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Update on Hotel wireless.. Another DUH-OH moment
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I posted about a week ago on hotels with poor wireless connectivity.
http://cgmendla.blogspot.com/2007/08/pet-peeve-hotels-with-poor-wireless.html
Continue reading No tags for this post.Hot phones drain your battery faster.
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Today’s phones will drain your battery faster when they are hot. For example, if you are driving and have your phone on the console where the sun is hitting it, the battery becomes less effective. Another example would be having the phone in your shirt pocket at an outdoor event where the sun is hitting it.
Continue reading No tags for this post.Travel wifi – Beware of the evil twin
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I came across something the other day that is interesting for those who use wifi while traveling.
There is an attack known as an ‘evil twin’ attack. The attacker creates a wifi host with a name similar to, or the same as, that used by a hotel, cafe or other hotspot. They broadcast from a location near the real hotspot. In some cases, they might have disabled the real hotspot.
Continue reading No tags for this post.Pet Peeve – Hotels with poor wireless connectivity
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Most of the upscale resorts and hotels are offering internet access. In many cases, the internet access is wireless.
Continue reading No tags for this post.Don’t swim with your cellphone
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Here is a great tip. Don’t swim in the ocean with your cell phone. I tried it and killed my phone. Salt water and electronics just don’ t mix.
Continue reading No tags for this post.USB Lamp and Notebook Paranoia (Or caution)
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I like to work with my laptop in one of the quiet corners of the house. Unfortunately, the lighting isn’t so great there.
Continue reading No tags for this post.Contingency plans for laptop failures while on the road
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My previous post detailed a failure of the hard drive on my relatively new Pavillion Laptop. Stuff like that happens and I’m still very satisfied with HP.
Anyway, the good news is that the failure happened at home. Had that happened on the road, things might have been a little more of a pain. Here are some thoughts on contingency planning for those who travel and absolutely have to have their laptops.
Continue reading No tags for this post.Organizing your laptop bag
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I got a little tired of having to root through my laptop bag looking for things like earphones, usb hubs , usb cables etc.
I did a couple of simple things to get a little better organized
Continue reading No tags for this post.The joy of hibernation for laptops
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I have found that the hibernation mode is the best for my laptop. I take the laptop with me most of the time. This means i am regularly shutting it.
Continue reading No tags for this post.The importance of redundancy and fallback plans
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I was up to my ears in alligators trying to manage multiple issues.. Things were going well until some moron with a backhoe hit the overhead fios wire. That took out service to my home and 2 neighbors. Verizon is giving a 72 hour window to restore the service.
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