Archive for the ‘IT’ Category
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Part of my job entails working with multiple Excel spreadsheets simultaneously. You would think with four monitors I would have no trouble. For whatever reason, Microsoft decided that Excel will open all spreadsheets in the same instance of Excel, causing it to be nearly impossible to quickly glance back and ...
Posted in Annoying, DIY, IT, Microsoft, Software | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Everyone knows (or should by now) that cheap web hosts (Bluehost, Dreamhost, MediaTemple, etc.) don't backup your data for you. So you'd better do it yourself. If you're on any respectable host, you should have ssh access to the box.
Connect to your box via ssh and run the following commands ...
Posted in Backup, DIY, Hosting, IT, Linux, Programming, Software, Technology, Web Development | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
For some reason, Microsoft decided it would be fun to make it nearly impossible to view the HTML source of an email in Outlook.
Below are the convoluted steps to make it accessible. Most of the steps are for the initial setup which makes a new icon available ...
Posted in Annoying, Depressing, IT, Microsoft Outlook, Ridiculous, Software, Web Development | 2 Comments »
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Viruses can be tricky. Even if your anti-virus software is kept up-to-date on a daily basis it may not catch the newest threats. What would you do if a virus infected your computer? That depends. Can you run a virus scan? Can you even login? I ran into that problem ...
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
Do you have an economy-grade website host? Me too. BlueHost is great for only $6.95 per month but its response times and transfer rates are terrible. Fear not — Amazon S3 to the rescue. For pennies a day you can supplement your cheap website host using ...
Posted in Amazing, Annoying, Blog, DIY, Deals, Entertainment, Hardware, Hosting, IT, JavaScript, Programming, Ridiculous, Software, Technology, Web Development | 3 Comments »
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
A generous gift was bestowed upon me last week -- Dell's PowerEdge SC420 server. It came with two (2) 80GB hard drives which I have since replaced with two (2) 1TB hard drives. I decided to mirror these drives for the sake of redundancy using Linux's built-in software ...
Posted in Amazing, Hardware, Hosting, IT, Linux, Ridiculous, Software, Technology, Ubuntu | No Comments »
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
It really couldn't be any easier than this:
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
You're done. Now you can use ssh to remotely connect to your Ubuntu box.
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Saturday, October 18th, 2008
As I was piddling around on LogMeIn today, I noticed that the PC I was currently using was on the list of online computers. I tried to remote control it and received a warning message, but beneath it was a button that allowed me to control it anyway.
This was ...
Posted in DIY, IT, Software | 3 Comments »
Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Every year my desktop gets older, our mortgage gets smaller, the games get better, and I crave new hardware. The 1st step is to admit you're addicted, right? Without further adieu, I present you with my pick for the best gaming desktop of 2008. My picks were ...
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
The advent of YouTube, Hulu, Netflix's watch instantly feature, torrents, and offsite/online backup has made good bandwidth crucial to an enjoyable experience. The first time my wife got me killed by hogging the bandwidth while I was playing World of Warcraft I immediately cranked up the DD-WRT control panel ...
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