It’s been over two months since I started the network cabling project and what a project it’s turned out to be. Although I had worked with network cables before, it was never to this extent and never with a patch panel. Along the way I’ve learned a number of things including the fact that organization [...]
Filed under: Technology on March 24th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Microsoft offers a daily tips and tricks email newsletter for Office. Most tips are for Office 2007, but many apply to earlier versions of Office as well. I’ve found some tips very useful.
For example:
Switching Cases in Word
Microsoft Office Word offers several case options: lowercase (hello), title case (Hello), and uppercase (HELLO). You can switch between [...]
Filed under: Tips and Tricks on March 21st, 2008 | 1 Comment »
ZDNET: This news is now two months old, but I thought it was still worth mentioning. Scientists have found a way to give batteries used in laptops, phones, iPods, and such a tenfold increase in life span. If your laptop battery lasts four hours now, it would last 40 hours with the new battery. That’s [...]
Filed under: Technology on March 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
ZDNET:
A French court ruled on Monday that a popular Web site can no longer let pupils name and shame their teachers.
Following the example of successful U.S. sites, French entrepreneurs created Note2be.com in January that encouraged students to grade teachers and discuss their ability.
Unions, backed by the education ministry, immediately took the site to [...]
Filed under: Internet on March 6th, 2008 | No Comments »
We’ve been looking at houses for maybe 2 years now. It’s a lot of fun. You search online and drive around and get a pretty good idea of the types of houses that are in your area. Before the internet, we would have been totally dependent on flyers and real estate agents.
The internet has made house [...]
Filed under: Internet on March 4th, 2008 | 1 Comment »