Sometimes a Mind Wipe Helps
The other day the system drive — the one containing Windows and all my programs — died unexpectedly. As in, I didn’t have a backup
The other day the system drive — the one containing Windows and all my programs — died unexpectedly. As in, I didn’t have a backup
I managed to dodge a bullet today. One of the hard drives in my main desktop system has been ticking for several months now. The
I really like my iPad. But I have no experience writing apps for it, and find the Excel and Word “substitute” apps on it both
Today I installed the final to-be-shipped version of Windows 8 on a rarely-used computer to see how it behaves (I have access to it because
The high tech critical need detector was operating at its usual 110% efficiency over the last week while we were out of town on vacation.
One of the more frustrating parts of operating a modern computer is when the update/patch process fails. In the case of Windows, you very quickly
I run Exchange as my home mail server. Unfortunately, the Windows Server 2008 machine that hosts Exchange is flaky. For the last 18 months it
I’ve updated my Arduino-based aquarium microcontroller project to incorporate an ultrasonic sonar sensor. The aquarium lights now stay dim during the day, except when someone
Today I did my annual heart-in-the-mouth exercise of updating the SSL certificates which allow me to access my Exchange accounts remotely, either over the web
Configuring my Arduino aquarium script gets a little tedious when all you have is a serial port monitor in which you read and write bytes.