Debit and Credit Cards
For those who are confused by the options of debit and credit, here is a good article on MSNBC.
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Cleansing Your Reputation
MSNBC’s Red Tape Chronicles has an entry titled Companies’ Online Reputations Scrubbed Clean, which discusses a company that will cleanse your reputation by pushing negative stories lower in the ratings. A Google spokesman indicates this is perfectly fine with them, as long as you don’t use spammy techniques to do so. This reminded me of…
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Amazon Unspun Redux
I previously blogged about Amazon Unspun, which I have found mildly interesting, but not fascinating, shall we say. But the folks at Amazon have improved on it again, now providing Amazon.com associates with links to items in the list from which they can earn money. The details are on the official associates blog.
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Tips on Choosing Laptops
There’s a good article in today’s Washington Post on what makes laptops different, and what makes them the same. I agree with most of the tips in the article. I would only add that for some people the extra weight will be worth it to get a 15″ or more screen. You should consider this…
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What Not to Do to Tech Support
Over on TechRepublic, Jody Gilbert has a post 10 signs that you aren’t cut out to be a support tech. I’d like to affirm those ten things and suggest ten things that you should not do to your support tech. (Yep, two entries in a row inspired by TechRepublic. I’ve been enjoying their site.) As…
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Toward Secure Data
I was reading this article from TechRepublic today and at first I thought it had little to do with me, because I manage such small networks. But it wasn’t many paragraphs until it was ringing too true to me to ignore. It matches my experience. Now the largest network I manage has 12 pieces of…
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No to Government Regulated Search
Considering what a lousy job the government (any level, any entity) does with the things we absolutely have to entrust to their care, I’m amazed we would even consider handing them something else to regulate, but that’s precisely what some people seem to be doing. The complaint is that Google (mostly) along with a few…
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More Wireless Range and Stability
This device looks interesting. I haven’t had an opportunity to test it yet, but hopefully I will. I know someone to whom I’m going to recommend it. It’s an intelligent wireless router, the Ruckus Mediaflex NG and it should improve range and stability. The MSNBC tester definitely saw improvement. Considering the number of cases in…
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Installation fun with Security Update for .NET Framework Service Pack 1.1
I normally assume my Windows updates will occur with a minimum of fuss and bother, and in fact it took me several rounds to even realize what was going on this morning. I kept getting an “updates ready to install” notice, and I kept telling it to install. I was too busy with morning activities…
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Reinforcing the No Attachments Rule
I always tell users to be very certain of any attachments, not only checking who they’re from, but being certain that the person in question intentionally sent them. This e-card greeting spam (Washington Post article) should remind you of another thing: Links in an e-mail don’t necessarily go where the text says they go. Be…