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Archive | 2008

Weather website updated

21 December 2008 Comments Off

For those of you who don’t live in San Angelo, this won’t be a big deal at all, but I hope you’ll check it out anyway. KD5HIA Weather Station I’ve completely re-written my weather observation website. The current conditions page now uses AJAX to provide up-to-the second information — wee! And, I’ve fixed the JavaScript [...]

Geek Stuff, News

KD5HIA, Weather

The computer, demystified

17 December 2008 0 Comments

I’ve been working on computers for about ten years. In those years, I have gone from being lucky at assembling old parts to make a PC all the way to engineering entire voice and data networks. As a network administrator for my employer, I run into confused faces all the time when it comes to [...]

Geek Stuff

Computers, Windows

Two of the best things I’ve seen — ever

2 December 2008 Comments Off

Have you ever been in a forum and someone asked a question that would have been answered had they just used Google in the first place? Well, some smart-ass had the same idea and created LetMeGoogleThatForYou.com.

Ramblings

Do your own research, Forums, Search

RSS, Explained

2 December 2008 0 Comments

So what the heck is RSS? What is it for, is it useful, and how can I benefit from it? Those might be some common questions, and I am here to tell you more than you need to know!

Geek Stuff

Mac, RSS, Windows

Peggy moved out

2 December 2008 0 Comments

Yep, Peggy moved out yesterday. Truth is, though, she hadn’t planned on it, and I feel terrible. After Jessica and I arrived home from being gone for a week, we realized we had to do something about the cat situation.

Stories

Cats, Home, Peggy, Pets

I screwed up

19 November 2008 0 Comments

This is a good one. I spent most of my day with an uncomfortable situation after stepping in some “stuff”. I was on the phone while at a work site today. The area where I was talking was actually a room inside the building, but with a wall missing which exposed the great outdoors. I [...]

Stories

Stupid

Performing a clean install of Windows Vista using upgrade disc

16 November 2008 0 Comments

[Editor's Note, 7 September 2010: this process should also work for Windows 7] Many DIY PC builders were used to keeping up with the latest version of Windows simply by purchasing the versions marked “upgrade” for about a hundred bucks less than the regular version. (By the way, for those who don’t know, let me [...]

Geek Stuff

Computers, Windows

Simple tip keeps Windows Vista from being annoying

12 November 2008 0 Comments

Hey, Vista users! If you’re a power user like me, Windows Vista can be rather annoying and a hinderance to productivity every time it asks for permission to do things I told it to do! For simple users, perhaps they need this assurance. But in-control gurus need this “feature” to go away.

Geek Stuff

Security, Windows

Oh, Microsoft

9 November 2008 0 Comments

Do you have Windows Vista? And if so, how do you like it? Many competent Windows XP users will ask the same question: “This is an upgrade?” No, it’s not an upgrade, actually.

Geek Stuff, Ramblings