Direct MP3 Download: Podnutz Daily #218 – Daniel's Bag Of Tricks
Steve is joined by Daniel Maloney ofyourTECHIE and the YoungTech Podcast
Announcements:
- Future shows will be available from Podnutz.TV
- Podnutz now has an iPhone app available at iTunes for only $2
Topics Discussed:
- Frustrations in dealing with CAPTCHA
- Using GMail, Google Docs, Google Voice
- Cat5 cable testers making life easier
- Hiring outside firms to do your marketing
- Getting into Web design
- For websites Daniel uses Dreamweaver with CSS, and is starting to useWordPress for extensibility with plugins
- Hiren’s Boot CD has multiple utilities
- Buying laptop keyboard from EBay, and general experiences with EBay
Daniel’s “Doctor’s Bag” includes:
- Assorted screws
- Battery powered soldering iron
- An OEM version of Windows 7 available for sale to customers for an upgrade
- Copies for reinstallations: Windows XP home and pro (slipstreamed with SP 2), Windows 2000, Vista, and Server 2003
- Notebook
- Cat 5 Connectors and crimper
- Telephone Splice Connectors. Daniel’s uses ScotchLocks, Your notetaker usesBean Connectors
- Mounting Tape (double sided)
- Small screwdrivers
- Telescopic magnet for picking up screws
- Exacto-knife
- Measuring Tape
- Hammer
- DVI-VGA adapter
- telephone jack splitter
- Duct tape
- Side cutters
- Pliers
- Permanent marker
- Cat 5 cable
- SATA cable
- USB to SATA Converter
- USB Cables
- USB extension cable
- Flash drive
- Power cable
- IDE Cable
- SATA to IDE converter
- Molex HDD power adapters
- Wireless adaptor
- Bluetooth adapter
- Expansion bay cover
Steve’s additional recommendations for the “doctors bag”:
Voicemail/Emails:
- CoffeeGulper is looking for a good idea for organizing bookmarks, Steve recommends xmarks
- Bob Keener sends a link for Why HTML5 matters to Mac users
- Matt has problems with file sharing from XP desktop to a Vista computer, Daniel says check the setting for password protected setting, Steve says check the workgroup name setting. Also suggests checking in with the Podnutz forums.
- Sam wants info on the Ultimate boot AD for Windows, Steve also say to check out the Ultimate Boot AD with MUDDY, Daniel also says to check outMemtest86
- Rod had a problem with a windows 7 install with not waking from sleep mode, traced down to setting the task bar for auto-hide
- Dominic had a strange flickering problem on a LCD montior when attatched to a Laptop, that went away when the laptop was unplugged from the AC. He found a solution at this blog.
- Xander writes about reinstalling Windows over an existing copy and complications with different service packs
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Music provided by Evan King
Notes by Mike Evans at datamike.net
