Here article and links from some of the best tried-and-true apps from http://lifehacker.com/ for teaching kids of all ages how to code.
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Why you should tech Children to code
Whether or not your child grows up to be the next Zuckerberg, programming is a highly useful skill for him or her to learn. It teaches vital problem-solving, creativity, and communication skills. Plus, it can be downright fun for you both.
Here article and links from some of the best tried-and-true apps from http://lifehacker.com/ for teaching kids of all ages how to code.
Here article and links from some of the best tried-and-true apps from http://lifehacker.com/ for teaching kids of all ages how to code.
A New Chapter
Hi, I have decided to revive this blog will be posting more links technology related articles and opinions, predictions, observations. Will be sharing links via Facebook and feeder. Looking for contributors so if your keen contact us and tell us a little about yourself .
Watch this space.
Watch this space.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
An Explination of Cloud Computing
A good article about the fundamentals of cloud computing the next step of the internet.
Link found here http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/5453333/Cloud-computing-hot-and-foggy
Link found here http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/5453333/Cloud-computing-hot-and-foggy
Friday, June 24, 2011
Sixteen Chips
Last week our fearless leader researching as he does found the following
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He saw the add and thought this was quite reasonable it was local we could do with sixteen sticks of SDRAM, so he grabbed the company credit card jumped in the car and went to the store.
When he walked in the guy behind the counter was standing shaking a laptop upside down over above his head as if he was waiting for something to drop out of it. He looked around the store and noticed very old computer systems for exuberant prices
Anyway our fearless leader asked for the sixteen chips of one gig SDRAM he had seen online. To which the guy went out back and brought back one chip or stick with one gig of SDRAM. Our leader enquired where were the sixteen that he had seen online to which the guy behind the counter counted the eight microchips on each side of the one gig stick of ram and said "sixteen chips".
Our leader was horrified and gave the guy behind the counter an educated lesson on what sixteen chips should actually mean, He came back an unsuccessful customer.
click here for the link its still for sale as it stands
When he walked in the guy behind the counter was standing shaking a laptop upside down over above his head as if he was waiting for something to drop out of it. He looked around the store and noticed very old computer systems for exuberant prices
Anyway our fearless leader asked for the sixteen chips of one gig SDRAM he had seen online. To which the guy went out back and brought back one chip or stick with one gig of SDRAM. Our leader enquired where were the sixteen that he had seen online to which the guy behind the counter counted the eight microchips on each side of the one gig stick of ram and said "sixteen chips".
Our leader was horrified and gave the guy behind the counter an educated lesson on what sixteen chips should actually mean, He came back an unsuccessful customer.
click here for the link its still for sale as it stands
Monday, September 6, 2010
Server Logs During Christchurch Earthquake
04/09/2010 04:28:06 a.m. SMTP Server: Mail for nlno1km@noelleeminggroup.co.nz rejected for policy reasons. Recipient could not be found in the Domino Directory.
04/09/2010 04:28:58 a.m. Compacted mail\nlma33m.nsf, 768K bytes recovered (<1%)
04/09/2010 04:28:58 a.m. Informational, compression of data documents is already enabled in database mail\nlma83am.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:28:58 a.m. Informational, LZ1 is enabled in database mail\nlma83am.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:28:58 a.m. Compacting mail\nlma83am.nsf (NL Manukau Supa Centa Asst Manager)
04/09/2010 04:28:58 a.m. Attempting to compress all data documents in database mail\nlma83am.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:29:21 a.m. AMgr: Agent ('The Email Convertor' in 'ServicesChannel\customersupport.nsf') printing: <<<< THE EMAIL CONVERTOR BEGIN >>>>
04/09/2010 04:29:21 a.m. AMgr: Agent ('The Email Convertor' in 'ServicesChannel\customersupport.nsf') printing: <<<< THE EMAIL CONVERTOR END >>>>
04/09/2010 04:29:25 a.m. Compacted mail\nlma83am.nsf, 256K bytes recovered (<1%)
04/09/2010 04:29:25 a.m. Informational, compression of data documents is already enabled in database mail\nlma83m.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:29:25 a.m. Informational, LZ1 is enabled in database mail\nlma83m.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:29:25 a.m. Compacting mail\nlma83m.nsf (NL Manukau Supa Centa Manager)
04/09/2010 04:29:25 a.m. Attempting to compress all data documents in database mail\nlma83m.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:30:10 a.m. Router: notes.ini setting for Log_Mailrouting being used (note - this option may now be configured in a Server Configuration document)
04/09/2010 04:33:08 a.m. SMTP Server: Mail for nlno1km@noelleeminggroup.co.nz rejected for policy reasons. Recipient could not be found in the Domino Directory.
04/09/2010 04:35:11 a.m. Router: notes.ini setting for Log_Mailrouting being used (note - this option may now be configured in a Server Configuration document)
04/09/2010 04:35:14 a.m. Compacted mail\nlma83m.nsf, 512K bytes recovered (<1%)
04/09/2010 04:35:14 a.m. Informational, compression of data documents is already enabled in database mail\nlmt74m.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:35:14 a.m. Informational, LZ1 is enabled in database mail\nlmt74m.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:35:14 a.m. Holy Shit what was that?
