microSDHC Performance Benchmarks Class 10 Class 6 Class 2

Jul 22, 2011 by Paul White

If you have a smart phone they you likely also have an microSDHC card for storage of your photos, videos, and Apps.  However all microSDHC cards are not created equal.  In this blog I will run some benchmarks on a few cards I had laying around.  I will test a Sandisk 16GB class 2 microSDHC, a Samsung 8GB class 6 microSDHC, and a Lexar 32GB class 10 microSDHC memory card. Hopefully people can use this data to help them make informed decisions on what card they want to buy.

How to remove K9 without password

Jul 21, 2011 by Paul White

One of my clients recently called me, and asked me how do I get rid of this K9 internet protection?  Turns out his laptop was busted, so he took his kids laptop with him.  But he forgot that K9 limits what websites he can visit, and even worse he forgot his password for K9.  So I remoted into his system and hacked the system to stop K9.  I figured others might be in the same situation so I will share how I did it.

USA headed toward Default Analysis

Jul 14, 2011 by Paul White

Anyone who has been watching the news lately, knows that we are currently approaching an Aug 2 deadline to increase our debt limit.  This article is my opportunity to share my analysis of the mess we are in.

Upgrading to an HTC Sensation 4G

Jun 26, 2011 by Paul White

My Current Cell Phone is an HTC HD2 that I ported to Android 2.3.  There hasn't been much reason to upgrade, as most phones had the same screen size, or the same resolution.  Finally the HTC Sensation has arrived.  In my opinion its the logical upgrade from my HD2.  Same 4.3" LCD, higher Resolution, and 8 MP camera with 1080P video recording, along with 1.2 Ghz Dual Core snap dragon CPU.

Chevy Volt vs Toyota Prius Cost of Ownership

Jun 4, 2011 by Paul White

Now that a few Chevy Volts are out on the road, bloggers have had the opportunity to get a first hand account on the what the real performance results are.  Lyle with GM-Volt.com has been a leader on the blog front to keep all of us updated on the truth behind the volt.  Finally we have some real world numbers to make our up our opinions on Chevy's new ride. So in this article we will care what the real costs of ownership are over a 5 year span.  We compare a 2011 Toyota Prius and a 2011 Chevy Volt.

Debugging Faulting Application w3wp.exe Crashes

May 31, 2011 by Paul White

If your websites are going down, due to your application pool failing, or being automatically shut down after a few application errors, then you have a major problem on your hands.  In my case the symptom was A process serving the application pool suffered a fatal communication error with the Windows Process Activation Service, in my system logs.  If you have each website running in its own application pool then you know which website is going down, but the errors being displayed give you no hints as to the cause.  I recently had a website that was randomly going down.  Sometimes it would go down every few days, and other times it would only crash once a month.  So I finally did some digging for the cause, and found it.  If you don't know where to start in debugging your crashed application pools, this might help.

SDE sixty Scans LED Intelligent Lighting

May 20, 2011 by Paul White

Today I installed some new lights at the Ritz Cabaret. check them out.

How Accurate are Alexa stats for traffic

May 17, 2011 by Paul White

Alexa has been around for a long time, these days many people tend to judge a site's worth by its alexa ranking.  But the question is how accurate is Alexa's traffic stats?  Since I do have my own server with over 40 sites, I have access to the traffic patterns of various sites.  So in this article I will give you the stats so you can decide how much credibility alexa's traffic rankings really deserve.

What ports to open for Vicidial Vicibox Asterisk

May 13, 2011 by Paul White

For those of you who are setting up your own Asterisk based dialer using one of the many variants such as Vicidial, Vicibox, Vicidialnow, or GoAutoDial, you might have found that one of the most painful parts of setting it up is knowing what settings will make it work.  Specifically what ports do you forward from your router, and what special settings do you need to set in your sip.conf file.  After trial and error I have discovered the settings that work. 

Tmobile 3G Sim Card vs 2G Sim Card

May 10, 2011 by Paul White

After being with T-Mobile for a little over a year, I almost had the last straw with poor 3G connectivity. That was until I figured out there are two types of Sim Cards.  2G Sim Cards and 3G Sim Cards. If you have been having dropped calls and poor 3G data coverage, you need to visit a T-Mobile store and they will gladly exchange out your 2G Sim card for a 3G Sim card, and its free too!  I know what you are thinking?  How can I tell which sim card I have?  Read this article for the details.