Youtube.com Fix: We’re sorry, this video is no longer available
Mon, 02.9.09 – 7:18 PM | 0 Comments

For months now I’ve dealt with not being able to view videos from youtube.com. Every time I attempted to view a video, whether embedded in a neutral site or on youtube.com. In the past, at least for me, this would …

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IT For Architects
Wed, 04.15.09 – 10:01 AM | 0 Comments

ArcSource CEO Dave Monk will be speaking at the American Institute of Architects East Bay Professional Practice Forum on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 12PM. We will be exploring the latest IT trends in professional practice.

Powerpoint Presenter’s View On The Wrong Display
Wed, 02.18.09 – 5:17 PM | 0 Comments

Suppose you’re trying to run a Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 slide show on your Mac, but the Presenter’s View with all your notes shows up on the projector, while the actual slide show is on your …

OSX 10.5.6 Update: “Configuring Installation” Bug Fix
Fri, 12.19.08 – 6:51 PM | 0 Comments

After attempting to update my own laptop running OS X 10.5.5 and several iMacs earlier this week, it was apparent that there was a bug during the 10.5.6 update installation.
Apple has acknowledged the issue and …

How To Safely Install iPhone Updates
Wed, 11.26.08 – 5:06 PM | 0 Comments

I’m restoring my iPhone right now. Again. I bricked it while trying to install the 2.2 software update. The worst part is, I know the correct way to install updates! I just always forget or …

No one likes your dumb ginormous URLs; So shrink ’em!
Thu, 11.20.08 – 9:24 AM | 0 Comments
No one likes your dumb ginormous URLs; So shrink ’em!

Send or display an html link (via email, texting, twittering, etc.) and you can wind up taking a good amount of valuable visual space. They’re functional; they send your reader to the right place, but …

Bonjour - Be a Printer God!
Fri, 10.24.08 – 3:24 AM | 0 Comments
Bonjour - Be a Printer God!

Plugging printers or plotters into an existing network usually requires giving a printer an IP address, just as you would any computer. This requires a certain amount of skill once the printer is unwrapped. Yawn.
But …

Comprehensive File-sharing Site list (Updated)
Wed, 10.22.08 – 12:28 PM | 0 Comments
Comprehensive File-sharing Site list (Updated)

Email is a terrible way to exchange large files; the technology was never meant to be a file exchange service. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is. But FTP is not always as convenient or accessible as …

iTunes HD offerings: reason for no Blu-ray Support? AMEX Digital Corp says: “Whatever dude.”
Thu, 10.16.08 – 4:00 PM | 0 Comments
iTunes HD offerings: reason for no Blu-ray Support? AMEX Digital Corp says: “Whatever dude.”

Steve Jobs, et. al. announced on Tues. Oct. 14th, Apple’s newly designed notebooks. Conspicuously absent from the announcement was integrated support for Blu-ray, the recent winner of the next generation of optical storage and HD …

Little Helpers for Windows and Mac
Thu, 10.16.08 – 2:05 PM | 0 Comments
Little Helpers for Windows and Mac

Every new release of Windows and Macintosh OS X sees a plethora of new and improved functionality. But there is always something missing, some little functionality that is needed to get a small task you’re …

New MacBook and MacBook Pro Don’t Have FireWire 400 Ports
Wed, 10.15.08 – 4:24 PM | 0 Comments
New MacBook and MacBook Pro Don’t Have FireWire 400 Ports

With the release of Apple’s latest laptop lineup, Apple has quietly removed FireWire 400 ports from their lineup. Released in 1995, FireWire has long been the preferred standard for attaching external hard drives, high-speed card …

Washington D.C. shoots Goo over the bow of Microsoft
Wed, 10.15.08 – 4:00 PM | 0 Comments
Washington D.C. shoots Goo over the bow of Microsoft

Washington DC has recently decided to hang up the keys to the Microsoft Upgrade Closet and adopt Google Apps for its city employees. The choice Washington DC has made will help to cut their budget …