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	Saturday, May 28, 2005

Microsoft Makes Available KnowledgeBase through RSS  ( on technology) If you are a heavy user of Microsoft products or a developer, you must have known that KnowledgeBase makes it incredibly easier for you to check out your issues against what others have already experienced, and allows you to understand the issue much faster.  There are thousands of articles there. By now, you must have heard also about RSS ( Really Simple Syndication).   It allows you to use a reader to pull the information into your computer instead of browsing the page one by one. The great news is that Microsoft is now providing RSS feeds for over hundreds of topics of their knowledgeBase.  Check this site for the RSS feed Product Index Page.   5:22:57 PM     comment []   trackback []

Low in Virtual Memory  ( on technology) One of the computers I sitll use is a Pentium III with 256 mb memory running Windows 2000.  A couple of times a day, it reports that it is low in virtual memory.  I thought it is because, well, 256 mb is not a lot nowadays, and I run a lot of programs, and of course, I scarcely turn it off, or just hibernate it, so I figure that it just slowly eats up whatever physical memory I have.  I just click on OK, and reboots it whenever convenient.  Apparently, the real reason is my page swap settings.  Setting it properly CAN eliminate this problem. Here is an article on it you might want to read about the proper virtual memory settings.   5:04:09 PM     comment []   trackback []

Microsoft's next Big Boss? ( on technology) Here is a writeup about Eric Rudder, potentially, they say, the next big leader in Microsoft after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. How did he get the respect of Bill Gates, who is known to be very demanding? It says here that in 1992, Eric, then at 25 years old dared told Bill Gates that he was wrong, and showed him his mastery by outlining how. Bill Gates thought for a moment after hearing him out, and said, "You know what? I guess you're right..." Leaders are made of people who do their homework, who master the learning better than anybody else, and who is not afraid to be wrong.   4:02:13 PM     comment []   trackback []