Every Day Admin

Needed to open a SQLite database on my mac and while Base will open it, my trial version had expired.  All I really needed to do was look at the data.  I stumbled upon this, SQLite Database Browser, and it did exactly waht I needed.

Tommy and I hear all the time about how great cloud computing is and how it is a perfect solution.  All you data safely off-site and flouting in a protected shrowd in some datacenter some where.  Well, ask T-mobile users about that:

T-Mobile: Missing Sidekick data “almost certainly has been lost”

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/57927

UPDATE: Looks like maybe MS managed to pull out a rescue

So I was reading one of my favorite hardware sites yesterday and came across this article about the space shuttle delay.  What was shocking was this paragraph near the end:

Bottom line: If Atlantis still is on the ground Dec. 14, its launch would be delayed until around Jan. 7. NASA would avoid flying during the New Year’s holiday because the shuttle’s computers are not designed to handle the year-end rollover.

Really?!  It’s been FOURTY years since we landed on the MOON and yet the computers can’t handle the flip to a new year–my 30 year old digital watch can…

I wanted to post this article about management of IT teams. I am relatively new to the management game, but have really been managing since I was in High School. Jesse found this article today and it really drives home a philosophy on management that I have been using for a very long time. Take the time to give it a read it will help you connect with your IT guy!

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