Network Essentials
Posted on April 27, 2008
The capabilities are endless, computers and the network systems driving them are used immensely throughout our daily lives. People rely on the Net more then ever in these fast pace times. We look up the latest breaking news, we use the Net to keep in touch with friends and family members, and for data organization and correspondences in the office place. For help with attending training or school, in which the network provides the medium for attending online seminars with a Professor and classmates! We use the internet for an endless list of helpful things. Including, doing research and finding helpful tips and advice for the obstacles of everyday life. With all the benefits the Internet and networks provide for us, it is important to use the right equipment. We want the De facto standard of today’s tools that are rated “top notch” and will help propel us in this fast pace information age.
Here are a few pictures that show what type of equipment used in modern day networks.
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When they make pen’s that don’t write!
Posted on December 17, 2007
You ever notice how poorly stuff is made these days? I mean even simple things, like a small plastic tube with an ink cartridge inside, are made so cheaply as to basically be worthless. Every single time, in the last 6 months, I have picked up an ink pen and went to write something. The ink pen does not even write!
I can remember the days when this would only happen to those old pens Those pens found in the trunk of a car after five or so years of 
being there. Yea! An old pen like that might need a little coursing first to make it write. But write it would! The pens were made of quality and to high standards and simply worked and they worked well. When I needed to write something on paper.. I could pick up that old trusty pen and every time, it wrote with out fail, a soft motion would make print and with out the least bit of hesitation. They used to make a mean pen. A pen that actually wrote and scribbling first was not required every time it was needed.. The pens made today! Would not write even one small vowel letter, if from the package more than a few days.
I started to think about this here pen.. This here pen that would not write. And asked myself, why do they even make pens? Why do I even own a pen? The stupid fucking pen will not even write and the pretty package it came in is all I have to show for! It shows me just what greed for the almighty dollar does to the quality of our fine goods. As time and technology progress, we learn to make things with more show than go. The products are made cheaper, with fewer real raw materials. Yet, the consumer pays the same price or more for basic goods that are considered necessary. Have you opened up a package of Hostess® cupcakes or Grandma’s® cookies lately, and noticed what’s inside? Inside the package, you will find a morsel that is half the size as once was? There used to be almost a small meal inside this package and now there is contained not much more than a bite.
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Small Steps Add Up To Big Things
Posted on December 3, 2007
I previously worked at a company that installed custom kitchens. The owner of the company had a good structured 
system set up of how we did the jobs. We would completely tear out these old kitchens right down to the bare walls and sometimes to the framing studs. The cabinets, appliances and everything, including the kitchen sink was removed. Than, we would do upgrades to the plumbing and electrical before we would rebuild the kitchen! It was defiantly a job that for the most part, was a series of processes. It had to be done in order of sequence for things to go accordingly.
Once I had everything staged, which was usually in the living room or a side bedroom, I joined them in the kitchen to help with the more significant work. This work consisted of attaching the cabinets together and mounting the cabinet banks on the walls. This work of mounting the cabinets was made much easer and went with out hitch, mostly because of the earlier prep work that was done! The cabinet doors were retrieved , remounted and aligned only after the heavy dirty work was done.
This is a good example of how planning ahead and spending some time on the small things first, goes a long ways to having a nice finished product. Projects are usually always done on time and with no mistakes. The custom kitchen projects always turned out cherry and the customers were very happy.
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Computer System Motherboard
Posted on November 14, 2007
The motherboard is the main circuit board inside your computer. It is the largest and most complicated piece of equipment within a computer case. It houses the central processing unit (CPU) the BIOS, the chipset, the system bus and main memory (RAM and ROM) Located on the motherboard are also expansion slots for adding devices and power connections. All of the peripheral devices on a computer are installed directly on the motherboard or are linked to it by a cable connection. The main purpose of the motherboard is to coordinate all the individual processes of each component so they all work properly together. The main system board is what processes input from a computer user and produces output which is seen on the computer screen.
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Google Wants to Map the Moon
Posted on September 14, 2007
Google has teamed up with X Prize Foundation, a Santa Monica nonprofit prize institute and together have offered an ultimate challenge and payout of $30 million to any privately held company that can land a vehicle on the moon and stream back one gigabyte of data (images and video) to Earth! If the challenge does prove successful, it would make history as being the first time a non-government agency launched a lunar vessel out in to space.
The rules 
of the contest state - “This lunar space vehicle must trek 1,312 feet on the surface of the moon and transport images and real time video back to Earth. The images and video should include panoramic views and portraits of its self.”
Google will pay out $20 million to anyone who can successfully complete this incredible mission challenge by the end of 2012. If there is no one successful by that date, the prize money drops to $15 million until the end of 2014 when the contest will end.
