Misc
Article: Force Disk Usage Refresh on QNAP
I can’t tell you how many times I have looked at the resources page of my QNAP NAS only to be left wondering how much space I have left after some large transfers. Unfortunately, QNAP did not build in a manual refresh o...
Article: Better Power Management for your NAS
Having a NAS for your business or your home means that you have around the clock access to your data. The drawbacks to this constant availability of data is consumption. Do you really need your NAS running at non critical t...
Simplify Your Financial Life With Mint.com & Manilla.com
Many of us are struggling to get a grip on our financial lives. A lot of us don’t know which accounts have what in them, what bills are due on what days, or what credit cards have the highest balances. Getting a grip ...
Steve Jobs: 1955-2011 – Died at Age 56
Personally, I have never really been a fan of Apple products. That doesn’t mean they don’t have their place in the world, it just means they aren’t for me. However, when one of the most influential people ...
Understanding Google Analytics
If some of you are new to the website thing; you have a lot to learn, but don’t be overwhelmed by it all. One of the applications that is going to be a help for you to understand where some of of your traffic is coming ...
Is your IT initiative ready?
If your company is ready to bring an IT project live, you may be missing more pieces than you think. It is too often the case that Information Technology evolves within the organization faster than the organization may be rea...
What MDS Should Mean to a CIO
I have been in the IT environment for all of my adult life and with that, I have heard countless organizations claim that they can revolutionize the way companies do business. To this day, there have only been a few companies...
Why I am Dumping Firefox
I really had high hopes for the latest version of Firefox, so much so that I sat and dealt with the same problems from the previous version waiting for an update to fix it. Firefox has come a long way since it debuted, but so...
Firefox & Zooming
I have had an annoying problem that I just realized I had. Sometimes, when I am quick clicking through websites or testing on this one, I tend to hit some buttons rather quickly. Sometimes, they close my windows and other t...
Where is Your PSU Fan?
I recently had an interesting argument with one of my friends about Power Supplies. Our argument was about cooling fan size and placement within the power supply. His argument was that a larger fan is better than a smaller ...
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