All About My Network

I’ve slowly been recovering from my bee stings. The swelling has gone down quite a bit, my eye is starting to look normal again and the itching tells me that I’m healing.  My allergic reaction to the stings has been a pain but at least it’s almost over. I had planned to install my new 250 G hard drive in my main computer by now but I’ve been taking it easy. I’ve attempted to use my Vista system as my home server but networking with Vista is quite a challenge. The Public folders are the only ones I’ve been successful with sharing with the other computers and the tivos in my home.

In my office I have a Series 2 Tivo, a desktop system (built myself) running Vista Ultimate and a  Dell desktop running XP. I have to keep XP running because most of my software won’t work with Vista such as my DVD & Movie Authoring software. In my bedroom I have another Series 2 Tivo and my Dell notebook running XP. Downstairs I have a Series 2 Tivo in the living room and a Dell desktop running XP. I also have a Dell Axim X51 PDA running Windows Mobile 5. That’s 4 PCs, 1 PDA and 3 Tivos all on my network which is a D-Link 614+ Router dishing out Cable Hi-speed internet. Oh, yeah, also a Vonage Linksys Router as well that provides me with my home and business telephone service (Voip). I’m amazed my internet speed is still quite fast considering how many things I have on the network! Everything is wireless except for one Tivo and 2 PCs, and they are ethernet cable connected. I ran out of ports in my router or I would have more things wired. Am I a certifiable geek or what?!

Bee Stings Extraordinare

Got stung by a bees nest today as I attempted to cut the grass at my son’s house. Tomorrow I’ll go over there in my Darth Vader costume and eliminate those little flying rebels that attacked me like I was the Death Star heading towards their little world. Now I see why the Empire chooses to exterminate rebels! Ouch! I was hit in the face, back, legs and feet. I hope the swelling goes down by the time I have to take ebay pictures!

My first WordPress Blog – Stardate 9-24-07

I’m just a mild mannered computer repairman/technician here in Southern Michigan. I’ll be blogging about world events, politics, pop culture, tech-news and all sorts of other things that happen in my life.  My wife Rose and I have been together almost twenty years and we have seven children which are all grown, but some more than others, so to speak. I’m in my mid forties so I’m quite seasoned in the ways of the world.

I’ve been repairing and building computers since the mid-nineties when Windows 95 was all the rage. I was bitten by the bug when I got my first PC and made it a point to learn all I could learn. I’m also a Ham Radio Operator so I have that background in electronics as well. I’ve done quite a bit of repairing and tuning CB & Ham Radios. In my Lab I have three computer desks and one radio desk.

I would really love to have a Mac but right now I use Windows machines, I run XP Pro on my laptop and two desktop Dells but the computer that I built myself is running Vista. I like Vista but I’m used to XP, which is something I share with millions of other users.

Like many other geeks I’m a serious fan of Star Trek, and like many geeks I own every episode of every incarnation of Star Trek on DVD, as well as all Star Wars films and thousands of other great films of all genres.

If you have a tech question feel free to leave it here and I’ll be happy to answer it asap. I’m very excited about starting my blog here on WordPress! Thanks for reading!

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