All I Know About Traveling to Nicaragua
I took a little break from IT to do some yoga, and wanted to share the little things I learned by visiting Nicaragua. I carefully chose the title of this blog post. This is literally all I know.
Year: 2017
RAID, It’s Not Just for Killing Bugs!
We’ve spoken about backups before, and in truth it’s impossible to talk too much about them. The best rule of thumb is to follow the 3-2-1 rule:
My Internet is Out!
Recently I planned a switch to a new Internet Service Provider (ISP) for my apartment. It would be faster and cheaper – dreams do come true! Everything was great until my previous ISP shut off my internet before they were supposed to. This put me in quite a jam since I’ve also cut the cord on cable, and use the internet to watch TV. Not to mention, it was approaching the weekend during football season, which means I need to watch my fantasy team. Obviously, this had me scrambling to find a solution ASAP. And … it also got me thinking about the impact downtime has on businesses, and the problems those outages cause. Probably more important than watching my fantasy football team play.
The Next Big Thing Is Here!
Yes, folks, I’m talking about the Samsung Note 8. If you subscribe to our newsletter, you’ll know that I have been waiting on this since LAST YEAR, and finally got mine on September 7th. Originally, my attitude about the phone before I received it was mixed; I was excited to have a new Note, but a little disappointed that Samsung had omitted some of the features that would REALLY have knocked the iPhone out of the park – namely, the under-screen fingerprint reader and folding display. After watching a few Youtube pre-release reviews, I was feeling a bit less stoked…
Multiplicity: A Surprisingly Useful App
My home media center setup seems to become more complicated by the week. The latest usability issue I’m looking to iron out is to automatically unlock my desktop to stream content to the laptop that is connected to the TV in our living room. Sure, I could walk the 30 ft to the office, unlock it as needed, and go on watching TV. But sometimes there isn’t sufficient time to mentally prepare for a journey of that magnitude. So, I did some digging, and came across a nifty little program known as Multiplicity.
Weathering the Storm
For the past month, we’ve been working with (or against, depending on your viewpoint) AT&T to troubleshoot a failing router. Unpredictably, the fiber link light goes dark, and an office is suddenly without internet. Crippling. Our multiple requests for an onsite AT&T technician were disregarded because the Midwest AT&T service team had been sent down to Houston to rebuild infrastructure.
Perspective. Talk about crippling.
How to Know EVERYTHING About Computers!
I’m about to reveal two biggest IT secrets ever. These secrets are how IT people all over the world solve your problems and make you think of them as super-geniuses from the 8th dimension. Once you know these secrets, you too can use their power to solve problems and look super awesome.
Total Eclipse of the Sun
I searched high and low for ideas for this week’s blog. Apparently, I didn’t search high enough… I’m talkin’ ’bout: the SOLAR ECLIPSE!
I know you’re thinking, “ENOUGH about this eclipse! I couldn’t even see it!” Sorry to all who missed it by a few thousand miles or minutes, but it was actually really, really rad.
Ransomware
At this point I hope everyone is educated about the crippling effects of Ransomware. If you’re not a part of “everyone,” let me explain what ransomware is, and give you some steps to avoid becoming a victim before it’s too late.
The Arrival of A.I. (No-One Is Ready For It): Part 2
There was a bit of news in the AI world this week, this time coming from Facebook’s FAIR (Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research) division. Here’s the short version: two of Facebook’s AI chatbots created their own language (which is indecipherable to Humans) and was subsequently shut off by the team managing it.