04/09/2010 04:35:14 a.m. Attempting to compress all data documents in database mail\nlmt74m.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:38:33 a.m. SMTP Server: Mail for nlno1km@noelleeminggroup.co.nz rejected for policy reasons. Recipient could not be found in the Domino Directory.
04/09/2010 04:39:21 a.m. AMgr: Agent ('The Email Convertor' in 'ServicesChannel\customersupport.nsf') printing: <<<< THE EMAIL CONVERTOR BEGIN >>>>
04/09/2010 04:39:21 a.m. AMgr: Agent ('The Email Convertor' in 'ServicesChannel\customersupport.nsf') printing: <<<< THE EMAIL CONVERTOR END >>>>
04/09/2010 04:40:03 a.m. Compacted mail\nlmt74m.nsf, 768K bytes recovered (<1%)
04/09/2010 04:40:03 a.m. Informational, compression of data documents is already enabled in database mail\nlna67am.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:40:03 a.m. Informational, LZ1 is enabled in database mail\nlna67am.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:40:03 a.m. Compacting mail\nlna67am.nsf (NL Napier Assistant Manager)
04/09/2010 04:40:03 a.m. Attempting to compress all data documents in database mail\nlna67am.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:40:12 a.m. Router: notes.ini setting for Log_Mailrouting being used (note - this option may now be configured in a Server Configuration document)
04/09/2010 04:40:12 a.m. Compacted mail\nlna67am.nsf, 0K bytes recovered (0%)
04/09/2010 04:28:58 a.m. Compacted mail\nlma33m.nsf, 768K bytes recovered (<1%)
04/09/2010 04:28:58 a.m. Informational, compression of data documents is already enabled in database mail\nlma83am.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:28:58 a.m. Informational, LZ1 is enabled in database mail\nlma83am.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:28:58 a.m. Compacting mail\nlma83am.nsf (NL Manukau Supa Centa Asst Manager)
04/09/2010 04:28:58 a.m. Attempting to compress all data documents in database mail\nlma83am.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:29:21 a.m. AMgr: Agent ('The Email Convertor' in 'ServicesChannel\customersupport.nsf') printing: <<<< THE EMAIL CONVERTOR BEGIN >>>>
04/09/2010 04:29:21 a.m. AMgr: Agent ('The Email Convertor' in 'ServicesChannel\customersupport.nsf') printing: <<<< THE EMAIL CONVERTOR END >>>>
04/09/2010 04:29:25 a.m. Compacted mail\nlma83am.nsf, 256K bytes recovered (<1%)
04/09/2010 04:29:25 a.m. Informational, compression of data documents is already enabled in database mail\nlma83m.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:29:25 a.m. Informational, LZ1 is enabled in database mail\nlma83m.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:29:25 a.m. Compacting mail\nlma83m.nsf (NL Manukau Supa Centa Manager)
04/09/2010 04:29:25 a.m. Attempting to compress all data documents in database mail\nlma83m.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:30:10 a.m. Router: notes.ini setting for Log_Mailrouting being used (note - this option may now be configured in a Server Configuration document)
04/09/2010 04:33:08 a.m. SMTP Server: Mail for nlno1km@noelleeminggroup.co.nz rejected for policy reasons. Recipient could not be found in the Domino Directory.
04/09/2010 04:35:11 a.m. Router: notes.ini setting for Log_Mailrouting being used (note - this option may now be configured in a Server Configuration document)
04/09/2010 04:35:14 a.m. Compacted mail\nlma83m.nsf, 512K bytes recovered (<1%)
04/09/2010 04:35:14 a.m. Informational, compression of data documents is already enabled in database mail\nlmt74m.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:35:14 a.m. Informational, LZ1 is enabled in database mail\nlmt74m.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:35:14 a.m. Holy Shit what was that?
04/09/2010 04:35:14 a.m. Attempting to compress all data documents in database mail\nlmt74m.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:38:33 a.m. SMTP Server: Mail for nlno1km@noelleeminggroup.co.nz rejected for policy reasons. Recipient could not be found in the Domino Directory.
04/09/2010 04:39:21 a.m. AMgr: Agent ('The Email Convertor' in 'ServicesChannel\customersupport.nsf') printing: <<<< THE EMAIL CONVERTOR BEGIN >>>>
04/09/2010 04:39:21 a.m. AMgr: Agent ('The Email Convertor' in 'ServicesChannel\customersupport.nsf') printing: <<<< THE EMAIL CONVERTOR END >>>>
04/09/2010 04:40:03 a.m. Compacted mail\nlmt74m.nsf, 768K bytes recovered (<1%)
04/09/2010 04:40:03 a.m. Informational, compression of data documents is already enabled in database mail\nlna67am.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:40:03 a.m. Informational, LZ1 is enabled in database mail\nlna67am.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:40:03 a.m. Compacting mail\nlna67am.nsf (NL Napier Assistant Manager)
04/09/2010 04:40:03 a.m. Attempting to compress all data documents in database mail\nlna67am.nsf.
