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Archive for June, 2008

Urban Legend – Cell Phone Popcorn

15, Jun 2008

So many people are buzzing about this Youtube video as a testement to the dangers of cell phones. Excerpt from Snopes.com – Cook Egg: Claim: An egg (or popcorn) can be cooked by placing it between two cell phones. Status: False While it’s easy to say, “Don’t believe everything you hear”, it’s much harder to [...]

There's My Car In Google Maps Street View!

13, Jun 2008

I took this screenshot a few weeks back because it looks like my car was sitting outside when the Google Rover came by to document the street I live on. It’s my 1990 325i BMW E30 2 door manual stick shift I drive around in. 23 miles to the gallon and about 168,000 miles. I [...]

Network Diagram for potential client

12, Jun 2008

Here’s a sample network diagram I did as part of a proposal for a company in Downtown Minneapolis that does stock trading. They were located in the Grain Exchange building and besides wanted to have additional users connect remotely, there were performance issues with the internet. From the diagram, you can see that there are [...]

Fun with Resets and Missing Passwords

12, Jun 2008

Today I was resetting the router of a client who has an office in Nantucket, MA. It turns out that this island is a good 30 miles from the mainland. The benefits are that many chain stores have not been able to break ground on this island but the downside is that Nantucket’s residents have [...]

Dashblog:Firefox Extension

11, Jun 2008

Isn’t it a chore to copy photos or portions of a website for your blog entries? Enter Dashblog which allows you to clip video, images, audio and even screenshots quickly to your WordPress and Blogger posts! You can find the firefox extension at Mozilla’s site here Dashblog This screenshot is the result. It’s high quality [...]

Gas Solution: Turn in your car for a horse

9, Jun 2008

Gas prices have most everyone feeling down. I have a proposal that will work in in every urban capital by replacing cars and parking lots with horses. Let me explain… Cars take up a lot of real estate, we need to buy them, store them, service and insure them in addition to pouring toxic, non [...]

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