My broadband internet provider, Patrio Media, provides an excellent service. The connection always appears responsive and never fails. Patriot Media claims 10Mbs download speeds but I have found that on average I obtain about 7-8Mb/s during heavy use times. On occasion the service is even faster than what is listed. Currently...
read moreSomething that was not announced during the keynote at MacWorld yesterday is that Apple release an update Airport Extreme Base Station. The update wireless route/gateway supports several 802.11 wireless standards (b,g) including the yet to be finalised “n”. Of course being a mac compatible Apple product all of the current WiFi...
read moreChris Gilmer of Web Worker Daily poses an interesting question: “…what happens when disaster strikes?”. I am not sure of the answer. Even at the office when then servers or the network goes down work comes to standstill. Most of the data I manipulate, either via a web or rich client application, is located remotely. I have...
read moreI have an old Dell XPS that I am thinking of making into a file server. The computer currently has Windows XP SP2 installed. The fan in this machine is extremely noisy and always has been. I have on the floor next to my desk and the noise is very irritating when I am working on my mac mini which makes almost no noise. The...
read moreOm Malik has started a new blog called Web Worker Daily. One of his postings is a short list of Wi-Fi enabled cafes on the west coast of the USA. I decided to start a similar list for the Princeton, NJ area where I live. Local cafes can provide a strong dose of caffeine, free WiFi, and power to help you write, code, or...
read moreMy employer has decided to initiate a work from home program starting in October of this year. I am very excited as this is something I have wanted for years. Back in 1998 when I started working as a consultant developing web sites I had thought for sure I would be working from home most of the time. The reality was that none of...
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