Ryan's Tech Blog
I’ve had a few computers recently that had their file type associations messed up after malware infestations, the tips listed on this site help out wonders! http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm One of the things that this can fix is when a computer can’t open executable programs, such as cmd.exe or any .exe file. There are lots more, so […]
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/hybrid-car-electric-car-battery-powered-car,news-11462.html More in-depth: http://news.discovery.com/autos/electric-car-battery-goo-110608.html Pretty slick stuff! Maybe EV cars will be cheaper soon.
Interesting article, and will be even more interesting to see what Windows “8” actually looks like. http://www.tomsguide.com/us/windows8-tile-gui-microsoft-operating-system-touch-screen,news-11395.html
Free (almost) ways to use an old computer as your home or small business video surveillance system. You’ll need to purchase some network cameras of course, as well as cables (unless the cameras are wireless) and then you’ll need to mount them or pay someone to mount them for you, but this software will allow you to […]
I just found a simple little utility to resize entire folders of photos quickly and easily. It’s free, it doesn’t need an install, and it works pretty well. The unusual part about it is that it works differently depending on what you name the executable. You can see what I mean by reading the information […]
THIS is what’s wrong with the cloud. Companies that have “Terms of use” statements like Amazon’s current one. Here’s an excerpt: 5.2.Our Right to Access Your Files.You give us the right to access, retain, use and disclose your account information and Your Files: to provide you with technical support and address technical issues; to investigate […]
Just found two linux software solutions that appear to be alternatives to Microsoft’s Windows Home Server Operating System. They look promising, although they don’t have the “automatic backup” functionality that WHS provides for its client computers. I haven’t tried WHS yet, nor these alternatives, but if you’re looking to use something like WHS, give these […]
Well, I’m still alive, along with my daughter. I’m assuming everyone else is still alive here on May 22nd. Yes, the day AFTER “the end of the world” as predicted by familyradio dot com which incidentally is down right now, probably due to all of the angry people going to their site to say they were […]
From http://isoc.org/wp/worldipv6day/: On 8 June, 2011, Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Akamai and Limelight Networks will be amongst some of the major organisations that will offer their content over IPv6 for a 24-hour “test flight”. The goal of the Test Flight Day is to motivate organizations across the industry – Internet service providers, hardware makers, operating system vendors […]
http://www.vodahost.com/vodatalk/forms/12794-advanced-bluevoda-form-processor.html Haven’t actually tried this yet, but I’m posting the link in case I have time to test it out sometime. Looks like it might work well, and it says that it doesn’t require “Blue Voda”, whatever that is.
