Category: Computers
A Convo about Backups
This is part of an email exchange that my friend Mark and I had about backing up your data: Mark started it off with: > But that’s not why I’m wr...
New Cisco 678 installed!
My new Cisco 678 came on Thursday. I was out Thursday night, and Friday we had some friends over, so I didn’t get a chance to do anything with it until to...
Outage Outrage
I had a lightning strike at my house at 6:10am Friday morning that fried my DSL modem. The Qwest tech came out today (yes, on Saturday) and tested the line. The...
Better, Faster, Stronger!
My server, which powers this blog, my web site, several other websites and a bunch of email, is now running on 1 GB of RAM. We used to run on 512MB, which was b...
Set the Way-Back Machine to Tuesday
I hate computers. No, really, I do. We are playing with some new Wireless Access Points at work here. I have a wireless card (a Hawking HWC54G) and it didn̵...
A useful document
Anyone who works with computers needs this document. Ten Ways to Say No to a Request for Free Tech Support
BBS: The Documentary
Wow. Someone has made a documentary about BBSing. That’s pretty cool. I was a BBSer in the 80’s. My best friend, Biko, ran a Citadel BBS named Bad S...