Contents tagged with Musings
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Have a fling!
This is way cool…
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Now running under WPA...
It took me a while, but I’ve finally upgraded my home network to use WiFi-Protected Access (WPA) instead of WEP for securing my wireless connectivity. The upgrade was complicated by a laptop with a built-in WLAN adapter that didn’t support WPA (I switched to using the wired connection on that one) and a wireless bridge that was the wrong hardware revision to support an upgraded firmware patch to enable WPA (a Linksys WET54G). The good news is that after a few frustrating phone calls to Linksys, they allowed me to swap my wireless bridge for the later revision, which supports WPA via a firmware update. I got the new unit today, updated the firmware, configured my router (WRT54G), bridge, and TabletPC to use WPA, and all is working quite nicely. If only it was as easy getting WPA-enabled hardware as it was to configure the settings…
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An open letter to wireless networking manufacturers
Dear Wireless Networking Manufacturer,
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News coming Monday...
In a little less than a week, I’ll have an announcement to make here…watch this space!
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Hawaii photos
For those of you who might be interested, you may have noticed that on the schedule for my recent MSDN Security Briefing tour, was a stop in Honolulu, Hawaii. I had a great time there, as you might expect, though I did manage to get pretty badly sunburned (that’s what happens when you spend two hours in a futile attempt to teach yourself how to surf, without using any sunscreen). Here’s a couple of photos from the trip:
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Rob's addition to our technology vernacular
First, he helps put ASP.NET on the map. Now, Rob “invents” a term for a common computer malady…let’s give the man some Google juice. J
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Memorial Day
This weekend, my thoughts and prayers are with those serving their country, and with those who have served in past conflicts. May those currently in harm’s way come home safely to their families and friends, and may we always honor and remember those whose sacrifices make freedom a reality, not just a nice idea.
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Aloha!
Greetings from Honolulu! Just completed an MSDN Security Briefing event here on Oahu. Very nice crowd, and lots of good questions. Of course, the beautiful weather is a nice added bonus. I went up to my hotel room earlier this morning to find a rainbow streaking across the sky over the ocean.
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MSDE Scalability
Ever wanted the definitive answer on just exactly how MSDE limits performance and scalability? Well, you’re in luck, as Microsoft has now published a whitepaper describing how the governor in MSDE works. The short version is that the governor stalls connections for a few milliseconds on each logical read or write, once the limit of more than eight concurrent operations has been reached. The connection limit for MSDE is the same as for a standard SQL Server instance (32,767), but obviously the more concurrent connections, the more likely you are to reach the limit of 8 concurrent operations that triggers the workload governor. Read the paper for all the juicy details, including specifics on physical vs. logical reads/writes, and how/when the governor is activated. Good stuff.
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A movie for sci-fi geeks
Apparently this movie, which is currently slated for release only in Japan, is a live-action version of a classic anime story. Looks like these folks have decided that after the somewhat disappointing (but beautiful) CG movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, live action is the way to go. All I can say is that the trailer looks amazing, and makes me hope that a subtitled version will eventually reach the U.S. Heck, I might even watch this one without subtitles (ok, not really, but it it's close).