Reed G. Porter at myITforum.com

Conservative talk show host Glenn Beck is fed up with all the Political Correctness run amuck with the on-going asault on Christmas, so he's come up with a parody song to help you avoid using the 'C' word.

Sung to the Burl Ives tune Have a Holly Jolly Christmas:

Have a Rammahanuquazmas

Its the PC time of year

Every holiday's displayed

Because of morbid fear

Oh horrors! You look around, and it is as if the Internet never happened! It's a Wonderful Internet explores that possibility with a familiar format and it is quite enjoyable!

I'd credit the blogger who turned me on to this, but it's as if he never existed! In fact you can't be reading this, and I have to give back half my college credit. Hey, I met my wife on the net....

I'm so ready for the new season of 24, so I went ahead and took the test! Yep, I'm Jack Bauer, so you may want to think twice about messing with me, and, since you know me, I wouldn't give a quarter for your chances of surviving until tomorrow.

Missed some episodes? (Sponsored Link)

Here are some products you should buy. After all, it's Christmas!

The Serenity DVD goes on sale Tuesday, December 20th. What better way to celebrate the shortest day of the year than in space?

Rod and Ron's book is due out soon. Better pre-order so they print enough. You would not want to be the only one show up in San Diego without one!

Just got my son the Ultimate Spiderman for Christmas. Looks great, and Amazon has it for $15 off list right now!

Purchase one of these, and i'll be sure to send you my address for you to ship it to. Oh, and thanks in advance!

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Along with their updated FLEXnet Admin Studio Edition, Macrovision has released great white paper entitled Mastering Software Management: Application Packaging and the Microsoft BDD.(requires registration) The paper is a quick read and gives an excellent overview of the also outstanding Business Desktop Deployment solution accelerator from Microsoft in addition to how FLEXnet AdminStudio fits in.

I love it when technologies unite to create something greater than the individual units. I buy a lot of things on line. Invariably the company you make a purchase from sends you a confirmation email followed a bit later by the shipping information. In the past, I would copy the tracking number, go the the shipping company's web site, look for the tracking information page, click on agreement, paste into the form, click for the expected delivery date, then click for where the package was last.

Not any more! Quite by accident the other day, I pasted a UPS tracking number into my Google tool bar and hit enter. Low and behold, one click later I am looking at my expected delivery time on www.ups.com ! Now that's what Web 2.0 is all about!

Don't you just hate it when someone links to their blog in an email list just so you can click a link when you get there?

Overview

FLEXnet AdminStudio SMS Edition is the result of collaboration between Macrovision (formerly InstallShield), and the Microsoft Systems Management Server team to provide a compelling integration story for customers seeking to simplify their Windows Installer software repackaging, customization, and distribution efforts.

FLEXnet AdminStudio provides enterprises with the ability to prepare, publish, and distribute software packages via SMS 2003 without ever touching the SMS server console, significantly improving the efficiency of application management efforts.

FLEXnet AdminStudio SMS Edition includes the full-featured industry leading InstallShield Repackager that prepares one or more legacy setup.exe packages for deployment by converting it to a Windows Installer .MSI package. The InstallShield Tuner is included to assist in customizing MSI packages by adding files, changing registry settings, adding license keys, removing registration wizards, or making other modifications that will then be compiled in a transform (MST). Finally, a Distribution Wizard and secure SMS Web console are included to assist in handing the packages off for distribution through Systems Management Server 2003.