When people find out you "work with computers," there is no limit to the number of mind numbing things you'll come across. I've received computers that I'm supposed to get working right away without being told any credentials to actually login. There are plenty of other scenarios where it's completely necessary and justified to "hack" an Admin password. In the past, in … [Read more...]
Archives for 2009
White Noise to Block Other Noises
I'm the type of person that really enjoys his peace and quiet. Unfortunately, working in a shared office and living in an apartment really makes true peace and quiet hard to come by. Without wanting to or being able to play music or wear noise canceling/isolating headphones to cover up the various distracting noises, I looked into white noise generators. Many white noise … [Read more...]
Panabee Search Engine – Two Heads are Better Than One
Update: Panabee no longer offers its dual search engine. I'm sure you've heard the old phrase "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." Panabee, a new search engine to hit the scene, seems to have a similar mantra except it goes: "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em together." Straight from their About page, Panabee praises other search engines like Google. Instead of trying to recreate … [Read more...]
Is Mozilla Shooting Itself in the Foot with Its “Smart” Web Pages?
After Firefox updates, it will launch with a new tab for its What's New page and recently they've added a version check to the page to warn you if you have an outdated version of Adobe Flash. If you update Firefox and have an out of date version of Adobe Flash installed, you'll likely be greeted with this message when Firefox restarts: Not only is this message not very … [Read more...]
Product Review: zBoost zPersonal Cell Phone Signal Booster
It's starting to get cold outside now and that's forced me to finally start looking into a solution to my poor cell reception. The problem isn't my carrier or my phone as I get a good signal right outside my door or right up against the window, but something with the construction of my apartment building blocks the signal. I have been getting "Signal faded, call dropped" … [Read more...]