Neat Patching App

I just wanted to take a moment to let everyone know about a nifty patching and updating application I came across a while back. It is called “Patch My PC” and it seems to work fairly well updating most applications. The most important thing it does is...

Happy Systems Administrator Day!

Today is a bit of a special day for all those IT professionals out there, you see today marks Systems Administrator Day! Today is the day to appreciate the IT professionals within your organization. The IT guy often has it a bit rough as they tend to be called upon a...

How I Found Myself On the Mission Field in Information Technology

This post isn’t so much about a technology issue so as it is a post that hopefully inspires people to go out and do things that they are being called to do. If you have that nagging-tugging feeling that you are meant to be doing something and have been avoiding...

Securing Your Network Without Breaking the Bank

I recently read an article written by a computer technician in the UK where he relayed a story about a virus intruding into his client’s network via phishing e-mail and then managing to infect all their computers in the course of a few hours. He mentioned if...

Getting People to Take Action

I’ve been helping out a company with their website recently and it got me thinking about getting people to take action when they visit a website. The general consensus in website design is to highlight something and put in a call to action button on the top...