Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today… to look at all my computers. So, without further ado: Here is the family picture of everybody on the rack. I think my NAS probably blinked, but I couldn’t be bothered to take a new picture. Today, I am going to give an overview of everything in my … →

You there. The one in the back. Yes, you, the weird-looking one with the unicorn costume. Come closer and hear my tale of woe. Did you know that some people have computers at home? Maybe even… more than one? Some would say… too many? Nerds, amirite? Why have a bunch of computers at home when … →

And its time for another networking club meeting. To start, I will remind everybody of the networking club rules: If you are the last one to leave, remember to hide a raisin underneath the welcome mat. Easy enough. Ok, let’s get started. Last time we met, we were talking about how networking has a bunch … →

Hi there kids, welcome to networking club. Here are the rules: Don’t talk about fight club. Annnnd that’s it. Ok, let’s get started then. So you realized you don’t know how dem old internet tube highways things actually work, and you thought you would get some learnings. You have come to the right place. This … →

Computer networking. Sometimes I think I understand it all, then I realize there was yet another thing I hadn’t learned yet. This was one of those times. I was swapping out somebody’s router with a brand-new, shiny one – specifically, the Ubiquiti Edgerouter X. I had a number of missteps while setting up this router, … →

Sometimes, I call tech support. By the time I call tech support it is usually my last option, because in my experience tech support isn’t great – at least when you don’t have some sort of dedicated support contract. Maybe you call and sit in a queue for 30 minutes, or maybe you call and … →

You know that feeling you get when you receive 20,000 emails in an hour? I don’t. In fact, I don’t know if I have received 20,000 emails in total. What I do know is that last week, somebody received 20,000 emails in the course of an hour. Then, they asked me to fix it. And … →

You know that GPS thingy? You know, the one that tells you your location anywhere on earth? Yes, that’s the one. So, your smartphone has GPS. But your laptop most likely doesn’t. And there is a reason for that. GPS in a laptop isn’t very useful. For one thing, GPS works poorly without a clear … →

It’s Stan. Peter Pan’s long long, invisible brother. Truly the longest. He doesn’t do much. Some say he doesn’t even exist. He plays the flute, or whatever, and it is beautiful. All the town mice follow him around. He flies, temporarily, if thrown off a cliff. Buzz Lightyear is his spirit animal. But nobody cares … →

I solve a lot of problems with tech. Some problems are easy, some problems are hard, and some problems are trivial but you make them hard anyway. This is a story of one of those times. There are a variety of problems that can occur when things aren’t plugged in, or aren’t plugged in properly. … →