Technology

TECHNOLOGY

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I'll admit I'm a technology junky. From my computer to my DVD player, etc.

Computers and Software

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I am apart of some software mailing lists. If you need advice on one of these topics, join these mailing lists to get some advice.

Lists I own:

SysAdminDiscussion - To discuss general help with anything related to IT infrastructure issue (Windows, Linux, Solaris, networking, etc.).

Feel free to join these lists and ask away!

Lists I'm a member of that I recommend for good advice:

Windows 2000

Linux

PERL Beginner

My sleep utility - I wrote this program in Visual C++. I found that there was no real sleep programs in Windows without having to either write your own or get the Microsoft Resource Kit, so I obviously wrote my own. Feel free to download it. It takes milliseconds as an argument, like so:
    sleep 800
        Sleeps for 800 milliseconds

    sleep 2500
        Sleeps for 2.5 seconds

WARNING: There are no warranties or any responsibility held by me. You're on your own with this!

Wireless/Cellular

Verizon Wireless has started disallowing the use of custom ringtones. See more information here.

If you use Verizon Wireless, I have put together a little "Verizon Wireless Cheat Sheet" of stuff. There are a ton of these, but this is all I can think of at this time. Feel free to contact me and send me others. These are all air-time free.

NOTE: I assume no responsibility for any damage you cause to your phone. You use these on your own. If you don't know what any of this means, contact Verizon Wireless (*611) customer service and do not blindly dial these without knowing the consequences.

#BAL - Account balance

#MIN - Minutes used

#PMT - Pay your bill

#DATA - Sends a text message of the current amount of text messages and bytes of data used during this billing period.

*228 Update PRL and program phone

Option 1 will program your phone. Use with caution!

Option 2 will update your PRL (roaming capabilities).

*22891 Update PRL

This will perform the exact same thing as dialing *228 and then selecting 2 to update your PRL (roaming capabilities). It's just a faster way of doing it.

Last update:Wednesday, January 07, 2009