Set Up Guest Wireless with Tomato
I’ve been learning Tomato router firmware. This open-source firmware can enhance a low-end wireless router with some pretty advanced features. One of my goals was to set up my wireless …
Set Up PostgreSQL for Rails 3.1
Heroku requires PostgreSQL for production and recommends it for development. Here is the process I worked out for installing PostgreSQL 8.4 and setting up a Rails 3.1 project. I’m working …
Install Rails 3.1 for the Rails Tutorial
I’ve been working through Michael Hartl’s Ruby on Rails Tutorial. I had some trouble in chapter 13 installing the released version of Rails 3.1.0, so I thought I would post …
APC “Battery Disconnected” May Mean Overheating
I got an email from APC PowerChute Business Edition that said simply “Battery Disconnected.” The connected UPS is an APC SmartUPS 1500 model DLA1500 (the Dell equivalent of an SUA1500). …
Office 365, Safe Senders List and You
Since moving to Office 365, I’ve been having trouble getting Outlook to treat mail from my own address as safe. Mail sent from my own address (e.g. from server monitoring …
Windows Phone 7 Clobbers Office 365 Safe Senders
I set up Safe Senders with Office 365 by uploading a list through Outlook 2010. A few days later, I uploaded an expanded list. But then within 10-20 minutes, the …
PGP Desktop Corrupts Outlook 2010 Recover Deleted Items
This one has driven me mad for weeks. Finally tracked it down to PGP Desktop. Here are the symptoms and a workaround.
Using Office 365 in an SBS 2008 Environment, Take 2
After working with a very helpful Microsoft Support manager, here are some updated suggestions to the problems identified in the first version of this article.
DSL Extreme vs. Cox High-Speed Internet
I’ve moved from DSL Extreme 6000/768 service to Cox High-Speed Internet Preferred 12000/1500. Here are some comparison stats.
Office 365 Service Request Error
Office 365 allows creating service requests through the online portal. Yesterday, after typing in all the details on my issue, when I clicked to Submit the service request, I got …