Tag Archives: hardware

Fix Failures Fast

Posted on July 3, 2012 by way0utwest

What makes PCs fail? Recently Microsoft Research published a research paper that looks at PC failures. The research spanned a million consumer PCs and examined failure rates and the suspected causes of those failures. The data came from the Windows Error Reporting … Continue reading →

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Down and Dark

Posted on June 26, 2012 by way0utwest

I came back from vacation to find the home DSL line bouncing up and down a bit. I wasn’t overly worried, and the kids knew to restart the router when it went down, crossing their fingers for a good connection. … Continue reading →

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The Standing Desk – Week 1

Posted on June 1, 2012 by way0utwest

I finally got my standing desk working last weekend and started on Tuesday (after Memorial Day) working at it on a regular basis. This was the initial setup I used a box of books, with 4 more under the keyboard … Continue reading →

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Printer Driver Fun

Posted on March 16, 2012 by way0utwest

I bought my new Brother HL-2270DW laser last week and had to set it up. With the need to print something quickly, I plugged my MacBook Air into a USB cable, plugged that into the printer, and wondered what would … Continue reading →

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