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Hulu Really IS More Valuable than Prime-time TV

Dennis Little — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:44:24 +0000

Several weeks ago, I wrote about how much more effective Hulu is than conventional TV at getting me to watch commercials. PC World recently caught on too and wrote an interesting article on the...

UPDATE: Receiving faxes with Callcentric, or not

Dennis Little — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:45:24 +0000

This is an update to my April, 2009 post about using Callcentric to receive incoming faxes. Back in April, I recommended using Callcentric’s fax reception feature as a cost-effective way to...

“Linux Certifications: Hot or not?” (Computerworld)

Dennis Little — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:14:53 +0000

A friend of mine and I were interviewed about a week ago by Paul Krill from Computerworld and it looks like Google picked up the Norwegian version of the story first. What are your thoughts on Linux...

How does Hulu do it? What Hulu taught me about advertising

Dennis Little — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:36:43 +0000

A good deal of my TV viewing is done through Hulu. If you are not familiar with the service, Hulu is bascially a web-based television — allowing you to watch the latest episodes of a number of...

Working VoIP Softphone SIP Client on VMware Virtual Machine

Dennis Little — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:42:03 +0000

A month or so back, a few members of Direct Brands‘ IT group presented to the Central PA VMUG (VMware User Group). The talk was focused on VMware’s View product and one item of special...

Using CallCentric to receive faxes; cheaper than MyFax

Dennis Little — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:32:44 +0000

UPDATED 2009/06/21 - Read my important update I used to be a MyFax customer and they provide a great service. I have rarely ever had problems with reliability of MyFax, but the $10 per month price...

What is union card check and why should you care?

Dennis Little — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:27:59 +0000

Union card check, as presented in the dubiously named “Employee Free Choice Act”, is pretty scary stuff for both workers and entrepreneurs alike. The legislation would primarily do two...

Best of FOSE 2009: My picks

Dennis Little — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:57:29 +0000

Pat Wittle and I had the pleasure of attending FOSE 2009: day 2 yesterday at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in downtown Washington, D.C. We had the pleasure to take in some of the latest...

PowerPoint Slides on LimeSurvey from CPLUG Talk

Dennis Little — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:19:29 +0000

Thank you to everyone that came out to the CPLUG meeting tonight to hear Bob Igo and I talk about Magento /VirtualBox and LimeSurvey. You can download my Introduction to LimeSurvey PowerPoint...

Presenting @ CPLUG this evening: LimeSurvey Overview & Demo

Dennis Little — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:33:08 +0000

I will be presenting an overview and demo of the LimeSurvey open source electronic survey software this evening at 6:30pm for the Central Pennsylvania Linux User Group (CPLUG); we meet at ITT Tech on...