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The Empire Strikes Back…1950’s Style
With all of the this talk regarding 3D Television and 3D Movies, I thought you might like this. For those who can't view the video - click here .
Copier Machine Security
Received this from a friend of mine this morning… I and my colleagues have been well aware of these security risks for quite some time; however, as one technician friend of mine said, most companies do not want to pay to have a licensed technician remove...
Posted: 05-27-2010 9:10 by jim® | with 3 comment(s)
CAPTCHA Implemented
Just a quick note to let you know that I have finally been able to implement a CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart) solution for our blogs. This should effectively stop all the spam comments.  If the...
We are living in exponential times
Entrepreneurs Can Change the World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6MhAwQ64c0
‘LO’ Message Sent 40 Years Ago Today
Internet messages started with a crash 40 years ago today , and life hasn't been the same since. “We transmitted the ‘L’ … and the ‘O’ — and then the other computer crashed,” says UCLA's Leonard Kleinrock, who helped send that first message on...
Happy Birthday to William “Bill” Henry Gates III
William Henry Gates III was born at Seattle Washington on this day in 1955. He attended the exclusive Lakeside School, where the Mothers Club used rummage sale proceeds to create one of the first computer labs ever installed in a high school. Because...
Pizza Delivery in 2010
Received this from my brother today, it’s hilarious!
Posted: 08-12-2009 11:53 by jim® | with 2 comment(s)
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Traffic, Traffic Lights, Waiting in Traffic, et. al.
On this day in 1914 the first official Traffic Light went into operation on East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.  Although there had been previous attempts, like the one that killed a policeman in London in 1869.  This one...
Happy SysAdmin’s Day!
Since Ted Kekatos, a SysAdmin in the Chicago area suggested the day, to the first celebration on July 28, 2000. System Administrator Appreciation Day has become the one day a year set aside to show your appreciation for those people who keep all your...
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