How to replace your Motorola RAZR LCD screen

October 27, 2006 on 12:28 am | In General | 9 Comments

I recently upgraded from the Motorola RAZR V3 to a SLVR L7. I’ve never been a fan of “flip-phones” but I did enjoy my time with the RAZR. It is a good looking addition to any geek’s gadget collection. When the SLVR came out I just about fell in love. Then of course they came out with Q and I was lusting once again…

Anyway, to make a long story short I “gifted” my RAZR to my wife to replace her Samsung E317. She liked the RAZR and soon after started getting the ringtones she could never download with her old E317. Now after years of excellent service in my hands, soon after getting it she (perhaps I should say we) ended up breaking the screen while out at a local club. Let’s just say you shouldn’t clamshell these babies over your beltloop and expect it to last when it gets booty bumped by a rather hefty ass.

Broken RAZR LCD Screen

We thought it was a goner. I mean look at it - that’s a neat fractal pattern there on the screen but its otherwise fairly useless without the big screen. You could dial if you knew what you were doing (and indeed the phone did otherwise work). We asked a friend if he could find someone to fix or sell it and he confirmed our supposition that it might just be more than it’s worth. So we bought a new Sony Ericsson to replace it and dropped the issue. That’s that, more electronic trash that needs recycling. Or so we thought.

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How to upgrade your laptop hard drive

October 2, 2006 on 11:16 pm | In General | No Comments

So there you are with your kick ass laptop and you’ve become totally addicted to it. You and your laptop are inseparable. You’ve used it for everything from browsing the web to downloading and listening to music. But the hard drive is full - what to do now? Don’t delete your favorite Aerosmith tracks, upgrade your hard drive!

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Reinventing my blog space and putting more answers at your fingertips

September 26, 2006 on 9:10 pm | In General | No Comments

Reading through my previous posts, I realize this place has nothing much to offer folks passing through from the far reaches of the Internet. I’ve neglected my duty to post more mundane content over the past 6 months primarily because I’ve been focusing on trading hours for dollars. Perhaps that’s a good thing, considering everything I’ve posted here to date has been relatively useless stuff. It really does me no good and I can almost guarantee it hasn’t helped anybody else out either.

It’s a shame really. The net is chock full of information that actually is useful. I should know as I’m an avid (ab)user of the informational component of the Internet. I probably google at least a dozen times a day for things I’m interested in, from mindless browsing to things that make my life (and job) easier. Through all the browsing and hunting I’ve come to realize that the one thing I might be able to do here is to put useful information at not only my fingertips, but within reach of others as well. Continue reading Reinventing my blog space and putting more answers at your fingertips…

Bart’s Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) Version 3.1.10

February 17, 2006 on 5:11 pm | In General | No Comments

Version 3.1.10 (released on Feb 13, 2006) - This looks like one of the better tools available for troubleshooting a windows installation that won’t boot. I’ve used InsertCD (Knoppix based I believe) and this works, but I’m eager to put this BartPE to use. That last version he produced was problematic for me so I hope this version shows some improvement.

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How To Troubleshoot Any Networking Problem

February 15, 2006 on 10:02 am | In General | No Comments

Tech author extraordinaire Mark Minasi shares a bit over two dozen “rules of network troubleshooting.” This will be new for some, a good review for others, and a handy reference for all.

Far more useful than an attitude review for IT people - this post actually contains some useful information! What a novel concept.

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Technologist Manifesto…, or Things Everyone in IT Should Know

February 14, 2006 on 10:55 am | In General | No Comments

I found the following link to be an insightful perspective into the issues surrounding IT in corporate America. I have personally seen way too many folks in the industry get it in their head that because they’re in the IT department, they make the rules. In my workplace, we like to call our Help Desk the Helpless Desk because they tend towards the extreme of non-response to most issues we raise. When they do help, expect an argument as to the why’s and how things need to be fixed.

This might be a good one to “accidentally” send to all, preferably from someone else’s email account.

Technologist Manifesto…, or Things Everyone in IT Should Know

Good Morning Starshine!

December 19, 2005 on 6:15 pm | In General | No Comments

I admit that I have imagined the existence of my own web page for quite some time (since 1995 to be exact). You might say it is an incredible irony that a person who builds web applications for a living might take such an extraordinarily long time to get a presence of his own established. Well I’d agree with you! Nevertheless there is no such thing as a bad time to pursue your dreams, your imaginations.

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