Over the last few months I’ve been on a steady march to increase my server capacity at home. Why? I’m not entirely sure why. How about it’s fun? 🙂 I decided to take a plunge into the deep end and get a rack for home. Getting the rack took up more space for just one or two …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: thingelstad.com Data CenterI’ve got a ton of respect for Google. They do an amazing job with search. Products like Google Maps make my jaw drop. It’s innovative, works exceptionally well and does things that many wouldn’t think you could do in a web browser without client-side software. Their stock, GOOG, …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Google Web Accelerator, Just say NO!I finally got HTTP compression working on content that matters – like ASPX pages. It looks like pages are compressing about 4:1 or more. This should mean much faster download times since my broadband connection is my most limiting issue. I found some excellent instructions for …
Keep reading · 1 minute: HTTP CompressionIf you have been reading my site for a while you know that I’ve been reconnecting with my Macintosh roots. I’ve had ups and downs with my iMac G5 but all-in-all it’s a very workable, fine computer with exceptional aesthetic and design. I had been reading more marketing than I …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Mac OS 10.4, Tiger?While we were on our trip we swung into a Ballio’s electronics store. We don’t have these in Minnesota. While there we checked out there laptops. They had great rebate deals on all of the Sony laptops. I’m not an immediate fan of the Sony laptop, entirely because of their use of …
Keep reading · 1 minute: New Laptop, Sony VGN-S360On Monday of this week I woke up and as I usually do after getting ready for the day went to sit down at the iMac that is off of our kitchen to check on email, visit some websites for news, etc. When I sat down I noticed that the iMac was off which seemed very strange. We don’t …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Dead iMac G5I just had one of those amazingly rare situations of having great customer service, with a bank no less! The second part of this sounds funny since I live, eat and breath technology but this whole experience was great. I reconcile my bank accounts essentially daily in Quicken. …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Customer ServiceI’ve written on our site about some of the trials and tribulations I had with my previous gigabit switch. I had purchased a cheap SMC 8508T switch a while back, it died, I had to RMA it and I’ve been having very, very odd problems lately. I finally decided enough is enough and I …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: NetGear GS716TRan across this product today and am tempted to order it just to have fun in sports bars! Some ingenious person made a keychain remote that broadcasts over 200 different shutoff codes for several hundred TV manufacturers. Annoying TV? TV-B-Gone! Only $14.99, well worth the value. :-)
It was patch week from Microsoft this week. This month brought 9 or 10 security updates depending on your version of Windows. I find it really funny how differently Microsoft and Apple release their security patches. Microsoft We get a monthly release of all the security updates. …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Marketing Security Updates