Tag Archives: hardware

Desktop or Laptop for Remote Work

Posted on August 12, 2020 by way0utwest

When I started working in a corporation, I was assigned a desktop. No choice of hardware and upgrades were extremely rare and limited. This was in the early 90s, and laptops were rare, and they were coveted by those that … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate Home Office

Posted on July 25, 2020 by way0utwest

When the pandemic hit, we were fairly well prepared at Redgate. We’ve had lots of experience connecting offices, we have an amazing IT staff that has built a great VPN setup, lots of SSO authentication, and a tremendous KB of … Continue reading →

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Changing Computer Retail

Posted on July 15, 2020 by way0utwest

When I was a child, there were a number of small computer stores, including quite a few that were authorized retailers for Apple, selling Apple IIs, software, dot matrix printers, and the loud 3.5″ external disk drives. I’d go and … Continue reading →

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Life Without a Watch

Posted on June 15, 2020 by way0utwest

A few years ago I got an amazing watch as a ten year gift from Redgate: a Garmin Forerunner 645. Since then, I’ve used this regularly to track my heart rate, log exercise, and wake me up every morning. I’ve … Continue reading →

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