The Portable Consultant

ECM infrastructure architecture… and unrelated matters.

Archive for December, 2006

A last-minute gift idea…

by @ Sunday, December 24th, 2006. Filed under New Paradigms

…gift certificates from Kiva.org:

Cheers,
-pmh

Dell ‘Vista-Capable’ PCs great for just booting the OS

by @ Saturday, December 16th, 2006. Filed under Reviews, YukYuks

The Portable Consultant has been reading all the Christmas ads for PCs and noticing that the vast majority of desktops and notebooks are labelled “Vista Capable”… which means what, exactly?
What I had heard was that “Vista Premium Ready” means the unit will actually run Vista in all its glory while “Vista Capable” means it will […]

Open Destiny

by @ Saturday, December 9th, 2006. Filed under New Paradigms

In case you haven’t noticed a leading contender for the definitive movement of the current decade is related to “open source” in the widest sense of that term and the sort of philosophy conveyed by the “Owner’s Manifesto“.
Whether it’s the iPod’s failure to allow you to replace the battery or your cell phone company’s desire […]

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