Friday, June 27, 2014

Favorite Podcasts

As I drive the 30 minutes to work each day I listen to a lot of podcasts. Here are some of my favorites:
The History of Rome by Mike Duncan and his Revolution series
Dan Carlin finally someone who I can agree with, mostly.
The History of Byzantium A great overview of the forgotten half of the Roman Empire
Freakanomics - fun stories about economics and human nature
Hanselminutes - Amazing author and speaker on software development with Microsoft slant
The Norman Centuries - Forgotten history of the Normans
Planet Money - great stories on economics
Security Now by Steve Gibson - essential security news
EconTalk with Russ Roberts - great guests and Austrian economics.

Friday, June 06, 2014

How to tell which Service Packs I have in Windows7

To find which service packs you have installed in Windows 7, go to the control center, select "system" and in the top section labeled "Windows edition" it will show which Service Packs are installed.