Tools of the trade! You will need to have patch cables, crossover cables, and rollover cables in your networking toolkit. Use the EIA/TIA Standards for your ends: 568A White/Green Green White/Orange Blue White/Blue Orange White/Brown Brown 568B White/Orange Orange White/Green Blue White/Blue Green White/Brown Brown ** Note colors are read with the clip of…
Hidden Window
In using my Epson Scanner with the Smart Panel, I seemed to have lost the Scanning window that displays all of my scanned documents. It appears on my Windows Taskbar, but when I click (or Alt-Tab) to switch to it, the cursor flies to the upper left-hand corner of my monitor off the screen! Solution:…
The given assembly name or code base was invalid.
Got this wierd error: Error while trying to run project. Could not load file or assembly…or one of its dependencies. The given assembly name or code base was invalid. Problem solved: There was an apostrophe in the Project name. Removed that — and all fixed!
Time to Tune up your PC
When was the last time you backed up your data, let alone your entire system? What happens if your hard drive crashed tomorrow. How quickly could you recover? Have you considered online backups? offsite backups? any backups? Now is the time to backup your data as if you needed to restore it tomorrow. While I’m…
Techno-Savy Girl Toys
Well, there will probably be somthing else out by the time my girls reach the age of 8, but I saw this and it looked neat. PicoCricket is a toy that allows girls (and boys, too) to create playful inventions using a toolkit and some programming. I remember Capsela a long time back that I…
Corporate Social Networks, what????
Think that social networks are just for the teenagers? Well, think again. Corporations are using social networks to understand communications and create a common corporate culture. Check it out at CIO Insights
Grading Rubric for Programmers
Check this out for a self-evaluation of how well your program performs. Besides the specific programming/user requirements, it is good to check “the little things!” Grading Rubric for Programmers
All About Eggs
I am always searching for the best way to hard-boil an egg. You know the problem with them — they can be too mushy on the inside (usually not my problem) or they can have that ugly black ring around the yolk (I get this one!). The other problem is with peeling them for deviled…
SL Crash Logger
I am preparting for a conference in SL on education. While I was setting up a landmark to the conference location on EdTech Island, I had two SL crashes. I had never experienced this before — kind of like the Send–Don’t Send that Microsoft has! I’m hoping this does not continue to happen. I will…
Simple Living
We have started a book club that will be discussing the Simple Living book by Levering and Urbanska. It seems ironic that we are going to be “discussing” it via an online discussion group. I have made this post so that others might share their thoughts on the contents of the book or just insights…