Nerd Stuff

The only way to get out there is to prepare and save. Nerd stuff is how we do it.

Paypal Email Crashes Outlook
A few days ago my Outlook 2007 would lockup once and a while. Thinking it was a PST issue, I rebuilt it, move to a backup computer but the issue continued. After many hours of research and I was able to identify the issue and a solution. Google didn...
Should I Change My Password?
Should I change my password? If you have asked yourself this question, you are ahead of the curve. Many people think of a password like a key that you make and keep forever. The only issue is, if we are talking a key (email or account password) then...
Setting up a New Company
My parents exposed me early to self employment. Working with them, (cleaning office buildings) I learned allot about all the many soft skills needed to be/run a company. From billing, scheduling, client communication to the actual work involved...it ...
Windows Update fix - Fake Anti-Virus
A client of mine got one of the very common Fake Anti-Virus trojans. You know the one, where a pop up box, that looks like a Windows security window, frightens you with all these virus and privacy alerts. These fake AV malware are called "Extortion-war...
iWater (if Apple made water)
Saw this great graphic about Apple and wanted to share it. via http://johnburke.tumblr.com/post/3193501324
Blogs can work
Tamara and I have been blogging for over thirteen years. Before blogging was invented we used hand-coded HTML websites to document our travels for friends, family and as it turns out...for us and our failing memories. With the invention of the Wordp...
Mozy is dead to me.
My consulting company (ChristopherHudson.com) has seen a recent rash of clients having hard drive failures. About 70% of these drives are recoverable using some higher end software tools (Spinrite, ect) but my data recovery rates make this an expensi...
6 Months at GSB
It seemed like a long time but it has finally come to an end. I took a six month contract to sys-admin the Portland office of a high end law firm, Garvey, Schubert and Barer. The work was challenging at times but mostly focused on helping the At...
Inflation Adjusted Housing
There is a great article about how the true cost of buying a home in the USA right now. It also goes into how people intrinsically don't understand compound inflation. ($5 today has the same value as$5 , ten years ago....right?) The part that caught...
Trek in the Park
Portland can be a fun city if you have a bit of a weird streak. One example is the free "Trek in the Park"; a theater troop's annual episodic adventure of Star Trek. This year it was the episode “Space Seed” with Khan Noonian Singh. Some great...