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Editorial
Windows XP Logo
_ August 9, 2013_ Kevin Costain

Wait, what? Being Good And Useful Is Apocalyptic?

It seems abundantly clear to these folks that using Windows XP past available patches is akin to something like an extinction event. Seriously?

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Links
Windows Server Logo (2013)
_ August 8, 2013_ Kevin Costain

Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview

Microsoft has offered a preview of WIndows Server 2012 R2; here’s how to get it, and what I’m interested in.

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Editorial
_ August 7, 2013_ Kevin Costain

How NOT to approach a blogger

I wrote a post based on a fellow named Kash Shahzada. With that, I took some time to look into what his company was, and more about the individual that was publicly available on the Internet. Recently, he’s asked me to take down some of those details.

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How-To
Electrical Knife Switch
_ August 6, 2013_ Kevin Costain

5 Things You Can Learn From a Compulsive Technology Switcher

Given an exaggerated need to switch devices often, I thought I would share some of the strategies I use to make sure I can pick up and move forward quickly.

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Ideas
The NeverWet packaging
_ August 2, 2013_ Kevin Costain

NeverWet: Superhydrophobic or Snake Oil?

Today, I found NeverWet at a local Home Depot and decided to take the product for a spin and see if it protects as well as it says, how it looks and whether I might use it.

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How-To
WiFi logo
_ July 31, 2013_ Kevin Costain

Stop Worrying, and Learn to Love Free WiFi

How much time is too much time in a coffee shop? How do they see us WiFi users? Where do we draw the line at Internet use in an establishment that offers free Wifi?

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Reviews
Bittorrent Sync
_ July 29, 2013_ Kevin Costain

5 More Ways to Use Bittorrent Sync

The basic idea is to keep files synchronized between two or more devices – much like Dropbox, but without storing these files on a server. Since I’ve had the chance to look at BitTorrent Sync back in April, a number of thoughts have come to mind that I thought I’d share.

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Interviews
InoReader logo
_ July 26, 2013_ Kevin Costain

Interview: InoReader’s Creator Talks Scaling and RSS Reader Design

When I recently published a sorry looking into the difficulties, InoReader’s creator, Yordan Yordanov, reached out by email to help explain some of his recent struggles and relate some of what it’s like to scale an application as intensive as an RSS Newsreader.

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How-To
Subscription Billing for Dummies
_ July 24, 2013_ Kevin Costain

Recurring Billing Sucks, or How Not to Treat Your Customers

I’m going to offer some serious sins companies make when billing automatically and suggest some ways to improve the process.

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How-To
Windows 7 logo
_ July 23, 2013_ Kevin Costain

Dead Computer? Keep Windows, and Transfer it to a Virtual Machine

If you’ve had to replace your failed computer and wondered what you could keep – you’ll want to read this. The genesis of this idea comes from having the need to virtualize various different operating systems but changing computers often

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