Bryan T. Siders (aka Sypher)

Nov 06 2007 ∞

Save a Tree -- Receive Less Junk (Snail) Mail

“The mission of Catalog Choice is to reduce the number of repeat and unsolicited catalog mailings, and to promote the adoption of sustainable industry best practices. We aim to accomplish this by freely providing the Catalog Choice services to both consumers and businesses. Consumers can indicate which catalogs they no longer wish to receive, and businesses can receive a list of consumers no longer wanting to receive their catalogs.”

Comments (View)
Nov 05 2007 ∞

Why we recommend Gmail

This is a post on the Gmail blog about their spam filter. The two biggest features Gmail offers for personal e-mail and hosted domain e-mail are the spam filter, super-fast searching, and very large mailboxes. Oh… The three biggests features are the spam filter, super-fast searching, and very large mailboxes… and a great calendar. Four! The four biggest features… Oh well, you get the idea.
Comments (View)
Oct 21 2007 ∞
Comments (View)
Oct 17 2007 ∞
The “first” IT pro. :-)
Comments (View)
Oct 09 2007 ∞

Peter Bromberg's UnBlog: KB929729 Windows Update Failure - An Easy FIX

Peter Bromberg’s UnBlog: KB929729 Windows Update Failure - An Easy FIX

In case anyone else runs into this… I had just upgraded a machine from XP to Vista and the .NET 1.1 SP hotfix problem was waiting for me at the end of the upgrade process. Mr. Bromberg’s post of these steps fixed my problem. :-) This doesn’t sound like it’s a common problem, so it was a relief to find the steps to fix it (via Sypher Technology News)

Comments (View)
Sep 25 2007 ∞

Woo hoo!

New office furniture being delivered today. This place is finally starting to come together. ;-) I’m hoping to have an open house in the next couple of months, but we’ll have to see what our schedule will allow.
Comments (View)
Aug 27 2007 ∞
This is an absolutely amazing photo manipulation technique that is sure to show up in Photoshop eventually.  Using it in Web pages may be a bit of a stretch (ahem), but as a content creator’s tool, it looks like the bee’s knees.
Comments (View)
Aug 22 2007 ∞

299 Lincolns? I Think Not!

Have you seen the Wendy’s commercial with the two hundred ninety-nine Lincolns in an auditorium? I don’t think there are actualy 299 of them. From counting a couple of rows and multiplying, I only estimate about 200 of ‘em. Apparently, some people only think there are ninety-nine of them. :-P

What’s that you say? You didn’t know that was a Wendy’s commercial? I didn’t, either, until about the third time I saw it. :-P

Comments (View)
+ ∞

Siders to Serve as VP for Local BNI Chapter

Bryan Siders, president of Sypher Technology, will serve as vice president of the Numbers for Success chapter of BNI for a one year term beginning in October. Simon Keemer of Strothman & Company and Allen Harris of Gersh Law Offices will serve as the president and the secretary/treasurer.

BNI is a business networking organization that “provides a positive, supportive, and structured environment (via Sypher Technology News)

Comments (View)
Jul 18 2007 ∞

Music

I’ve been having a lot of problems with Pandora going mute in the middle of songs recently.  I thought it might be because I was using Pandora’s Box as a wrapper for the music player, but I continued to have the same problem when trying to use Pandora directly in my web browser.  So, I’m trying out last.fm right now as an alternative.  Unlike Pandora’s free service, I paid US$3.00 for one month of Last.fm.  We’ll see how this goes.

I hope Pandora figures out what is going on.  I’ve been using their player for months now and have found a lot of cool new music because of that.  I like how their player is free and I have supported them by buying music from iTunes through their links.

Comments (View)
Page 3 of 4 Newer Entries →