April 25, 2008
April’s Action Pack drop has just about the most new stuff I’ve ever seen from the mothership in any AP release.
Check this out…
Dynamics CRM 4.0 (all 3 of its users will be so happy)
Exchange Server 2007 Standard SP1
Accounting Professional 2008 (U.S. only. Everyone else can start their whining now)
OneCare Trial
System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 64–bit
Virtual Server 2005 R2 Standard SP1
Server 2008 Standard (32–bit and 64–bit)
Vista Ultimate with SP1 (Woohoo! Don’t spend that single copy all in one place!)
Terminal Server 2008 CALs
I know what I’ll be busy doing here at the Funcave when all this finally arrives. Rolling the server up to Server 2008 and making the move to Hyper-V.
Nothing like the sweet sweet candy that is a completely virtual environment.
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April 9, 2008
AKA Best.Day.Evar
Today’s penultimate session for the 2007–2008 class of Leadership Tuscaloosa was…
How shall I put this?
TOTALLY FREAKIN AWESOME!
Big huge thanks to the local health and safety organizations who hosted us, including…
No, we didn’t get to fire any ordnance or discharge any rounds, but we got to see all of the following…
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A full walking tour of the county jail, including the maximum security wing
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Mobile command center
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Armored carrier for Special Response Team activities
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Bomb squad equipment, including robots
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Mobile forensic lab, including 360 degree laser imaging system for crime scene investigations
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Special Response Team (formerly called SWAT) equipment and tactics
We also got to…
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Perform emergency medical technician response for a simulated car accident
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Use a thermal imaging camera to pinpoint heat sources
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Put on a full suit of turnout gear, including a helmet, to…
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Work a fully energized firehose against a simulated fire target
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Simulate forced entry into a residence
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Field deploy a firehose (fully unrolled mine in a single toss, straight as an arrow…hella yeah!), then reroll for proper stowing
All while basking in today’s glorious 80 degree heat.
Did I say how FREAKIN AWESOME today was yet?
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April 8, 2008
The favorite pastime for people too lazy to learn how to play a real guitar buzzsaws its way onto Windows Mobile later today.
Available as either a one-time purchase or subscription license, Guitar Hero III Mobile includes a pretty good initial setlist…
- Santana - Black Magic Woman
- Wolfmother - Woman
- AFI - Miss Murder
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss
- Alice Cooper - School’s Out
- Pat Benatar - Hit Me with Your Best Shot
- Van Halen - You Really Got Me
- KISS - Strutter
- Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock
- Stone Temple Pilots - Trippin on A Hole
- Matchbook Romance - Monsters
- Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
- Black Sabbath - Paranoid
- The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
- Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
Put Iggy Pop’s “Search & Destroy” on the playlist, and I’m an insta-buyer. Put “Sweet Home Alabama” on there, and I’m a lifetime purchaser.
Better yet, come out with the REAL killer game for Windows Mobile based on fake musicianship!
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April 6, 2008
Even as far back as 1990, I said Willem Dafoe would have made the best Joker. I still believe that.
And if you’d ever seen him in Streets of Fire as Raven Shaddock, the maniacal leader of the Bombers…you’d believe it too.
But Ledger as The Joker would run a very close second.
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April 6, 2008
I humbly present…
The Iron Man!
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