Category Archives: Hardware

Adding Film To Minimize Glare On Large LCDs

We installed a 50″ LCD with built-in speakers in a very tricky and bright classroom to try and allow easy projection capabilities for the teacher and eliminate the always problematic use of normal projector systems. Three of the walls of … Continue reading

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Using Dock Cleats As Cable Managers In Classrooms

When it comes to computer cabling in classroom environments, no matter what you do for the long runs, you usually a mess on your hands those final few feet to the faculty equipment.
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Hack a Box To Protect Outdoor Power Supplies

When installing network equipment outside, it is not always possible to have the electrical cabling and components on the interior and safe from the elements. This was the case recently for me when I installed some outdoor Ruckus Wireless access … Continue reading

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Xserve: How Apple Could Have Saved It

Simple – A Xserve billboard ad in the same vein as the iPod and iPhone mold.
Apple, you are free to incorporate this into your marketing plans if you decide now, after seeing the potential in this ad campaign, to resurrect … Continue reading

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USB Device Sharing: Solution for Old Printer Driver

I had a situation where we have a perfectly fine Epson Stylus Photo R2400 that is a few years old now but still a quality printer but we had been using it with 3 iMacs in a lab area. The … Continue reading

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