http://www.spiggott.com Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:43:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A couple of days ago, I ordered a Sierra Wireless Overdrive 3G/4G wireless hotspot from Sprint. I've only had the chance to use it a couple of times so I'm withholding judgement on performance until I've tried to use it in real world situations. I live in Raleigh, NC which ... http://www.spiggott.com/2010/03/06/sierra-wireless-overdrive-3g-4g-performance/ I monitor my network with PRTG Network Monitor. After recently upgrading our Xserve from 10.5.4 to 10.5.7 (server), its status changed in PRTG to "in alarm" and was unable to connect via SNMP to collect any data. It turns out that the default configuration of the SNMP agent changed with ... http://www.spiggott.com/2009/09/10/fixing-snmp-in-mac-os-x-server-10-5-7/ John Siracusa has posted an exhaustive review of Apple's latest OS release, Snow Leopard. Great read if you really want to learn why you need to upgrade. http://www.spiggott.com/2009/09/03/in-depth-review-of-snow-leopard/ Howard, Merrell & Partners recently launched the redesigned NutriDense.com. See before and after images after the jump. Before: After: http://www.spiggott.com/2009/08/07/hmp-launches-redesigned-nutridense-com/ Twitter experienced complete failure today due to a massive DDoS attack. It appears to be under attack again now as it is completely unresponsive. Kinda scary to think that web services are that vulnerable. As more and more of our lives move to the digital space (communication, banking, etc) we ... http://www.spiggott.com/2009/08/06/twitter-fail/ The supporting site for the "Dixie Is The Best" campaign went live today. http://www.spiggott.com/2009/05/18/dixieisthebestcom-goes-live/ More good work from HM&P: Go to the Dixie Products YouTube channel to see all three videos. http://www.spiggott.com/2009/05/01/latest-videos-for-dixie/ For the second time in history (and second year in a row), Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference has sold out. This seems to support my theory that WWDC is "the" Mac conference - eclipsing the once-mighty MacWorld Expo. http://www.spiggott.com/2009/04/28/wwdc-sold-out/ Very cool video showing how the Honda "Let It Shine" spot was made. http://www.spiggott.com/2009/04/27/honda-insight-the-making-of-let-it-shine%e2%80%9d/ “We are extremely pleased to report the best non-holiday quarter revenue and earnings in our history,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO, in announcing the company’s March quarter financial results. In its fiscal 2009 second quarter, Apple posted revenue of $8.16 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.21 billion, or ... http://www.spiggott.com/2009/04/22/apple-reports-121-billion-profit-for-q2-2009/