OK, now that we’ve got our network basically working, we’ve run “DSL Reports”:http://dslreports.com/tools to figure out that we do have the speed, but it still doesn’t seem very responsive. There are also various attacks by different folks, so we need some sort of el cheapo monitoring software. There are quite a few of these utilities […]
Month: August 2006
Printers
Well, the printer market has gotten simpler in the last year. Now the main thing, if you want a printer for digital photos is that you can either pick an all-in-one that gives excellent print quality or you can get a high end dedicated printer. Here are the two choices from PC Magazine that make […]
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Tools for Duane
Most folks only seem to have the very rudiments of a protection on their PC. At most you might have the anti-virus software your OEM put on your computer. Duane reminded me it is hard to figure out what you need in today’s world. Here is what I put on every PC that I own. […]
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Google Sets and Alexaholic
When we are working on companies, it is often times useful to see what’s related to what, here are the tools that I use: * “Google Sets”:http://labs.google.com/sets. This lets you type in a bunch of related ideas and see from the web, what else is related, so if you type in Microsoft, Ignition and Oracle, […]
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Blinklist
Since I’ve been traveling, I’ve been way off of my goal of logging onto 10 Web 2.0 sites a day. Sorry! but here are the latest: !http://www.blinklist.com:8080/Theme/Graphic/Blinklist.gif!:http://blinklist.com/richt This looks like a delicious clone, but it has been getting impressive increase in traffic according to “Alexa”:http://www.alexa.com/data/details/main?q=&url=www.blinklist.com and is now 4000 after just a year. Seems related […]
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Paradise Garden
This is right next to the Jinmao and I’d agree, it is a great place for a fancy lunch. The dim sum is very good and they have a very open feeling. By foreign standards it isn’t too expensive and the decor is very, very nice. Pudong Restaurants – Reviews, Photos – VirtualTourist.com Paradise Garden […]
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Another Wireless Setup issue
I someday wish that someone would solve this, but fresh on leaving work, I got to spend an evening fixing another network here in China. This time I had a good education in Chinese user interfaces and thanks to “dltool”:http://dltool.sourceforge.net, it was easy to figure out the interface and learn some Chinese words for things […]
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Wifi Debugging
Well, the network at Qiming doesn’t seem to work that well, we have a low end all Linksys system with two access points and a LAN router, so how to diagnose it. “Tech-faq.com”:http://www.tech-faq.com/wi-fi-software-tools.shtml has a very good list of tools and at the top is my old favorite “Netstumbler”:http://www.stumbler.net/ this tool only works with Prism […]
