2007
03.21
03.21
Jay Lee’s Chronicle Helpline column for the week is online here
Technology Bytes
We RTFM so you don’t have to | 8-10 p.m. Wednesdays, 90.1FM KPFT in Houston
2007
03.18
03.18
That’s right, Matt Mullenweg, Houstonian and creator of the ever popular WordPress blogging software (we use it) will be at The Stag’s Head Pub, in the Oak Room, Monday the 19th at 7pm, to chill with other WordPress users and enthusiasts. Come on out and say hello, have a bite to eat or grab a pint.
This event is brought to you by The Houston WordPress Meetup Group who remind you that they meet once a month to discuss blogging with WordPress.
2007
03.18
03.18
Here’s a link to my weekly tech round up over at Houstonist.com., it’s called the Houstonist Tech Buzz and it comes out every Sunday around 6pm. Check it out, it has lots of interesting Houston related technology stories. This week, HISD, The Astros, Halliburton, AT&T and software developers.
2007
03.14
03.14
2007
03.14
03.14
I have been talking to a lot of computer users who tell me their Windows computer clock will not stay set to the correct time since the time change this weekend.
If your system clock keeps reverting to the incorrect time, here is what I have found will fix it.
First, go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com and make sure you are fully patched. You can use the custom option if you want to exclude Internet Explorer 7.
Install all the patches, reboot and go back until there are no more high priority updates to be installed.
Once you are patched double click the clock down in the system tray. Go to the Time Zone tab and select any time zone other than the one you are in. Click apply. Then set it back to your time zone and make sure the check box that says “Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes” is checked and click apply.
You should see your system clock has now changed to the correct time.
2007
03.14
03.14
This past Sunday I was interviewed on Channel 13’s morning news program about the Y2K7 issue.
You can view it on Jeff Ehling’s blog by clicking here.
I enjoyed the experience. The staff that makes up the Sunday morning crew made me feel welcome and at ease. Elissa Rivas conducted the actual interview and she made it very pleasant.
When the interview was over Mark Garay (who, by the way, was wearing tennis shoes behind the anchor desk) asked me to stop by and speak with Carmin the producer on my way out. I figured they must want me to sign something or I don’t know what, but I stopped by. No paperwork, oh no. Carmin was having a computer problem and they wanted my assistance.
Turns out that Carmin’s workstation was having a problem with the time change. This was the computer she was using to manage the current on air program with all the various time blocks, story segments, commercial breaks and so forth and every couple of minutes it was reverting back to pre-DST time after she would manually set it to the correct time.
My guess expert opinion was that it must be synching to an NTP server and also not have the current software update to allow it to sort out the time change.
How ironic. Here we are making light of the Y2K7 problem and how it’s no big deal and the very show hosting the interview is in danger of collapsing in a Microsoft-induced DST wormhole.
There’s no way to patch the machine what with it being used to mange a live program. It would have to wait till after the show and wait for one of the ABC IT staff as I was on my way out the door.
It was a great fun and I hope to do more work with ABC in the future.
2007
03.14
03.14
Dwight Silverman is still on hiatus writing his book. He is scheduled to return on March 28th. Barrett is off to Europe chasing his Cylon girlfriend around The Hague, London and Amsterdam and is also scheduled to return on the 28th.
Tonight’s show will be Peter Hughes, phliKtid and myself.
Off air support provided by Groovehouse.
Join us from 8-10 pm tonight as we grill the traitorous Barret and Dwight for abandoning the show and their loyal fans!
How dare they pursue a personal life!
2007
03.14
03.14
