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Technology

Suddenlink SMC8014WN Stupidity

May 5, 2010

Well this is interesting. I was considering becoming a reseller for Suddenlink Cable since I’ve been very pleased with their internet service. However, if you “rent” the SMC8014WN Wireless Modem/Router/AP from them – BEWARE! Suddenlink has locked down the firmware in the SMC8014WN so that most of the typical features from any $60 router/access point [...]

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WP-DBManager and MediaTemple Hosting

April 8, 2010

Ok – I ran into an odd issue while migrating my entire smartergeek.com site over to MediaTemple hosting – running WordPress and Thesis. Why did I move my site? I ran into a performance issue with GoDaddy’s hosting of WordPress and mySQL. My page times were taking between 3-49 seconds!.That’s crazy even for shared servers. [...]

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6 months of Google Voice

March 19, 2010

As I blogged previously, I setup a Google Voice account and have integrated it into my telephone support. You can call 318-995-GEEK (4335), and it will directly ring my cell phone. I setup my iPhone voicemail to automatically route to gVoice too. There are several advantages. First, let me say that the visual voicemail on [...]

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Tech Question and Answer from Email

March 19, 2010

From email 3-19-2010. This is a great question and answer for everyone to read. —————- I just got that 100′ CAT6 10/100/1000 cable tonight. —————- You know that Cat5e supports gigabit right? That might have saved you a little money. ————— Did you know Media Center doesn’t come on anything before Vista? That sucks. ————— [...]

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Me and EQ – 2200 days of MySEQ

February 26, 2010

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 [...]

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Use the address bar

February 26, 2010

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 [...]

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Wireless on the 2nd floor

February 17, 2010

———— Question from Email: ———— 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 [...]

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Panasonic SV-AV20

February 2, 2010

*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 [...]

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Cloud Backupify

January 15, 2010

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. [...]

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Wii will add Netflix

January 13, 2010

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 [...]

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