ratio. And you [...]

Lucky's Cafe in Cleveland (Tremont) Ohio

So if you aren’t aware, Food Network has a show called “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” where the guy named Guy goes around and reviews these small places. Well a place in Tremont called “Lucky’s Cafe” was visited and reviewed well by Guy. One if the dishes he had was the Reuben sandwich which I love [...]

sysprep fails on Windows 2008 Server Enterprise and Standard

When running sysprep tool with the /generalize switch on Windows Server 2008 Standard, I received the following errors (viewable in C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\panther\setupact.log): Error [0x0f0082] SYSPRP LaunchDll:Failure occurred while executing ‘C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer returned error code 2 Error [0x0f0070] SYSPRP RunExternalDlls:An error occurred while running registry sysprep DLLs, halting sysprep execution. dwRet = 2 Error [0x0f00a8] SYSPRP [...]

Android Phones coming soon to Verizon

Well, Verizon and Google had a joint press conference announcing the soon coming release of two Android powered Smartphones on the Verizon network. While they didn’t give many specific details, they said the release would be “in the coming weeks”. While they didn’t specify what phones, Verizon CEO and Google CEO were holding what seems [...]

Microsoft breaks Firefox – go figure…

We all know that Microsoft hates their competition and will do anything to eliminate it (but not before stealing it’s technology). While you may think it’s just another bug in Microsoft’s programming, some seem to think they are trying to sabotage Firefox and their growing market-share. A while back, Microsoft silently installed an addon to [...]

Scheduled Tasks in Windows Server 2003 – Executing a Batch File – Error: Could not start

When executing a batch file via scheduled task, cmd.exe is called by the user the task is running as. If you use the default user, or a user with administrative rights, it works perfectly. What happens when you want to lock down permissions and run the task as a non-administrative user? Chances are, you will [...]

Summer Movie List… And a bit of feedback.

Well, this summer season has been a busy one for me in the movie realm. I haven’t been a theater frequenter in a long time, but I definitely kicked it up this year. Here’s my list and a bit of a feedback on the films. Star Trek – Staring Chris Pine as James T. Kirk [...]

Jared Newman, PC World – You got it wrong this time.

Network Woes? Hate the iPhone, Not AT&T – PC World Historically speaking, AT&T has always had horrible service reception, dropped calls and customer service. Not to mention frequent billing mistakes that take months to fix if they ever do get fixed. I personally had to call the FCC and PUCO to file federal disputes with [...]

Go figure… Amazon doesn't want google giving away books for free.

Amazon slams Google book deal – Sacramento Business Journal: I can understand why NYLA (New York Library Association) and ASJA (American Society of Journalists and Authors) are against the idea of Google giving away / selling out of print books on their website and the courts should give them a fair ear. Amazon, Yahoo and [...]

Democrats at their best

In the Chicago Tribune article linked below, you can see a democrat finally making a bold move at a controversial tax policy change. Hynes wants to change the state’s flat tax rate into a sloped rate. Instead of taxing everyone 3%, he wants to tax the wealthy (those making over 200k / year) up to [...]