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September 14, 2011
TCG Is a 2011 WBJ 50 Fastest Growing Company
TCG has been named by the Washington Business Journal as one of the 50 Fastest Growing Companies in the Washington region for 2011. This is TCG’s first time on the list, which is based on consecutive growth over the last…
Use your iPhone/Laptop/Android as a remote control for MythTV
Four years ago, a blogger named Kyle blogged about a simple but effective web script that allows most smart phones to control a MythTV setup. Though he built his script for MythDora, it works wonderfully on MythBuntu with the following steps as root (assuming…
September 13, 2011
TCG Ranked #11 on Washington Business Journal List of Small Technology Companies
TCG has been recognized by Washington Business Journal as one of the Top 20 Small Technology Companies in the Washington, DC metropolitan area for the third year in a row. TCG is ranked 11th on the list, which is based on…
September 6, 2011
Invitations From the Captain Can Not Be Declined
For as long as I can remember, I’ve enjoyed reading. As I’ve aged the kinds of books that I find interesting have been expanding. Historical fiction never interested me as a youth, but as an adult I found a number of authors in this genre…
August 31, 2011
TCG Ranked on Inc. 5000 for Fourth Year in a Row
TCG has been recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in the United States for the fourth year in a row. The company was also on the Inc. 5000 in 2010, 2009, 2008, and the Inc. 500…
August 24, 2011
LAMHDI Annual Planning Meeting Focuses on Expansion
LAMHDI, the NIH initiative to Link Animal Models to Human Disease, held its annual planning meeting last week (August 15–17) in Bethesda. Attended by scientists and researchers from nine cooperating institutions and several federal agencies, the meeting focused on ways…
August 22, 2011
TCG’s Brian Ibbison is a 2011 Rising Star Award Winner
At TCG, we’re incredibly proud of the high quality of our people and the work they do. And we get great shivers of joy when others recognize just how much our staff contribute to the government. That’s why we’re so…
August 18, 2011
Estimation Is a Loser’s Game
How many times a day do you estimate the time and effort required to complete a project? I bet it is a lot more than you think. Did you recently adjust your alarm clock? Before you did that I expect that you, perhaps subconsciously, did…
August 16, 2011
Fight Mail Bounce Spam with a Catch-all Address
If you send an email to a non-existant address, most mail servers are polite and will send you your message back with a notice that it couldn’t be delivered (called a mail “bounce”). Alas, this service can be hijacked to send spam. How?…
August 3, 2011
FDP Fall General Meeting Registration Now Open
The Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP), which is an association of federal agencies, academic research institutions, and research policy organizations that works to streamline the administration of federally sponsored research has announced that registration for the FDP Fall General Meeting, September…