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Wipe That Data Before You Give It Away!

December 4, 2011 – 10:01 pm | 2 Comments | 

A short time ago, a friend of mine picked up a few spare hard drives.  He was looking for older model hard drives to put on the shelf for when his low-priority legacy servers’ hard …

Hungry Little Ladybugs

October 11, 2011 – 8:18 pm |

I am certainly no gardening expert, but my little tomatoes and bell peppers plants are getting completely eaten alive.  The green foliage looks like Swiss cheese, and as a complete novice gardener, I am considering …

What does “like” really mean?

March 12, 2011 – 10:09 pm | 3 Comments | 

Thank you Facebook.  Ever since I was a child I knew what the word “like” meant.  Now, the word “like” has taken on a completely new context because of the prevalence of social media.  As …

Recognizing the role of computers

November 21, 2010 – 2:54 pm |

A few weeks ago, my primary computer crashed.  Sad I know, but being an IT professional, it was distressing to say the least.  The problem was severely compounded by occurring during the worst possible time.  …