04/09/2010 04:40:12 a.m. Router: notes.ini setting for Log_Mailrouting being used (note - this option may now be configured in a Server Configuration document)
04/09/2010 04:40:12 a.m. Compacted mail\nlna67am.nsf, 0K bytes recovered (0%)
Monday, July 12, 2010
Enter the Matrix!!
The Matrix exists & its out there to get us all - recently I had a para-techno experience (that's my way of saying technology driven paranormal experience). I was working on this Toshiba laptop which won’t boot to Win XP, well it looked like any other every day issue to me but it was NOT.
The laptop would not boot to Win XP & it wont give me any error message (think of the Matrix without those dropping alpha-numeric signs), just a black blank screen staring at me, no numbers, no nothing.
Enter my boss who like Neo used his magical fingers & hit ctrl+alt+del Whooooooosh!! the system rebooted to a screen which said "Resuming Windows".....whaaaat!!!!!!!! I mean no ways that could happen. What's so strange about it, well I rebooted & hard booted the laptop several times & went inside BIOS to set the settings to default which didn’t do anything & after a ctrl+alt+del its telling me "resuming windows..."
During all this I stood there like a clueless Morpheus & kept on believing that there's no laptop & there's no Win XP....nothing existed
Zion (the laptop) came to life & its all because of my boss - well actually the problem still existed but so did the machine world. So beware all you nerds & techno-freaks…the time is coming & it has already started.
Author’s Note: No part of this blog is fiction - my boss actually DID the 3 fingers trick to invoke the powers within & hit ctrl+alt+del. I have alibi to prove it.
The laptop would not boot to Win XP & it wont give me any error message (think of the Matrix without those dropping alpha-numeric signs), just a black blank screen staring at me, no numbers, no nothing.
Enter my boss who like Neo used his magical fingers & hit ctrl+alt+del Whooooooosh!! the system rebooted to a screen which said "Resuming Windows".....whaaaat!!!!!!!! I mean no ways that could happen. What's so strange about it, well I rebooted & hard booted the laptop several times & went inside BIOS to set the settings to default which didn’t do anything & after a ctrl+alt+del its telling me "resuming windows..."
During all this I stood there like a clueless Morpheus & kept on believing that there's no laptop & there's no Win XP....nothing existed
Zion (the laptop) came to life & its all because of my boss - well actually the problem still existed but so did the machine world. So beware all you nerds & techno-freaks…the time is coming & it has already started.
Author’s Note: No part of this blog is fiction - my boss actually DID the 3 fingers trick to invoke the powers within & hit ctrl+alt+del. I have alibi to prove it.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
The Lost Symbol
At the very outset, I’d like to thank Jason for making me a part of this website. He’s been kind in inviting me to this personal group of bloggers so thank you Jason…thanks for counting me in.
Since this is my first post, I am going to keep it sweet & simple. I don’t want people subscribing to my beliefs in such early stages J (haha I saw that eyebrow raising)
I am a part of an elite (in our own ways) technology driven team & I take pride in it. I am “still picking up” ropes but wouldn’t consider myself as a noobie. I am no G.I.Joe & I certainly have no connection with Area 51. I do the simple job of keeping people off-the-area known as “Commonly-Operated-Machine-Practically-Used-for-Trade-Education-Research”. Now don’t get me wrong & I don’t mean any offence but what will you call this;
Me: IT
Caller: I have a problem
Me: How can I help?
Caller: I am not able to connect to the internet can you have a look?
Me: Sure, which computer?
Caller: How do I tell?
Me: Is there a tag or sticker on the CPU?
Caller: What’s a CPU?
Me: The black box thing!!
Caller: I don’t see one.
Me: well OK, apart from the monitor what all do you see?
Caller: keyboard & mouse, that’s it.
Me: ** ahem ** OK, can you press ctrl+alt+f1 on the keyboard
Caller: Where???
Me: On the keyboard, you just told me you have a keyboard.
Caller: Oh yeah…so what am I pressing?
Me: ctrl+alt+f1…all keys together or you can hold the ctrl+alt key & then hit f1
Caller: done, nothing happened
Me: Can you try again?
Caller: nothing
Me: Which key’s are you pressing?
Caller: Ctrl+Alt+F+1
Me: it’s the F1 key, top row on the keyboard & not f+1
Caller: thanks for telling me that mate, I know what you are talking about & I am a computer literate person, I am telling you nothing is happening
Me: ** I wish I could say RTFM for keyboard ** Ok, just one more time if you can pleeaaaaaaaaasssssssssseeeeeeeeeee (I cant stress enough) look at the top row on your keyboard & tell me what it says?
Caller: Aha..there you go…I found the F1 key
(Yes sir, you sure did – you are like that zombie in Resident Evil who knew how to use a cell phone but couldn’t do the plastic object maze matching)
Now I know that it’s not funny to make fun of people. Perhaps they are good at something else & I am not proclaiming to be a wizard – but why shout your qualifications at me when you certainly don’t have the intellect to distinguish between Jack & Jill & Jack Daniels.
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