We are ON for our August meeting

I wanted to put a note out there to let you all know that We re ON for our August meeting. The First Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm at Matson Public Library. The library director himself will be letting us into the building and I *suggest* that you don't arrive early unless you want to be standing outside. :) He will be there at 6:30 and I don't think much earlier.

Hope to see you then!

Is a keyboard a keyboard?

First off this is an issue that I got punched in the face with a few days ago. I have since gotten over it (I think), so I feel comfortable talking about it. The subject is horrible, frustrating, and it strikes fear in the heart of most IT people. This is WIRELESS KEYBOARDS AND MICE. In case some of you have them and swear by them, just hear me out. First off, they drain batteries. This is just one more item to troubleshoot when someone is having trouble. If you have used these devices in an office environment with many people around using the exact same wireless keyboard and mouse. This brings me to the second problem. Say for instance one mouse goes bad, their wireless connection device is still working fine, and someone at a desk a few feet away has the exact same mouse. Any guess what happens next? Yup, the person who has the working mouse is now able to control the pointer on the other person's computer which leads to massive confusion. My main gripe is this: I feel that when a keyboard/mouse poops out, that's it and you get another one. With these wireless devices, you generally have to buy a whole new setup in order to keep the all of the devices working.

The main complaint that I have heard towards wired devices is, "The cord is too short". Well I have a novel idea. Let's pay $15 for a 6' USB extension cable. With this simple item you not have to deal with these pitfalls that I have mentioned above.

NOTE: This entry was basically a rant about something that happened this last week. Give me a post back if you feel my pain. PEACE!!!!!!!!

Last night I dreamt....

OK, this might be a little freaky, but I am going to recount a dream I had last night to you. Don't worry, it's clean.

I was walking around a building of some type (I think it might have been our local hospital). Then to my surprise there stood Billy Gates himself. Well, in spite of my anti-Microsoft mindset I had to say hello to him. So I ran up to him and said, "Hello Mr. Gates". "Hi", he replies. I proceeded to tell him who I was followed by some minor smalltalk, but he turned and walked away. What gives, I thought. I happened to glance down at the t-shirt I was wearing. In bright white letters along with the logo was printed Ubuntu Linux. I couldn't believe it.

Now, if anyone has dreams that are that ironic and humorus from a geeky standpoint, leave a comment below. Keep it real. Keep it clean. Keep it geeky. PEACE!!!!!!!!!