Archive for August, 2007

The 7 most dangerous species of net admins

August 16, 2007

Mr. Safety

The whole purpose of Mr. Safety’s existence is to prevent anything bad happening to his network, with the emphasis on his . The cables may have been run by a contractor, the racks, patch panels, routers, and UPSs installed by the manufacturers, but the whole thing belongs to him right down to [...]

Tags: Gaming, PC
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101 uses for canned air

August 16, 2007

Give a whistle the energy it needs to convince your boss the evacuation alarm sounded.

Conserve trees by blowing the seeds and excrement from the bottom of bird cages, thus saving the paper for further usage.

Clean the crumbs from a bucket seat.

Don’t handle them directly – blow the dust off those mouse balls! [...]

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Programming Tips

August 16, 2007

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Why you should never store your laptop in the oven

August 16, 2007

If you live in a high-crime area, one of the best places to store your valuables is the oven. Seriously. No thief ever thinks to look there, and in the event of a fire, the thermal insulation works both ways protecting your stuff. That said, if you’re going to store your laptop in the Easy-Bake, [...]

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10 things you can do to increase performance in Vista

August 16, 2007

Windows Vista has some great new security and functionality features, as well as cool eye candy, such as Aero transparency, Flip 3D, and other graphical tricks. But all this comes with overhead that may lead to a performance hit on anything less than a top-of-the-line supercomputer.
If you find Vista’s performance lagging, the good news is [...]

Tags: Security, Tools
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