Yesterday, while sitting on the bus late for school, I had an epiphany. It came to me as I was watching people use the RFID bus card system that’s in place on all public transport in the greater Helsinki area…. Read More ›
Tech
Professional Rack Installation = 8 Hours of Labeling
DELL Server im Rack Originally uploaded by BlaM4c Last week I spent close to 8 hours printing and applying labels to different cables in a packed and live rack. And it didn’t help that the rack runs our virtual servers,… Read More ›
More Bloody Printers
Today I got into another argument with a network printer. I installed a new computer at a remote location, and they had their own Samsung network printer that I had to connect manually. Most people that aren’t familiar with Samsungs… Read More ›
The Magical “No HTTP-traffic” CAT5 Cable
Now I’m really starting to doubt myself. For 2 weeks have I been troubleshooting a Vista machine that just got connected to the network. I’ll start to from the beginning; 2 weeks ago we had a contractor add a double… Read More ›
Computer Names
Recently I started thinking about computer names, and more so how you name them, and how my naming conventions have evolved over the years I’ve been involved in the industry. When I started doing home computing on such a level… Read More ›
How to install Windows XP from a USB-stick
I’ve recently tried very hard to install Windows XP on my Media Center/File Server, which little/no success until today. This was mostly due to the following factors; My server has a RAID controller (SI3114) that Windows doesn’t recognize from stock… Read More ›
Peculiar Network Problem
This Monday I was called out to fix a computer that couldn’t get on-line. I quickly discovered that the problem wasn’t with the computer itself, but with it’s wired connection. The computer was wired as follows; Control Room: Computer <->… Read More ›
Printers
I don’t know about most IT-guys, but I at least have a profound hate for printers. I just hate them with the very core of my being. And the weird thing is that I’m not sure why I hate them… Read More ›
Frustration
Today I’ve done the “school-run” since 10 AM, and it’s always frustrating. Basically, my co-worker is responsible for all the work that needs to be done to the different schools’ computers, and therefore this is mostly his problem. Unfortunately he’s… Read More ›
Hello world! (or maybe the blogo-sphere?)
Okay now, as WordPress was kind enough to select a topic geeky enough for me, I will stick with it and make this my first post. If someone is fast enough to catch on to this blog this early (I… Read More ›
