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Me and EQ – 2200 days of MySEQ
A long time ago in a galaxy far away…I was addicted to EverQuest (aka EQ or EverCrack). I’m not kidding. I played EQ at least 30 hours a week starting around mid 1999 (on dialup) and continuing until 2005. Genia played. The best man at our first wedding was my best friend in EQ. Scott [...]
Use the address bar
This is one of the more common “issues” that I encounter. Probably many of you reading this blog may be guilty. When someone asks you to type an address (URL) in your browser (ex: www.smartergeek.com), that means you should type it in the ADDRESS BAR of the browser!
Sure, you can type in the search bar [...]
Wireless on the 2nd floor
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Question from Email:
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Rex,
I have a customer that is having a real problem with her wireless signal in a 2 story hotel. She has tried everything from getting another Netgear range max router and still can not get a signal on her outer areas of the 2nd floor. I recommended the WRT54GL and the DD-WRT firmware. [...]
Panasonic SV-AV20
*Originally posted on my old message board in Feb 2005. Copied here as it is popular.
Well, this is the story of how a Panasonic SV-AV20u was donated to me by someone with whom I have done a lot of computer work. The device is pretty cool as it will work as an mp3 player (sort [...]
Cloud Backupify
As most of you know, I’m very much into backups. For my local information, I use and recommend JungleDisk. What do you do about “cloud” information though? What if Facebook lost your account? Think that can’t happen? Right.
I put a lot of trust in services such as Google; however, ultimately I’m into personal responsibility. That [...]
Wii will add Netflix
As most of you know, I don’t play that many video games. In years past, I was very much into EverQuest, but I just don’t have the time anymore. However, the boys have PS2’s and Santa brought a Wii for Christmas. While I’d played a Wii before with customers, I didn’t realize how much fun [...]
Storing and sharing files with Google – gDrive
Well, Google has finally launched its service. For several years, we have waited for what has been called “GDrive”, and Google is about to roll it out. Here are the quick specs:
1GB storage free (more available for purchase)
Files up to 250MB in size
Shared folders (already launched in Google Docs)
ability for 3rd parties to develop software
While [...]
My mobile blog on a Palm Pre
I had the chance to play around on a Palm Pre this week. A client and good friend of mine has one with Sprint – and he loves it. While at his office doing some tech support, he let me click (tap) around on it.
Let me just say that I was very impressed. As you [...]
It actually worked
It’s never a dull moment in my business. Here’s the scenario.
Custom built computer that is 9+ years old (nobody knows)
Tekon s1692 Motherboard
Windows XP doesn’t fully recognize the USB controller
No driver cd’s or files – and nearly impossible to dig up on Internet
PC giving incorrect date error on boot
Need to connect a USB scanner to this [...]
USB Encryption Flaw Found
Some sites are reporting that some USB drive encryption has been “broken”. That’s not exactly correct.
There has been a flaw found in the way the authentication works from the software to the drive itself. As a matter of fact, it’s really stupid and moronic from a security standpoint. The worst part is that multiple vendors [...]
