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nVidia nForce 430 (MCP51 / RTL8201CL) and SME Server 8.0: working!

1September2013GeekTieGuy2 CommentsHardware, Personal, Software, Tech Toys

Lately, my home network started showing more and more signs of aging. Accessing websites was erratic, whether via wired computers or wireless devices. WiFi clients (which for some reason have almost exploded in number over time) couldnâ€™t reliably connect, causing shouts of â€œDaddy, the Internet is down!â€ with regular occurrence, coming from various bedrooms. Something

A surprise in the 2013 Scrum Guide?

4August2013GeekTieGuyAgile

I was looking at the updated 2013 Scrum Guide, and because of some questions that have come up at work, I looked at how much time the guide suggests as the upper limit for various Scrum meetings. The four larger meetings look like this in the scrum guide: Planning: 8 hours per month Review: 4

The Scrum Guide of 2013 – Top 50 words

4August2013GeekTieGuyAgile

I thought it would be fun to run the latest Scrum Guide through wordle.net to see what it talks about a lot. I replaced Scrum-specific terms that use two words in the guide to one word terms using CamelCase. Here’s what it looks like: What do you make of it? I’m glad the word

Agile retrospectives – on cadence or on demand?

4August2013GeekTieGuyAgile, Software development

Here’s a quick thought for (probably mostly Ha- and Ri-level) practitioners of Agile software development who are thinking about holding retrospectives on a fixed cadence versus going to an on-demand practice. I like that the weekend comes around every five days. I’d sure feel uncomfortable if it didn’t. I enjoy the comfort of knowing that