CNN offered up some good tips on saving money on tech. But of course I want to analyze and comment on it myself. Anything else would be out of character.
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How to save money on tech
Posted by Dave Farquhar on January 29, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/01/how-to-save-money-on-tech/
How to get your first job in IT
I helped a friend of a former coworker with his resume this week. He’s looking to get their first jobs in IT, and found it difficult, even though he was applying for an entry-level helpdesk position. His resume certainly indicated he was educated and able to hold down a job, but that wasn’t quite enough. [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on January 17, 2013
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2013/01/how-to-get-your-first-job-in-it/
Happy 30th birthday, C-64
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Commodore 64′s release, PC World–a magazine published by the same company that once published RUN, a magazine dedicated to the C-64 and other Commodore 8-bit computers–had someone try to use a 64 for a week. Not surprisingly, they found the 30-year-old computer not up to 2012′s demands.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on August 2, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/08/happy-30th-birthday-c-64/
HP has a brilliant idea
After last year’s flip-flopping on getting rid of its not-quite-as-profitable-as-they’d-like PC business, and the resulting self sabotage, HP needed a good idea to try to undo the damage. Their idea is completely unoriginal, but it’s tried and true and more likely to work than anything else they could possibly do: Bundle their premium PCs with [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on February 16, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/02/hp-has-a-brilliant-idea/
Egg on my face
I dragged my computer back over to Micro Center this afternoon. It took three of us, but we got the computer working. It’s a long story. It would have been a much shorter story if I’d remembered my rule #1. I won’t bore you with the details, except to say the second technician, upon hearing [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on February 12, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/02/egg-on-my-face/
Socket 775 adventures, Part 2
I closed down Micro Center last night. I wasn’t having any luck getting my new motherboard working, even after working with Asus and with Micro Center’s online support. Micro Center’s web site said that if you take a system in to their knowledge bar, at the front of the store, someone with an A+ certification [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on February 10, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/02/socket-775-adventures-part-2/
Micro Center’s 18-minute pickup works spectacularly
It was like ordering Chinese takeout. I wrote yesterday about how I needed a motherboard to try to solve my ongoing webserver issue. I don’t live or work anywhere near Micro Center. The computer store near my house closed, and I don’t like the one near my workplace anymore since they jerked my friend around. [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on January 28, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/01/micro-centers-18-minute-pickup-works-spectacularly/
My Socket 775 adventures, Chapter 1
So I bought an Intel Socket 775 board to support a crash webserver rebuild project. I present the story in hopes that it might be useful, or entertaining, or both. I don’t know the ultimate outcome of it yet, but all of the decisions made sense at the time.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on January 27, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/01/my-socket-775-adventures-chapter-1/
I got my new webserver motherboard
I got my new webserver motherboard. There’s a story there. I’m saving it for later in the week. The board doesn’t work. I power it on, and it shuts itself off after 2-3 seconds. The power supply works with a different board. So for the first time in my life, I’m contacting Asus technical support, [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on January 25, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/01/i-got-my-new-webserver-motherboard/
Review: Insignia NS20EM50A13 monitor
My 15-inch Dell LCD died this weekend. Its date of manufacture was October 2001, so I can’t complain. I bought it used a number of years ago and paid a pittance for it. It had been acting up for more than a year, and at least it had the decency to wait until a potential [...]
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/12/review-insignia-ns20em50a13-monitor/