[CGUYS] What really happens to the computers we recycle?

2009-08-31 Thread Arnold Kee
Hello all: Last night 60 Minutes aired a disturbing piece on what happens to some of the computers we have been bringing to recycling centers. Without repeating the name of the particular recycling/distrubtion company, the reporter tracked the shipping container that was filled with recycled

[CGUYS] Sudden MAC OS X V4 Inefficiency

2009-08-27 Thread Arnold Kee
Thanks to all for your suggestions. So far I've tried: - Clearing the Safari Cache - Clicking the renew the DHCP lease - Adding DNS sites; and - Reviewing the configuration of my modem. Nothing so far has worked. A curious tendency is for the web to get back to normal within the first five

[CGUYS] Sudden Mac OS X V4 Inefficiency

2009-08-25 Thread Arnold Kee
Hello all: Are there gremlins out to get me? I swear that the day I said to myself that one of the reasons why I continued to favor my MAC over the PC laptops I get with each job is how much more efficient it is when using the internet..all of a sudden, it now acts really slowly and fails

[CGUYS] Are you a knowledge worker? Or do you manage one?

2009-05-27 Thread Arnold Kee
Hello all: Having worked for non-profit organizations for more than 15 years, I thought that the idea of being a knowledge worker was actually a new term that evolved with advanced use of personal computers--which seemed to rise exponentially with the birth of Internet. Around the mid-to-late

[CGUYS] Software Development Tracking

2009-05-26 Thread Arnold Kee
Hello all: Having been on both the development side (creating databases) and the client side, I've never been able to identify a reliable software/application development tracking tool. I've used an excel spreadsheet, and I tried developing a tool from scratch in MS Access. The latter works,

[CGUYS] Back in Business

2008-12-27 Thread Arnold Kee
Hello all: I just had a great experience at the Columbia Apple store. After waiting three months to get a new hard drive, and grumbling all the way through, I finally used some Christmas budget to replace the hard drive that came with my refurbished MacBook.  I purchased it from Newegg and the

[CGUYS] The right harddrive?

2008-11-20 Thread Arnold Kee
Hello all- As always, thanks for your advice. I will click the purchase button in the next 48 hours using what you provided. I'll report out on how everything worked. I haven't used my MacBook in two months after the hard drive blew. I'm trying to forget what was on it so I can start fresh,

[CGUYS] MS access problem

2008-10-02 Thread Arnold Kee
Hello all: I believe that opening a runtime application will be successful if the underlying code of the runtime application is compatible with the version of access trying to open it. But the best chance I believe is to open the latest version of access possible and then to point to the mdb

[CGUYS] Diagnosis: Hard Drive Failure

2008-09-22 Thread Arnold Kee
Thanks to the rest of you for additional advice (Betty, et al.): I'll let you know how it works out...when I'm back up and running. Have a good one. Arnold * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives,

[CGUYS] Best Rugged Mini PC

2008-07-11 Thread Arnold Kee
Hi Tom- I laughed out loud when reading your response*. You're right that without more context, Occum's Razor would suggest passing around a sheet of paper. In fact, the issue is that the information that needs to be collected from participants had been on sheets of paper, but that paper was

[CGUYS] Best Rugged Mini PC

2008-07-10 Thread Arnold Kee
Good evening all: Quick question. Panasonic has just come out with a really cool-looking rugged mini pc. If you had $750 - $1000 to spend (of company money) to get a device that's larger than a Blackberry, but smaller than a laptop--to pass around a room of attendees to sign in their

[CGUYS] Joomla for eCommerce

2008-06-13 Thread Arnold Kee
Hello all: It's been a while since I've asked any questions of the site, or tried to contribute anything. I'm wondering whether anyone on the list has attempted to use Joomla, the open source web development application, and if so, how you would characterize your experiences. I'm thinking about

[CGUYS] Foiled and Refoiled by MS Access

2008-01-03 Thread Arnold Kee
Hello all: Happy New Year to you. For probably nine years I've been developing MS Access databases (without formal training) and have had success when I was the only one needing the DB.   The problem I'm finding as I mature as a coder is that few people outside of my bubble actually use or own

[CGUYS] Foiled and Refoiled by MS Access

2008-01-03 Thread Arnold Kee
Thanks Tony B. I'm going to give it a try! Arnold * == QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in == * == the body of an email send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] == * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE

[CGUYS] Online vs. IBM Server

2007-09-12 Thread Arnold Kee
Thanks so much guys. I'm completely convinced to go with the online option. And incidentally, I'm still really happy with my Apple purchase. Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:26:26 -0400 From: Michel Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Online vs. IBM Server

[CGUYS] Change in Terminology AND broken ibooks

2007-08-29 Thread Arnold Kee
I don't know why anyone contributing or receiving this list could complain about the value of information we get. That said, I did it! As a tip to the other loyal viewers- like Betty suggested, frequent returns to the Apple store list are rewarded. By getting up early and returning to the site,

[CGUYS] Change in Terminology AND broken ibooks

2007-08-28 Thread Arnold Kee
Thanks so much all for the advice on how to strike. I just missed a colossal deal on a refurbished Apple last night--moved too slow, but the locations you suggested I scan are very much appreciated. The thought of having to be both patient and deliberate simultaneously was at first a bit

[CGUYS] Change in Terminology

2007-08-23 Thread Arnold Kee
Thanks to everyone for the clarification on MacBooks and who can take a hit. On what broke off...it was the headphone jack. I've taken the doomed iBook to several Apple stores and they all claim that it would cost a bundle to have fixed, though their estimates were based on eyeballing the

[CGUYS] Survey Help Needed

2007-08-10 Thread Arnold Kee
Scott wrote:: I need to send an email out to several com= panies with a customer support =0Atype survey. The desire is to send some= thing they can fill out and =0Areturn online. Can someone suggest a good = way to do this sort of =0Athing? Or is there a

[CGUYS] List Etiquette

2007-08-09 Thread Arnold Kee
On rising needs to support MS OSs (or any other OS for that matter) The makers of Hot Dogs and Hot Dog Buns probably understand computer industry business models as well as anyone else. Generally, hot dog makers put 8 hot dogs in each package, meanwhile Hot Dog Bun makers tend to put 10 buns in