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Customer Service

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Andy Fragen

I just had to pass along kudos to APC. I use one of their BackUPS battery backup systems. It’s been flawless for most of the past 3 years. In the past 3 days the overload light has tripped and it … Continue reading →

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Verizon Thinks You’re a Spammer

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Andy Fragen

They must. Verizon now blocks port 25 and does not allow you to opt out. Why do I care? Well our hospital just opened up free WiFi everywhere and when I found I couldn’t send email I made a couple … Continue reading →

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WordPress Automatic Updates

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Andy Fragen

I think I finally have the automatic updates feature of WordPress working. Previously, when asked for my login info for the FTP connection I would get some vague connection error. It’s a permissions issue. Some permissions for files/folders need to … Continue reading →

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Don’t Send iCal Replies

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Andy Fragen

I came across a great hint in Mac OS X Hints today. It seems that there’s an easy way to interrupt the process of sending an email reply when accepting iCal invites. As I tend to play around with iCal … Continue reading →

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New Safari Version??

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Andy Fragen

I’ve just spent the last 40 minutes on the phone with Union Bank tech support because for the past 2 weeks I’ve been unable to log in to my online account with Safari. After all this time the tech support … Continue reading →

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iPad Arrives

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Andy Fragen

Well, with the Easter weekend over and Apple’s iPad gaining more headlines than anything else, I have to say I want one, but I can wait. I actually got to touch one. Someone at the hospital brought it with them. … Continue reading →

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New IP Address

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Andy Fragen

Well, as a cost saving measure and because we really weren’t using more than one, we’ve cut back to a single IP address. Time Warner Cable is the biz Internet provider. They’ve been very helpful in setting up reverse DNS … Continue reading →

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Amavisd settings

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Andy Fragen

I run my own mail server on OS X Server. For the most part I have my SpamAssassin settings tweaked pretty well. Unfortunately, there is some spam that seems to have malformed or incomplete MIME boundaries and these messages don’t … Continue reading →

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Backblaze Backup

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Andy Fragen

I have an invite or two to distribute for the Backblaze online backup service for OS X. Price is $5 a month per machine for unlimited data. Attached disks are recognized, but not yet network attached storage. My opinion is … Continue reading →

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Laptop Envy

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Andy Fragen

OK, I have serious laptop envy. I need a new MacBook. Just have to figure out what to do about no firewire drive.

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