This is a fascinating product. It’s probably the harbinger of a new highly useful class of devices between palmtops and notepads. Still, it is clearly a first generation gadget, with some annoying deficiencies. It is already the best way to read books and periodicals. The Kindle iPad app is a nice piece of work, and… [Read More]

Problem: server service hangs in Windows 2008 Server with Drobo attached. See previous post for background. I called Drobo tech support. I explained the problem and immediately asked for escalation. The tech politely ignored that. As usual in conversations with Drobo, as with most tech support organizations, the first order of business was to bring… [Read More]

Warning: don’t bother to read this unless you care about the intricacies of Microsoft Server, or you are running a Drobo attached to one. Last August, I began to have problems with my Windows 2008 server. After OS updating, Active Directory would stop working. I would take out the updates one of the time until… [Read More]

Did you ever play Myst? It was a 1990s-era computer game that took place on an island stocked with a bunch of strange machines that you had to figure out. The look of the machinery was that of top quality laboratory or industrial equipment from the 1890s. The overall effect was a weird combination of… [Read More]

I took my new iPad to a meeting yesterday. An issue came up that made me want to look at an attachment to an old email. I whipped out the iPad and found the right folder, but the e-mail wasn’t there. In fact, I could find none of my old emails. When I got home,… [Read More]