It never fails that after I go through several scenarios that would have been greatly improved by a handy little program, then I come across an article that not only gives me a recommendation for one, but multiples! I have had 4 different systems fail on me at my day job in some form or [...]

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If you are your family’s resident IT guru, you typically get asked the same questions over and over again, even though you have shown them, written down the instructions and then even asked them to repeat them back to you a dozen times. While this isn’t the end-all be-all of self help tech sites, it [...]

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Originally posted here. How to take how Google treats its employees and use it to your advantage. I had an opportunity to visit a friend of mine who works at one of Google’s satellite offices (not the main GooglePlex in Mountain View, Calif.). It was an eye-opening experience on several levels: the number of people [...]

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TAIPEI, Taiwan — June 3, 2008 — Today at Computex, Microsoft Corp. announced that following the success of Windows on netbooks, the Windows offering is being extended to include nettop devices. Netbooks are commonly referred to as ultralow-cost PCs (ULCPCs) and were originally intended for students and other first-time PC customers in emerging markets. Nettop [...]

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This post was originally posted at Mavromatic – DIY: Outdoor Wireless Access Point/Signal Repeater. In my previous post, I went over how I created a weatherproof Wi-Fi camera rig. I decided to write a separate entry about how I got Wi-Fi signal to the camera during the construction process of my new home. This project [...]

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