I’m not sure my end users would love this, but I have half a notion to provide this instead of an actually memory module next time. I wonder if the pet shop carries these. (?)
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Bored?
Put this in your favorite browser to come up with a list of live webcams on the Axis network. It’s nothing racey, I promise (well, so far as I know). So far, I found a camera aimed at stars, one aimed at mountains, a street corner in the UK somewhere.
http://www.google.com/search?q=intitle:%22Live+View+/-+AXIS%22&hl=en&start=20&sa=N
Just when you think you’ve gotten to the end of the Internet.
Why We Don’t Allow Cats in the Office
I saw this on Gemmak’s site and had to post it, since I just spent a week learning about hardware repair. You give ’em books, and give ’em books, and all they do is eat the pages. 🙂
A+ IT Technician
My brain is being infused with everything computer hardware-related. I already do plenty of hardware-related stuff at work… equipment ordering, upgrades, troubleshooting.. Whatever. I would just like to have a certification, so I have some proof that I know what the heck I am doing. It looks good on a resume.
So I’m taking a class to go through the important stuff that could be on the exam.
I would just like you to know that you can feel a 1mA voltage, which is a little less than you get by putting two wet fingers on a 9v battery’s connectors. 10mA is enough to contract your muscles to the point where you can’t let go of that electrical thing you just grabbed, and 100mA is enough to kill you. So, don’t put anything in a socket that isn’t supposed to be there.
Also, don’t buy any computers with less than a 300 watt power supply. It’s not enough to run things efficiently. You need power to run your gamer video card, your super speedy processor and your fancy DVD recorder.
Require a L2 cache unless you’re happy with surfing the internet or sending email. Back away from the Celeron, dude. While you’re at it, head for the new duo core technology. It allows for faster multitasking with less heat being conducted.
That’s about it for now.
Like you care. 🙂
Pass the M-velope – A YouTube Project
YouTube has a collaborative project going on. You should get in on it.
Help us imagine how an email message travels around the world. Take a look at the collaborative video we started, and then film what happens next. We’ll rotate a selection of the clips we receive on this page, and add the best ones to the video. The final video will be featured on the Gmail homepage and seen by users worldwide.
All it takes is a video camera, the Gmail M-velope, and some creativity. Submit your clip by August 13th, 2007 to be considered for the final collaborative video.http://mail.google.com/mail/help/gmail_video.html#utm_source=en-et-newfea&utm_medium=et&utm_campaign=en
Dear Lord, I Apologize..
for using your name in vain so many times today, along with a few other choice words, while replacing a laptop LCD at work. Those many screws required to get that broken LCD free and screw in the new one? Too wonderful to mention! (oops!)
Also, I want to thank you for teaching me how important it is to not try to put one model’s stupid screen in another model’s laptop. It was good for me to see how that breaks the ribbon. Oh, and I was lucky to see how to replace the ribbon, if it weren’t for those dumb screws that were screwed in hydraulically, which prevented their eventual removal, thereby just PRAYING TO YOU that part of that ribbon touching the contact was going to be enough to light up that gosh darn screen. Which, for now, it was.
Thank you, Lord, most of all, (and I mean this) for keeping me calm enough to avoid flinging the laptop through the air and just going home for the day.
My mortgage lender thanks you much more!
Let us pray that, eventually, I earn the pay required to actually be an IBM tech.
Amen.
Cell Phones Are Not Washable
Several days ago, my husband accidentally sent his brand new phone through the wash. We got it for free with our “new every 2” -year program at Verizon Wireless.
Anyway, it went through the wash. It came out intermittantly buzzing. We took out the battery, and allowed it to air dry.
After reading up on what to do next on the Internet, we put it into a baggie with a silica bag that I was lucky enough to find. We read that we should leave it alone for 3 days and see what it did.
Today, we plugged in the battery and then the power cable, and there was a reaction. We got the phone to boot up.
So far, though, it’s saying that it can’t find the network, and the camera flash on the outside of the camera is always on. I suppose this would help us to always find it quickly, but we decided to take the battery out again and stuff it back in the baggie with the silica.
We’ll try it again Sunday night to see what happens.
Lock up your Wireless Connection
I thought I’d share something I learned in class yesterday. Well, I already knew how to do all of these things, but I didn’t think they’d all be necessary.
If you’ve got Wireless, you’ve got to be sure to secure it. Why? Because if you don’t, some hacker could get into your system, use your Internet connection (which could slow you down if they’re streaming video) and even get to your files. They could even decide to reconfigure your wireless router for you.
When it comes to your computer, always consider the worse case scenario.
I’ve been protecting my Wireless by only allowing certain MAC addresses (unique numbers assigned to each network card). Turns out there’s software that will allow people to hack my MAC, and connect to my wireless as me. This would not be good.
So, here are some good ideas for locking down that wireless connection. Most people can get to their configuration by opening up Internet Explorer (or Firefox, if you wish) and going to http://192.168.1.1/. It depends on the router, really. I saw a Dell router that used a different address. Consult your vendor documentation for more information. Here’s another reference for your reading enjoyment.
My Brain Feels All Mushy
After spending 7.5 hours looking at a computer screen to watch video training about computer hardware, my brain feels rather numb. I’m having to sort through the stuff I already picked up from working my job and the new information I could really use for my job.
Needless to say, the process involves listening to quite a bit of remedial information, which I suppose is good.
Today, I learned about voltage, tools for detecting hardware problems and the history of bus interfaces. I revisited some DOS commands, task manager and file permissions (Zzzz..).
I have two super-huge books to go through, a handy new piece of luggage to carry them in, a hardware repair kit and a multimeter (which I have no idea how to use yet).
I’m motivated to get one certification. After that, maybe more. If Microsoft would only stop upgrading operating systems.
Cube News
If you work in an office (or even if you don’t), you have to see this just once. This is part of a series. You can see the rest at the Cube News website, or YouTube.com.
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