Archive for the ‘Tech’ Category
I have been an iPhone user since the first day of it’s release in 2007. When Apple released the 3G model, and my town was stuck in EDGE misery, I patiently waited for AT&T to upgrade our area to 3G, and eventually, they did. Since that time, their network has slowly improved to a point [...]
Many folks with a first generation MacBook laptop are well aware of the list of issues that have shown up on them over the past three years. Some of the top things I have seen are the staining that occurs on the wrist wrest due to Apple’s poor choice in a plastic, and the habit [...]
Apple’s move to make the unibody MacBook become the low-end of the MacBook Pro line marked a few changes. Most notably, the addition of FireWire 800 and the “non replaceable battery”. The change of the battery made upgrading a hard drive slightly more difficult, as there is no panel that opens to do that anymore. [...]
Have you ever upgraded the hard drive in your Windows PC? It’s usually not a big deal, right? You open the side of the case, undo the data and power cables from the drive, and remove some screws. Moments later, you’re installing the replacement. Mac’s have not always been the most friendly machines to perform [...]
At times, I have the need to help a user to remotely solve PC related problems. The difficulty with the built-in solution for Windows (Remote Desktop), is that it requires port mapping in your firewall and configuration that the user may not be efficiently capable of. A similar situation exists when trying to use VNC [...]
I was recently doing some SMTP diagnostics on an Exchange 2003 server. Everything seemed to be working great, except for the transaction times. Averaging at 5.2 seconds, it wasn’t horrible, but in the “warning” range for an average mail server. Why is the transaction time important? It can mean the difference between receiving or not [...]
In case you weren’t aware of the exciting news, Wolfram Alpha just launched this evening. While quasi-geeks are typing up there comparisons of Alpha vs. Google (apple vs orange), I thought I would ask this new computational engine the most important question of all: What is the meaning of life? I was pleased with the [...]
A solution for making a functional VPN tunnel between pfSense and SmoothWall.
iStat for iPhone is a great application that gives you remote monitoring of essential Mac workstations or servers.
Handbrake is a wonderful, open-source, utility for converting DVD movies to other formats. In my case, I use it to convert my DVD collection for use on my Apple TV. It works great. Today, a new version (0.93) was released. It includes a long list of improvements from GUI updates to fixes for the lingering [...]
