Get 3G internet access in Paris, France on your iPad
If you are a true geek and you are visiting Paris and you have an iPad (if you are a true geek then you do) then your first stop has to be the Louvre. Mary Magdelene may not be…
Computers
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Mac OSX and the Samsung ML1740 on a network
I’m mostly posting this so I don’t forget since it seems like I have to reinstall my printer driver often enough to be annoying but not often enough to remember. I run my Samsung…
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My Macbook Pro, the Single Link DVI cable and the Not so Genius Apple Bar
I and Callie took the kids to Salt Lake a while back so they could go to the Children’s Museum at the Gateway. They had a great time. At the end of the day we wandered around the…
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So I am a Big Geek
I had to reboot the server in my office closet this evening. That’s when I realized that I am a really big nerd. I have a server in my closet with RAID 5 to backup the other…
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Maybe I Should be a Computer Tech
My wife’s computer finally died. I mean really died. For about ten minutes I could push the power button and it would just barely turn on and then it would immediately shut down…
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New Apple Laptops – I’m so Excited
I’ve been wanting to buy a Macbook pro for a while now. I hate to be yet another one of those Apple nuts but I have been waiting for Oct 14 ever since the rumor came out that…
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Amazon S3, Jungle Disk and the new way to backup
Not long ago I wrote a rather unflattering review of Mozy. I feel bad in a way because I still believe that the concept is good. I haven’t played with the software recently but I…
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Mozy.com’s Backup Software is Shit
Yes you read that right. I used to love this company. The concept is great – backup your data online for dirt cheap. Install the software and away you go. They backup everything…
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Email Sucks
In a job interview a long time ago I was asked what I hate to do the most. At the time my response was, “write USB device drivers.” I had to do that at Sorenson Vision and I hated…
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No I Won’t Fix Your @!#$!@#$ Computer
I am a software engineer. That means a lot of things. It means I can write code. It means I can talk about servers and argue about what programming languages are best (Check out…
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How to manage 60,000 digital photos
QUICK UPDATE: If you want reliable backups for you photos check out my post on using S3. A friend of mine was surprised that I don’t have a Flickr account. I am try to keep up…
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xbox 360 woes
My xbox 360 died over the Christmas break. It had worked flawlessly for about 6 months. I turned it off before we went to visit my parents for a few days. When we came back I got…
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Computer Theories
I have a degree in electrical engineering so I know a lot about computers so there. Over the past five years I have been formulating my primary theory regarding the fundamental…
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Setting up new Macbook pro
I am trying to set a new Macbook pro to boot Mac OSX and Windows with a third partition for data. It is a pain, but here is a good resource to help you get started. I managed to…