Sean Kearney: Sitecore and Stuff

I know a lot of people are reporting on the new "Street View" from Google Maps. Some like it, some hate the privacy implications, me I am pretty impartial.

The one big issue I do have with some of the images is that photography is not allowed on NYC bridges and tunnels!

I looked quickly on some of the bigger bridges to try and grab a clear shot of one of the "No Photography" signs, but this is as best I could grab. That photo is from the Triborough Bridge and the sign on the top right is a a camera with a slash through it.

Read this post from someone who was caught photographing a bridge.

Now terrorists don't have to take pictures because they have the whole bridge thanks to Google.

A little rant here...

I purchased a Zonet GigE NIC (ZEN3301E) card a couple months back and finally got around to installing it. Installing a NIC shouldn't be too difficult, right? I threw it in, powered up the PC (actually, my backup web server) and let Windows (Server 2000) configure it. Windows didn't have the driver for it, but the NIC came with a floppy disk with the drivers.

Side Note:  I am not a big fan of floppies. In fact, I can't remember the last time I used one successfully! It seems that every floppy I get is busted, or all of my floppy drives are busted.

Well, my backup web server doesn't have a floppy drive installed on it. (It doesn't even have a CD-ROM drive in it.) Off to Zonet's web site to download their latest drivers. Guess what. No drivers listed. (They have since posted them). Now, being a person who has built many PC's for people I knew that chipset manufacturer's drivers typically work. I looked at the chip on the NIC and downloaded their driver and it works no problem.

If you are a manufacturer, try to post your drivers before you start releasing your products to major manufacturers!

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I just want to rant a little about Cablevision's IO HD DVR. The thing sucks! Sure, DVR's are great; when they work! I have been really busy every night working on the house and last night I quit early and wanted to catch up on last Thursday's episodes of "My Name is Earl" and "The Office". Guess what. "The Office" didn't record for some unknown reason. *ARGH* Looking back over my recorded list I am seeing a few programs didn't get recorded. I am annoyed.

While I am on a Cablevision Rant... I hate having my bandwidth throttled. I am currently living in a co-op and Verizon's FiOS isn't avaiable. You can be sure that when I move into my house I will be calling up verizon!

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