I don’t know how to use the Internet! My google is gone! I was trying to Google but I couldn’t cause Google wasn’t searching. I was upset ’cause my coworker found information with Yahoo! before Google. I am sad. The autofill searching seems to be failing and this happens within IE and Chrome. Instead I [...]
Want to enable the advanced editor toolbar in mediawiki? See below
It took too damned long to find information on how to enable the advanced editing toolbar in a standalone installation of mediawiki 1.18+ so hopefully google brings you here and this will save you time. One would think that changing the editor toolbar to be similar to the toolbar in wikipedia would be considerably easier [...]
Comcast customers I feel sorry for you
I just experienced an incident with a Comcast Technician where he berated me on the phone without even giving me a chance to ask a question. I have a user at the place where I work who was having an issue with their Comcast provided Internet and phone services. She had called them because all of her [...]
Google “Free TV” and you could be in for more than you bargained for
We’ve been dealing with a larger amount of spyware and malware than usual at my current place of employment. Often times these applications will deploy themselves even when Symantec Antivirus is updated and in place. We do the usual “scrub and pray” hoping for a no rebuild. Due to the increased amount of infections, we [...]
Motorola Droid update to 2.1 (still waiting!)
I’m still waiting for my Droid update to 2.1 from Verizon. Rumors started circulating yesterday about how Verizon was going through with the push and would email users. I would just like to state: I haven’t seen my 2.1 update. I’m still waiting, Verizon. It should never take this long to support an OS update [...]
Changing the location of the Windows Installation files
I grabbed this information from Petri IT. There’s nothing more annoying then having to insert the Windows CD in to a users machine if you need to run an “sfc /scannow”, especially when they’re at a remote site or on another floor. As a solution I recommend doing a few things: First, install http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html or [...]
Baltimore City Prepares to fight for Google Fiber
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake held a press announcement about how Baltimore City is going to try to bring Google Fiber to Baltimore. There’s already a site started where people are posting all sorts of suggestions and comments about what they think would be great about this. I personally have watched the city transition from a very [...]