Archive for the ‘Fundamentals’ Category

Jan
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HP Mini 1000 and 110 batteries on sale

HP Mini 1000 and 110 batteries on sale

For you mobile geeks out there HP Home currently has 3-cell batteries for the HP Mini 1000 and 110 on sale for 60% off as well as a $15-off coupon you can use (ACY93421). No idea how long this is going to last.

The 6-cell batteries are regular price but the coupon should also work.

Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/minami/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Sep
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How to murder a Blog

How to murder a Blog

Short of a server going down, one of the quickest and most effective ways for a Blog to die is for it to drop out of search engines. Sure, you might have a ton of repeat visitors, but no search ranking means no new visitors because, well, no one can find you. What a blinding flash of the obvious.
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Sep
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Upgrading Polycom firmware

Upgrading Polycom firmware

If you have a mixed bag of Polycom kit in your office, be sure to check out the VoIP SIP Software Release Matrix to check on compatible versions. In our case, I chose SIP version 3.1.3RevC since it’s compatible with both the IP 430 and the IP 4000. I’ll probably bump up to SIP version 3.2.0 for the IP 430; just not today.

Also pay special attention to the release notes. Just because a Firmware version is on the download page for a particular model doesn’t mean it will work. We had to mix and match with Firmware version 4.1.3 for the IP 4000 and 4.2.0 for the IP 430. This is difficult (but not impossible) since pre-4.0 Firmware versions look for bootrom.ld instead of modelnumber.bootrom.ld in 4.0 and higher versions.
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Elementary school seeks Digg’s help to collect postcards from around the US

It appears that Mrs. Martin’s Class needs your help! They’re doing a project to collect postcards from all 50 states but, as it gets closer to the end of the school year, they’ve only received 3 postcards. I figured that if Digg came to the rescue they’d get more postcards than they know what to do with!

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