Category Archives: computers

You know your anti-virus software is a POS when..

Posted on December 9, 2008 by mike

It needs 100MB to run effectively.  How does McAfee need 100MB to run?  Seriously.  I’m not even running the firewall or other tools.  This is the biggest resource hog/POS. And let’s not even go there on why the OS needs … Continue reading →

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The Decline of the ThinkPad

Posted on December 8, 2006 by mike

As some of you know I started a new gig a couple of weeks ago at teebeedee. One perk was that we could pretty much choose any laptop we wanted. The other two guys had MacBook Pros and while I … Continue reading →

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Nintendo Days Are Here Again

Posted on October 21, 2006 by mike

It’s funny how excited everyone was over the superior graphics of the original Nintendo at the time it came out. I remember working as a page at the state capital (and no, none of the representatives made a pass at … Continue reading →

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The Paperless Home — Options?

Posted on July 31, 2006 by mike

After looking at the mess of papers that my wife and I try to keep track of all the time we’ve decided to try and go paperless. By this we plan on scanning everything in that we get from a … Continue reading →

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