Category Archives: OS

24 sep

Could Dell Introduce Viable Tablets to the Business World?

***, Car Computing, Electronics, Hardware, Microsoft, Mobility, Rants, Windows
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

It took eight months for Michael Dell and Silver Lake to take Dell from a Public to Private. The company that started in Dell’s college dorm room closet and competed with the likes of IBM, HP, and Compaq, eventually to … Continue reading →

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20 may

Run Your Own Cloud Server Locally, Internally, or Publicly – ownCloud

***, Amazon.com, Apple, Architecture, Cloud Computing, Clusters, Databases, DIY, Google, Internet, Microsoft, Windows
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

There are tons of Cloud Services out there that you can go out and sign up for free, download, and have a blast with. Companies such as Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Amazon have all jumped on board (the four horsemen). … Continue reading →

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24 apr

Load Balancing Joomla, WordPress, and Drupal

***, Architecture, Cloud Computing, Clusters, CMS, Drupal, Hardware, Internet, Joomla, Linux, PHP, Wordpress
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

There comes a time when Amazon Web Services gets extremely expensive or even unusable for your websites needs. If you look out in the world of websites that are out there, it has been guestimated that over 70% of all … Continue reading →

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27 jan

Guess Who Turned 30 Years Old? Macintosh

*, Apple, Companies, Electronics, History, Mac, News
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

A lot has changed in 30 years. Steve Jobs is no longer with us and the Macintosh revolutionized computers today.

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18 oct

Explaining CakePHP – Overall Whiteboard View

***, Architecture, CakePHP, Databases, Design, Internet, Linux, Office
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

I was explaining and teaching someone CakePHP the other day. Naturally, a whiteboard gets used to share the overall view of the system. The specific version was CakePHP 1.2. And since I did this work, I thought I should share … Continue reading →

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16 oct

Windows 8.1 To be Released Tomorrow!

*, 3D Graphics, Browsers, Internet, Microsoft, News, Windows
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

Will the Start Menu ever disappear? Here it will be coming back with Windows 8.1. I am convinced that Microsoft changes them so drastically just so that you have to change back, maybe you get confused, lose your serial number … Continue reading →

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9 oct

Fox News’ New Studio Is Equipped With Huge Tablets

*, Electronics, Hardware, Internet, Microsoft, News, Office, Windows
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

Pretty cool enormous tablets. Reported to be large Microsoft Surface devices to surf social media with plenty of space to monitor everything.

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26 sep

Microsoft Windows Prompt Screen Expansion

**, DIY, Hacking, Microsoft, Windows
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

A little known fact, often over-looked, is that the Windows Prompt dialog box is easily expandable to fit the size of your screen. If you click the upper left corner of the prompt screen, you’ll see there is a properties … Continue reading →

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17 sep

File System Permissions – Always the Issue

**, Internet, Linux
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

I always have opportunities to migrate content and websites. Companies and organizations continue to tell others how difficult their systems are, how complex. Their systems can “never” be moved without tens of thousands of dollars… In-fact it’s almost a scare … Continue reading →

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25 aug

Windows 8.1 – Reverting back to Normal

***, Browsers, Entertainment, History, Internet, Microsoft, Mobility, News, Office, Rants, Windows
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

It’s funny, Windows continually has issues with new versions of their software. I wonder if it is because they charge so much money for their upgrades or if it is because they try to be so extreme with their new … Continue reading →

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