Category Archives: Hardware

Call Me Mr. iPad

A traitor, er I mean a coworker, brought his iPad to the office and I thought I would try posting a blog entry to see if I like using the keyboard. It is a bit awkward because it keeps slipping … Continue reading

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syslog consuming 100% cpu – SOLVED!

Finally figured out. Can’t explain how it happened, but I know what happened. A couple of months ago, I dropped my MacBook and the hard drive froze. I was able to replace it with no issue. I went to install … Continue reading

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ZFS File System…now that’s big

As I surfed the Internet tonight, came across an article about the ZFS File System. Not being familiar with it, I did a bit of reading to learn more, as that is what one may due when trying to learn.  … Continue reading

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Flight Status using Google SMS

Tonight, while reading through Lifehacker, came across a great post on checking flight status using Google SMS. Apparently, by sending a text message to Google SMS like “Southwest Flight 48″, you will receive a message back with the status of … Continue reading

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No keyboard found, press F1 to continue

Over the last week, been working to remove some spy ware, trojan horses, and other viruses that recently got onto my mother-in-laws computer. During one of the reboots, I got an error message during the system check: No keyboard found, … Continue reading

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10 Reasons Why Developers do not Make Good Hardware Administrators

Early this year, we had a power spike at our house during a wind storm…the net result, our home computer became unstable. Here are 10 reasons why developers don’t make good hardware administrators: Can’t tell if the root drive failed … Continue reading

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