Sometimes a blog with thoughts and opinions by Dan Greene
Last month I was lucky enough to get a computer for free to use as my server for IT 566. It works great and I found that I wasn’t using my old HP laptop at all.
So this weekend I decided to switch things around.…
I had one problem with my new Dell Ubuntu machine. The place I had to put to was nowhere near my router and cable modem. The cable modem and router are pretty firmly entrenched near my TV. I really didn’t want to touch the cable modem.…
One of the assignments for IT 566 is getting a server. This presented a problem for me, as I’m not in a position to spend even a few hundred dollars on a extra computer. My main computer is a 4 year old laptop that the keys have started falling off of.…
An optional assignment for IT 566 is to install DD-WRT. DD-WRT is an open source firmware replacement for the stock firmware that comes on routers and other devices with embedded systems, in my case a Linksys WRT54GL.
Many moons ago I was a computer technician, and I still tinker with hardware occasionally, I just don’t get paid for it.…
One of the assignments for IT 566 is to get a router. Luckily I’m using a router right now, a Linksys WRT54GL, so this one was simple. …
From Technologizer
https://technologizer.com/2010/05/31/ibm-muppets/
Before Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, Jim Henson made short films for Big Blue. The tech may be archaic, but the entertainment is timeless.
Andrew Leal – The IBM Muppet Show
If you’ve looked at the recent posts here, you’d see that I’ve had issues with Comcast. I’m happy to report all is well. Setting up the Tivo again was a bit complicated, since this is the first time I’ve had a digital cable box.…
Update 11:53 a.m. Cable will be installed tomorrow. Line run in the morning, cable installed in the house between 3 and 5 p.m.
Update 11:14 a.m It looks like we’ll be getting cable tomorrow!
Stephanie got a call from Comcast last night.…
Update: it’s in interesting tale, so feel free to read. Issues resolved, thanks Benny and Kirk and whoever else was involved for their quick work on this. Hopefully this situation won’t happen to anybody else.
So Stephanie and I got our new house built and we finally moved in in April.…