http://www.adamreyher.com Insight into the world of technology Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:28:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With less than 24 hours until Londonvasion 2008, the one and only phpBB conference, the 28 team members who will be attending are holding a private meeting (as seen in the picture above). For more information and lots of discussion as well as more photos, see the discussion topic on phpBB.com http://www.adamreyher.com/2008/07/19/one-day-left-until-londonvasion-2008/ One of the best purchases I've ever made online is a membership to Digital Blasphemy, a high-quality 3D wallpaper site. The site's owner, Ryan Bliss, truly has impressive talent in computer generated art. His wallpaper is regularly on all of my computers. If you love wallpaper, I encourage you to purchase ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2008/04/07/digital-blasphemy-membership/ The Old Farm by *nauHs. Get it here. http://www.adamreyher.com/2008/03/26/march-2008-desktop-wallpaper/ Typically the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions social networking is Myspace or Facebook, the two prominent social-networking based websites currently online. But have you heard of RSS as a social networking tool? What about YouTube or Twitter? The entire goal of social networking is to provide ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2008/03/26/the-difference-between-social-networking-and-social-networking/ One thing that I've learned very quickly when I dipped my feet into the world of blogging and online technology is the importance of the reader. Ultimately, you're not writing for yourself but for your audience. When you write a review of a product, it's about how that product would ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2008/03/26/its-all-about-the-reader-twitter-it-youtube-it-just-share-it/ We already know that Microsoft needs to start listening to the community and hearing what they have to say. We already know that not only do they need to listen, but they need to involve the community in core decision-making processes with their software, from the very planning stages. What ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2008/03/05/microsofts-progress-is-slow-but-not-out-of-sight/ First of all, please Digg this. Microsoft needs to hear our voice. Read on. I promise I’ll get your attention. I’m a nobody. Microsoft has probably never heard of me in any capacity. I’m not popular in the online community. I’m not an executive and I have no business experience. My opinion ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2008/02/29/microsoft-needs-help/ I am currently a team member, support team member to be exact, for the open-source phpBB project. Last week, Computerworld Australia asked us several questions about version 3.0 that we released 2 months ago. I was glad to be a part of answering some of these questions. You can check out ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2008/02/05/phpbb-makes-its-way-to-computerworld/ Ten years ago if you would have told someone you had a blog, they would have been confused. While the term itself has existed for around 9 years now, its current meaning wasn’t realized until around 2003 or 2004. Originally, it simply meant "weblog" or a journal of your life ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2008/02/04/the-power-of-blogging-in-2008/ As we all know, people are having issues with Windows Vista. While personally I know that these issues truly aren’t the fault of Windows itself, the world seems to want to think of it that way. Here are some tips to keeping Vista running smoothly: Don’t buy your computer cheap. Now, ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2008/02/02/tips-for-keeping-vista-running-smoothly/ It all started with this, my awesome keyboard. Three weeks ago, the Logitech bluetooth receiver decided to go bad on me, leaving me with no keyboard other than a 8 year old Microsoft PS/2 model which I'm surprised still has more than half of the keys working. Just prior to this ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2008/01/19/just-when-you-think-you-have-it-perfect/ My last post regarding the Zune 2.2 release gained quite a bit of attention! I've gotten several questions through the Ask Me section about various Zune-related issues. I've selected two of the priarmy questions. I'll try to address these as best as I can. Here goes... The first one comes from Gordon: So... ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2007/12/06/answering-zune-questions/ Today saw the release of the second generation of the Zune MP3 players as well as a new firmware patch for existing Zune customers. While the physical device of the new Zunes may be a bit different, what makes this release interesting is that the new firmware updated existing Zunes ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2007/11/13/its-the-zune-22/ I went against my better judgment and formatted my desktop's main hard drive in order to reinstall Windows Vista Home Premium. This time, I decided to install the x64 (64-bit) version of Windows. The advantages of an x64 operating system are numerous. Applications designed with x64 in mind will run ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2007/11/11/getting-into-windows-vista-x64/ Everyone knows that I'm an outspoken Windows user. I'm running Windows Vista on 5 machines in my house (completely stable, mind you), and a server in my house is running Server 2003. My desktop is specced out from a custom build. That's why it's interesting that I'm writing this right now. ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2007/10/23/help-me-apple-please/ I recently blogged about my mouse pad and my search to find the same item since the one I have now is starting to get old. To my surprise, Tom Pscheidt, the Product Manager for ergonomic products at Kensington found this website and left a comment on that post ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2007/10/08/im-impressed-with-kensington/ It's no secret. I'm a geek. I'm also a networking geek. Basically, that means I get all warm and fuzzy inside when I work with computer networking. I love it. It's should be no surprise that I've chosen Network Administration as the field and career that I am currently pursuing. Whether it's ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2007/10/08/i-love-networks/ I have the best mouse pad in the world. I swear by it. I've used this mouse pad for close to 4 years and I'm not giving it up. The fabric has become discolored and the rubber grip on the bottom is starting to rot. I then decided it was ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2007/10/04/all-i-wanted-was-a-mouse-pad/ The culprit? From what I can see, it was most likely Disk Cleanup. That's right, an application which is supposed to make your computer run faster just broke mine. Though, at the same time, I'm not sure whether or not this issue is stemming from Disk Cleanup. It could possibly be ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2007/10/03/corrupted-hard-drive/ I started laughing while attempting to register my Zune a few minutes ago. The process seemed simple enough: login with your Windows Live account, put in your name/address information, and the device's serial number and click "Register this Device." However, I quickly discovered that, well gosh darn, Florida isn't listed ... http://www.adamreyher.com/2007/10/02/registering-the-zune/