Headphone and Sound Issues: Flash Update, Spotify, Dell 6430, and Windows 7 64bit
This morning (6/3/2013) I was greeted by an Adobe Flash update pushed by our service desk. After running the update my sound no longer was functioning. I tried different headphones, docked and un-docked, rebooting, etc….
Free Domain Names with DOT.TK
I ran across an article on CNN.com’s Tech Section. It’s about a tiny island that was given its own top level domain and the people who organized it are giving out the domain names for…
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Wireless Issues (Thinkpad T410 – Intel Centrino-N 6200)
Recently I was forced to upgrade from 10.10 LTS to 12.04 LTS. After the upgrade my wireless would not connect to my router. I gave up trying to get N working on my machine. I…
Windows 7: Remove IE9 Pre-Install and Install IE8
At my place of work we started to receive OEM installed Windows 7 with Internet Explorer 9 pre-installed. The issue is we need to run IE8 in our environment based on the needs of our…
Feng Office Integration and Customization
I recently worked on a website for a client where they would like a place for their clients to view files and a calendar for appointments. Instead of building my own solution I researched open…
Thinkpad T410: Dual Boot
I recently purchased a Thinkpad T410, specs below: Lenovo ThinkPad T410 14.1″ Notebook: Display Type: WXGA+ LED backlit Display Screen Size: 14.1″ Maximum Resolution: 1440 x 900 Memory Size: 6GB Processor Class: Core i5 Processor…
Email Newsletters and Campaigns: Mailchimp
I stumbled across MailChimp an email newsletter and campaign manager. The great thing about this site is there is a free account to get your feet wet. The free account has a 2000 subscriber limit,…
Pinta: Finally, Paint.NET for Linux
May 18, 2008 was the day I graduated college. May 19, 2008 was the day I wiped my laptop of Windows and made Linux my full time OS. Linux always had what I wanted, but…
People don’t want privacy. People want Farmville.
Found this great comment on Slashdot: Privacy is not, and has never been, a killer app. We still don’t regularly encrypt email; we send it plaintext and leave it on google servers. NSA’s pressure on…
Android: 2 Weeks Later
I have caught a virus and it’s called Android. I want to put my phone down, but find myself checking it constantly. My Blackberry never saw this much attention. I am constantly downloading and playing with…
