http://www.nwfusion.com/howto/ The latest how-to articles from NetworkWorld.com. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/071309-gearhead.html Mark Gibbs reviews a really powerful and impressive enterprise-scale Windows automation system that even figures out automatically its own ROI. Now that's automation. Mark Gibbs 2009-07-06T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/070609-gearhead.html Here's the answer to missing files compromising your plans for pizza, beer and TV. Mark Gibbs 2009-07-06T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/061809-gearhead.html Mark Gibbs starts by discussing audio editing tools and then wraps up his discussion of building an RSS feed for a podcast with a couple of news feed building tools. Mark Gibbs 2009-06-18T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/061109-gearhead.html Mark Gibbs continues to explore the details of creating an RSS feed for a podcast. Mark Gibbs 2009-06-11T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/060809-gearhead.html Gibbs explores the details of creating an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed for a podcast. Mark Gibbs 2009-06-04T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/060109-gearhead.html Mark Gibbs takes a look at an interesting new Linux-based operating system from Xandros called Presto that can be booted instead of Windows in 10 seconds. Gibbs likes the idea but has reservations. Mark Gibbs 2009-05-29T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/net.worker/columnists/2009/052709gaskin342.html E-mail and the Mazda Miata are both great examples of successful products, but they share a similar weakness: neither can carry much baggage. If you want to carry two people in a Miata, you're good. But if each of those folks has a big suitcase, you’re in trouble. And if you want to send a file via e-mail that's more than a few megabytes in size, you also need another option. Say hello to FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and the new ways you can use one of the oldest Internet protocols. James E. Gaskin 2009-05-27T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/051409-gearhead.html Mark Gibbs points to a great directory of Twitter resources, explains how he finally solved his self-imposed challenge to analyze Twitter with Excel, waxes enthusiastically over FreeBASIC and reviews a book. He has been know to leap over tall buildings in a signle bound as well. Mark Gibbs 2009-05-14T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/050709-gearhead.html Mark Gibbs opens with an interesting question from a friend about monitoring Internet network outage problems and then reviews an outstanding (and free) HTTP and HTTPS monitoring proxy. Mark Gibbs 2009-05-07T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/043009-gearhead.html Mark Gibbs goes looking for other services that provide searching of Twitter Tweets and finds a couple that are really useful. In the process he also briefly reviews a book on tags. Mark Gibbs 2009-04-30T12:00:00-04:00