Save your money!!!

This article gives you a little more information on why not to spend big bucks on hdmi cables. Some places try to get you to purchase a three foot hdmi cable for 100 or more dollars. If you have fallen for this before save your money and stick with the cheapies.

http://lifehacker.com/5506219/why-you-should-never-pay-more-than-10-for-hdmi-cables

Hopefully you will find this helpful.

Cool Technology

Follow the link to learn some more about this awesome piece of technology.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/primesense-fesses-up-its-the-magic-behind-microsofts-project/

It is for a new webcam that will be coming out later this year for the Xbox, but might not be exclusively available only to the Xbox owners.

Security

Here is a good article I thought everyone should read. It's about how many peoples' passwords are at risk of being easily hacked.

http://lifehacker.com/5505400/how-id-hack-your-weak-passwords?skyline=true&s=i

Microsoft in China

While Google is trying to figure out what do in China, Microsoft is trying build its market share.
http://www.dailytech.com/Congress+Rebukes+Microsofts+Chinese+Censorship+Microsoft+Fires+Back/article17984.htm

Check out this link to read more.

Week 8

Today at ITS I worked on finishing up our website for our project. I also observed Chris as he was reinstalling program after backing up a customer pc that needed to get back to its owner. Mike also had me ask a couple people if they would like to see anything added to our ITS Help Desk page to make it better or just needing something general added. Other than these couple things it was a slow day today.

Favorite Tech Sites

I thought I might add a few tech sites that i check on a daily basis to keep up with different gadgets and various technologies.
www.engadget.com
www.lifehacker.com
www.gizmodo.com
www.dailytech.com

I really enjoy all these sites and thought someone else might want to check them out.

Week 7

Today at ITS it was a little slower than last. I worked on our scripting project for most of my time at ITS today. We almost have it finished just need to do some testing and tweak a few things. I also helped Will do the shuttle run to transfer tapes between building and deliver some mail.

Week 6

Today at ITS Mike asked me to come help install some new monitors in Founders. It was a nice change of pace to get out the office and get my hands dirty and to see some of the stuff that ITS has to do. It took us just over an hour to change out 25 monitors. The classroom had the monitors built into the desk so that was an extra challenge maneuvering around to change out the monitors. We had to be careful of what we changed down to the screws that came out of the old monitors. Each item needed to be kept a log of to see what exactly would have to go back to the lease company once the three years was up. It was a very fun experience to help out with something outside of the ITS office.