There will also be $5 million awarded to the second place team or individual and $5 million will be given as a bonus to any team that goes above and beyond the minimum contest requirements, for a grand total of $30 million in contest cash prize money.
This will be a very interesting contest or story to follow - Will there be any privately held company or an individual that is up to the challenge?
Source: moneycnn.com
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Video Graphics Card
Posted on April 15, 2007
The video graphics controller card provides an interface between the monitor and the computer. Usually a computer comes with a graphics card that is integrated into the motherboard and many of the older cards had no on board memory and therefore relied on the computer processor to manage all video graphics. With an ever-increasing demand to run high-intensity graphic enriched software, video cards have advanced to meet the needs! Modern graphics cards now have their own on board (CPU) processor called a graphics accelerator and newer cards also have their own on board memory chips to store information. This speeds up the retrieve time for frames and backgrounds. Because, the video card has its own RAM and does not have to get images from the hard drive or system RAM.
Modern day video graphics cards
The modern video cards provide enhanced support for 3-D graphic acceleration, color space conversion, dual porting, MGEG decoding, EPA Green PC Support, interpolated scaling, digital output for flat panel monitors and application support for powerful graphics software like InDesign, Quark and Auto-CAD.
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Playing With Fire
Posted on March 29, 2007
Well, I have been getting into logo design lately and using mostly Fireworks to do the designs and sometimes a little Photoshop too! I am quite amazed with how much these programs are capable of achieving once some time is spent learning about all the features. I have really taken a liking to Fireworks and have started getting some impressive results from using the program.
Here’s one of the logos I put together. On this logo, I used the Ellipse Tool for the sun and also the vector Knife Tool for making some of the fine slices for the smaller pieces.
The thing that I find most enjoyable about doing the designs is how much it gets the creative juices flowing. I am the type of person that gets bored easy with doing the same thing over and over. Repetition gets old and creating art with Fireworks is always a new and motivating experience for me. I especially like that every time I use the program, I learn about a new feature or trick way of doing things with the program. I am glad that I took a little time out and started playing with fire!
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Entrance Into Blogging
Posted on March 14, 2007
About a month ago I decided to set up a small blog site for myself. I like the idea of keeping a journal or reference library in a database, of ideas, thoughts or links to helpful information. I had previously been playing around with a website or two and have become somewhat more familiar with HTML, the PHP scripting language, and MySQL for a database application.
When I set out to start up my own blog, I first discovered and tried the MovableType management system. I wanted to try it for a day or two and see how I liked it. It went okay but thought I should try out WordPress as well and see which app would work better for me.
I settled on WordPress and have found it a nice application with many great add-ons and widgets readily available and so easy to implement. I downloaded the latest 2.1.1 version of WordPress and applied it on a server and started my blog. Only a few weeks into my blogging venture and already a complete upgrade was recommended. There was some hacker vulnerability in version 2.1.1 and it was recommended to get the newest 2.1.2 version.
At first, I thought it might be somewhat difficult, the upgrade that is! Considering the site files are many and also are tied into a database. However the upgrade went seamlessly. The tutorial at this location Here was a great help and easy to understand. The upgrade was really rather simple. 
I am actually glad this upgrade was needed when it was. I am now more familiar with my blog and know how to make a back up of the database for it. Thus, I am now better equipped to handle future upgrades and or server, hardware or other changes.
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Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)
Posted on March 5, 2007
The system BIOS is actually a combination of software and hardware and is sometimes referred to as firmware. The data in the BIOS is held in ROM (read-only memory) The main functions of the BIOS is to hold the instructions that start up the computer and to manage the system devices from CMOS setup, such as power saving features, plug and play settings, keeping track of the current time and identifying which hardware devices are present. Sometimes when a computer component is added or updated on a system or when a newer device driver is preferred, it becomes necessary to upgrade the ROM BIOS. In years past, this process involved buying the new ROM chip and exchanging it on the motherboard. Now with modern technology, ROM chips on the motherboard are made to be re-programmable and the data on the chip can be overwritten by a process called Flash ROM without removing it.
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Installing Kubuntu
Posted on February 19, 2007
Today we are going to install a distribution of Linux. I have decided to go with Kubuntu, well known for being one of the more user friendly distributions of Linux. Kubuntu is a part of the Ubuntu project and uses the KDE desktop environment.
Installing Kubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft
1. Go to http://www.kubuntu.com/
2. On the top navigation bar, click on Download and then click on the link, Download Kubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft)
3. We need to first download an ISO image. There are a few options being either CD or DVD images. Decide which medium you will use and pick the closest location North America than
4. The download is 694MB and does take about 5-7 hours to complete.This is a good time to read some of the documentation on the Kubuntu website. The Wiki is also a great place to search and learn more about Linux. Once the image is downloaded, the ISO image needs to be transferred to a disc. Read more
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