I’m thinking it’s something in the water…or the latest updates from Microsoft.
Several people I know have been complaining about how slow their systems have been running. A few of these systems I have worked with for years in some cases and they have been doing fine on a budget type setup all along....
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Archive for August, 2009
Tuesday Tech Tips
Walking in a Windows 7 Wonderland
Pulling together left over parts and a few Craig’s List purchases, I have a “box” now up and running on the Microsoft Windows 7 “Release Candidate 1.” I’m using the 64bit version of the operating system so I can take advantage of more memory for the computer to use while working.
System specs:
Pentium D...
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Someone Has Computer Problems…
And their whispering didn’t work too well:
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It’s a Jungle Out There!
Just a few thoughts from my world:
If anyone says they “know it all” about computers, excuse youself from the conversation and place their business card in the nearest shredder. I bet even Bill Gates wouldn’t even make that claim. I know some things about computers, some learned sitting up way to many...
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Project 2996 – 9/11 Rememberance for 2009
How would you like to be part of a project that honors those who lost their lives on 9/11/2001?
If you have a website/weblog and would like to post a memorial for either a person you knew, or a randomly chosen person, then go and sign up at Project 2996.
The goal is to have all...
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Tuesday Tech Tips
Today: Firewalls…What’s up with that?
I had an interesting discussion the other day with a client who just wanted “error messages” to go away. I, using my experience, figured they were having hardware problems. I asked “what ones?” figuring there is a great possibility of doing just that. “Here…I wrote them...
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Tuesday Tech Tips
It’s not a good idea to go out “unprotected computing” these days. Like just about everything else mankind has invented, there are good uses (nuclear power – Lighting up a city) and bad uses (nuclear power again – Blowing up a city). The bad uses aren’t even to the users behind the...
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Blogging from Your iPhone?
The times they area changin’
Some people are putting their heads together trying to figure it out using WordPress.
Hmmm…there’s the mention of that free blogging software with a very large user base, and a very active user forum, and a very active group of theme and plugin in developers….and iPhones…they’re all around. How many...
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Times Are Tough. For a Lot of People and Business.
I just read this article in the Wall Street Journal. A coffee shop owner saw something: People came for the free WiFi, but…they weren’t really helping to keep the business paid for.
That’s not just in New York, I’m sure it’s everywhere.
When Starbucks and Borders and Barnes and Noble and MacDonalds put in...
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Mark Your Calendars! Social Media in Marketing Seminar
August 27th, 2009 at the Pinellas Park/Gateway Chamber of Commerce, 5851 Park Blvd, Pinellas Park, FL 33781.
Walt Morey of Core Business Solutions will be presenting his seminar on the reasons you should get yourself into the digital world using social media tools (Twitter, Facebook, Plaxo, LinkedIn, blogs, etc) to market your business.
I attended his...
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