Daily Dilbert RSS Feed

As a fellow Geek, I'm sure you know that you can subscribe to the Daily Dilbert via e-mail, right? And let's face it, we all need a daily dose of humor to put up with all the PEBCAK.

But, did you know you can get the daily Dilbert comic strip via an (unofficial) RSS feed too? No spam filters, just the daily cartoon straight to you.

Keep in mind, this feed is different than The Dilbert Blog by Scott Adams – which is on Official blog and pretty hilarious too if you like smart alec humor.

(BTW – I've got a Daily Dilbert SharePoint webpart too if anyone is interested. It's great for getting network users to start using http://companyweb) .

Video – We Share Your Pain (WE-SYP)

Happy Friday everybody!

I've gotten several requests for the Microsoft video that Matt Hester showed at TechNet in Louisville yesterday. So here it is:

Title: We Share Your Pain (WE-SYP)
Video size: 640×480
Run time: 3:50
URL: Click here

WE-SYP Features:

• Micro-Stun
• Micro-Impact
• Micro-Jab
• WE-SYP Ejection

And just in case you're interested, here's the CRM 3.0 Lemonade Stand video that Stephen Cracknell showed at TS2:

Title: Microsoft CRM Casestudy #27
Subtitle: "Unquenchable Thirst for Excellence"
Video: 320×240
Length: 2:55
URL: Click here

And Now For Something Completely Different

From the 'meaningless tripe' folder…

Today I was looking for a fun rainy-day project. Nothing too terribly challenging – just something clever, inexpensive, and geeky. (Yes Lee, I do have too much time on my hands).

Submitted for your approval: http://www.instructables.com/

The premise behind the website is that website subscribers (free) upload projects with step-by-step instructions with photos and feedback from viewers. "What kind of projects" you ask?

• LED Throwies (as seen on 17 Feb 06 Rocketboom show*)
• Marshmallow gun (made out of PVC)
• Giant Steel Skeleton Hand / Coat Rack (neat welding project)
• LED Bike Wheel Images (too much soldering)
• The Apple iWipe (toilet paper dispenser from Mac SE)
• Unemployment Burger (looks tasty enough)
• PVC Bike Rack (under $10)

My choice?

• CD Cases made with old 5-1/4" flooppy disks (easy)

I noticed that the CDs tend to slip out if you cut the top off the floppy, so after the first couple of floppies, I started cutting the side opposite the notched cutout instead. Works like a champ. Holds DVDs too, so win-win.

If you've got a cool project that you'd like to share with the world, now you've got a place to upload it. And now I've wasted that two minutes of your life I warned you about. 😉

* The cool theme music from that episode of Rocketboom is by Tuhin Mehta – MP3 download or listen on Odeo.com. You can also check out other 'Gizmodo Hard Drive Dying Dance Tracks' on Odeo.com.

Your Mailbox Is Closed

Yesterday I had (to borrow a phrase from Susan), a 'blonde moment':

From: System Administrator
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 12:00 AM
To: Tim Barrett
Subject: Your mailbox is closed
Importance: High

Your mailbox has exceeded one or more size limits set by your administrator.
Your mailbox size is 258071 KB.
Mailbox size limits:
You will receive a warning when your mailbox reaches 175000 KB.
You cannot send or receive mail when your mailbox reaches 200000 KB.You may not be able to send or receive new mail until you reduce your mailbox size.
To make more space available, delete any items that you are no longer using or move them to your personal folder file (.pst).
Items in all of your mailbox folders including the Deleted Items and Sent Items folders count against your size limit.
You must empty the Deleted Items folder after deleting items or the space will not be freed.
See client Help for more information.

Note to self: Leave the 'Automatically download enclosures/attachments' unchecked for the Channel 9 Videos RSS feed. After nuking the contents of the folder, I'm back down to a more respectable 107MB (I archive anything older than 90 days).

In my defense, I will state that I checked the download attachments button (on purpose) because I wanted to stream the Channel 9 videos to my Pocket PC using www.orb.com.

Unfortunately, NewsGator only stores the videos in the Exchange store – not on the local hard drive. No joy. But Orb still spanks the llama though – it's better than SlingBox!!

Running With Scissors

I wanted to share the low-down on some recent betas, from my point of view.

I've been playing with MSN 8 Beta for about 2 weeks now, thanks to Vlad.

Likes:

• Share folders – cool
• Offline messages – cooler
• Music Man – Totally awesome time waster! Loads of fun! Chris and I are having a blast!

Dislikes:

• Facelift – but I'm getting used to it
• Search button at the bottom of the main window (who searches in IM???)
• STILL no spell check (Trillian can do it, why can't MS?)

I was going to blog about IE7 Beta 2, but Music Man is still too fun. Lets just say that I love everything about IE7 except the RSS (lame compared to FireFox w/ Sage RSS plugin) and the disappearing text in text boxes. But it's beta, so I'll be nice.