AKA what is that fat connector thing? If you have cable internet or are into techie stuff you’ve probably seen them or read about them at some point whether you realized it or not. CAT5e or Category 5 Cables are used pretty frequently in the world of computers and cables.
Definition from the ever popular and growing Wikipedia:
Cat 5e cable is an enhanced version of Cat 5 that adds specifications for far end crosstalk. It was formally defined in 2001 in the TIA/EIA-568-B standard, which no longer recognizes the original Cat 5 specification. Although 1000BASE-T was designed for use with Cat 5 cable, the tighter specifications associated with Cat 5e cable and connectors make it an excellent choice for use with 1000BASE-T. Despite the stricter performance specifications, Cat 5e cable does not enable longer cable distances for Ethernet networks: cables are still limited to a maximum of 100 m (328 ft) in length (normal practice is to limit fixed (”horizontal”) cables to 90 m to allow for up to 5 m of patch cable at each end). Cat 5e cable performance characteristics and test methods are defined in TIA/EIA-568-B.2-2001.
Our desktop crashed awhile back and I’ve been working 100% off the laptop since then. It’s been difficult to get used to. I miss my desk and my cushy office chair with the gel mouse pad. I miss a full keyboard. Sure I could put the laptop on a desk instead of sitting just any old place. And it would be better for my wrist, but we intend to get a new hard drive installed in the desktop so I don’t have any desk space at the moment.
We’ve been discussing adding another computer to the mix. The desktop we have now would be for Brian’s writing, the kids projects, an of course World of Warcraft playing. Then another computer would be for working. So many questions have come up about what to get.
Another laptop so we have two? The portability is quite nice. Another one wouldn’t be so bad.
Another desktop? A full keyboard and a 19 inch screen have obvious benefits.
Should it be a Mac? This is probably the biggest question. At one time I had to have a PC. I could not do my job from a Mac. That time has passed and I am no longer restricted by someone else’s rules. I can buy whatever I want. A Mac sounds super sexy right now, but the price difference is an obvious concern.
At any rate I know that I will never own another Dell as long as I live. I had nothing but bad experience with them for the two and half years that I was a Dell customer.
So, convince me. Tell me your computer buying story. What works for you? Was switching to Mac the best decision you ever made?
This morning YouTube announced some cool changes for mobile users. Fun new features such as access to a large catalog of mobile video and to features that were only available on the desktop version in the past.
Apple’s popular iPhone comes with a preloaded YouTube application. But the iPhone doesn’t support 3G, so the video-streaming experience can be sluggish at times. It’s faster over Wi-Fi connections.
With the expanded mobile offering, YouTube users also can access their accounts, favorites, videos, channels, and directly upload and share content from mobile phones. Another new feature is the ability to rate and post comments on the go. To sweeten the deal a little more, YouTube for Mobile is available as a free downloadable Java application for a limited number of mobile phones.
This freebie is for someone that might not have photo editing software but wants the ability to resize images, maybe to use on your blog or website, or maybe you just want to resize some pictures you took with your digital camera. When resizing pictures with Photo Gadget you can choose one of four standard sizes, 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 240×320 (320×240) or you can set any custom picture size.
However, if you’re going to get into photo editing heavily I would recommend getting a more professional program with more features, like Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 for example. Afterall, if you like photography a computer without a good editing program is like a local gym without good fitness equipment.
Eek! What do you do when you need the back up of something and then the backup gets trashed? I put the USB Flash Drive into my laptop. Sat down and started working away on something. Then I get distracted by a noise or whatever behind me and I turn … the keychain gets caught on the chair and the USB drive bends and snaps off right in the port.
So half the thing is in the laptop and half is dangling off the chair. And of course the dangling half has the actual data on it and the half in the port is useless without it. I don’t know if this thing can be repaired or not!?! I’m a little freaked out. My income speadsheet was on there for the year, and some link lists, and half of a new website I was working on.
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It’s almost 2008 and we are becoming more and more technology based by the day. Although, I am still wondering where my flying self-driving car is and why my house doesn’t clean itself yet. The truth is there is power in the internet and just about anyone with a computer can get on a piece of the pie in some way. Heck, sometimes you don’t even have to own your own computer, you can go to a Cyber Cafe, hit a Kinko’s, or go to the library! Enjoy the video.
Warning to everyone that’s as annoyed by TechCrunch blog as much as I am these days, you will see them in this video, more than once unfortunately. I suppose that just means that they’ve done *something* right along the way. Obviously they are making money, even if some of their writers have egos bigger than their blog. Just ignore the site of their name and enjoy the catchy jingle instead.
Don’t know what to get the fellow geek friend on your holiday gift list? Well, let’s see if it were me and the hubby here a few things we’d love to see under the Christmas tree would all be a little technology powered. Like the shiny new Amazon Kindle. *drool* What’s that? You haven’t heard yet!?! /gasp ~ Amazon Kindle is a revolutionary new portable reader that you use to download books, newspapers, magazines and blogs to a crisp, high-resolution electronic paper display that looks and reads like real paper, even in bright sunlight.
I honestly haven’t read much about this wonderful little device yet, but from what I’ve read so far I am definitely interested and itching to see it up close and personal! If you’re an obsessive magazine and newspaper subscriber this little device will save you money in the long run. Yes, it is going to cost you $399 nowto get your Kindle in your hands, but if you subscribe to all your favorite magazines and newspapers via Kindle you will save huge amounts of subscription fees, not to mention the amount of paper waste you eliminate! It’s amazing. And the books, oh the books, I love books. This eliminates the decision of which book to take on your next road trip … just take the Kindle and take them all.
AKA what is that fat connector thing? If you have cable internet or are into techie stuff you’ve probably seen them or read about them at some point whether you realized it or not. CAT5e or Category 5 Cables are used pretty frequently in the world of computers and cables.
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for example. Afterall, if you like photography a computer without a good editing program is like a local gym without good 
into my laptop. Sat down and started working away on something. Then I get distracted by a noise or whatever behind me and I turn … the keychain gets caught on the chair and the USB drive bends and snaps off right in the port. 
