Monthly Archives: July 2006

Yesterday I went to Beiter’s and bought an air conditioner for under $100. I managed to install it in the window of the room that I’m using for my home office. This will help me to remain productive when the … Continue reading →

I need to buy an air conditioner for the room that I am using for my office. The only air conditioner in the house is in the living room. I am not very productive when I’m hot and uncomfortable. We … Continue reading →

I bought a Sony DCR-TRV280 Digital8 Handycam Camcorder w/20x Optical Zoom on Amazon. I should have read the product description more carefully because this camcorder uses 8mm tapes rather than any form of digital media like memory sticks or compact … Continue reading →

Today I got a cheap web cam. I was unable to get it to work on my Windows 2000 system however it did work on my Windows 98 system. The only reason to keep a Windows 98 system anymore is … Continue reading →

I bought a new hard drive on Amazon which arrived today. This drive is 100 GB. I used PowerQuest’s Drive Copy 4.0 to transfer my operating system and data to this new hard drive. Hopefully it will not go bad … Continue reading →

After my hard drive went bad, I’ve realized that my home office needs a better data back up plan. First, I’ve ordered a bigger hard drive on Amazon. This will be a brand new drive and not a refurbished drive. … Continue reading →

I am currently reading another book on ASP.NET, Microsoft ASP.NET Step by Step by G. Andrew Duthie, published by Microsoft Press. I’m up to chapter 7 on configuring an ASP.NET application (using the web.config file). Although I already know ASP.NET … Continue reading →

I don’t want to give the impression that my home office is inadequate after my hard drive went bad. I plan to invest in more computer equipment to save my work. I did buy a battery backup system (i.e. UPS) … Continue reading →

Last night I ran PerfectDisk 7.0 and it did a pretty good job of defragging my hard drive. It got half of it defragged which is much better than Windows 2000’s built-in Disk Defragmenter could have done.

My old hard drive needs defragging. Look at all the red in the defrag analysis below: I’ve ordered a 100 GB hard drive on Amazon but I don’t want to copy over all these fragmented files. I downloaded PerfectDisk 7.0 … Continue reading →

My 80 GB hard drive went bad on me today. I have lost some of my email, data, and work from 6/17 thru 7/13. Fortunately I never put Linux on my old 40 GB hard drive like I intended to … Continue reading →

Working in the Information Technology field really develops your problem solving skills and requires you to think logically. One of the most important steps in quickly solving a problem is to test your assumptions. Technical errors are sometimes quite cryptic. … Continue reading →