November 17, 2012
So you can no longer open links from an email? Lately I have seen this problem come up a lot, where users can’t open links in outlook. Usually clients are unaware of any changes they made, and it could have been something they didn’t do. When trying to follow links in an email an error will pop up or it will ask you to chose your default program to open links every time. The cause of this is an uninstallation of either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. There are traces of the program...
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October 21, 2012
I don’t do this often, and trust me there is no incentive for me to, but I have to share an awesome service called SugarSync. I have used SugarSync for over a year. Unfortunately I no longer use the service because I was able to replace it with my Synology NAS. With all the hype about the Cloud lately SugarSync really has perfected this for home users. I relied on SugarSync while in college. I had my desktop computer at home and my laptop that I took to class. While at home if I wanted to ...
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October 21, 2012
A few years back I was looking for a storage solution. There were many options out there but most involved an external hard drive. This had a single flaw though, if I wasn’t going to be using this as a portable drive it would be plugged into one machine. How could I access the files from other machines? Sure I could setup a share but then the host computer would have to always be on. After searching the net I decided Network Attached Storage (NAS) was my solution. However I didn’t kn...
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September 9, 2012
It is the most iconic image of the San Francisco bay area. Perhaps one of the most iconic images of the west coast. The Golden Gate Bridge is a magnificant structure and makes for an easy subject to photograph. I have made a goal of trying to shoot the bridge from standard angles to learn to advance my photography techniques. Saturday September 8th, 2012 the bridge finally came out from its layer of summer fog. I headed to Baker Beach and explored the shoreline looking for a perfect spot to capt...
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September 8, 2012
So you’ve got Excel 2010 and you need to view 2 spreadsheets side-by-side. However, when you navigate to those files in Windows Explorer and open them they open in the same window. Sure Microsoft has a fix for this, but it’s tedious. Microsoft suggests that after you open your first file, you right click on Excel and open a new instance. From there you go to File > Open and select your file. But who wants to take all those extra steps? Technology is supposed to be easy right? Unti...
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May 1, 2012
I have always been a big fan of a good split pea soup. I had a bowl not too long ago and thought to myself “wow I bet I could make this”. Growing up my mother would always make pea soup after Easter or anytime we had a ham bone left over. Her recipe, however, called for the soup to be boiled all day. I searched the Internet looking for a recipe I could use with the crockpot. I found several and came up with is hybrid of them all.
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March 25, 2012
I was looking for a quick seafood pasta I could make during Lent and came up with this after reading a few recipes. It is a great meal when you’re in a rush and don’t want to sacrifice quality. For this example I used pesto and sun dried tomatoes from a jar. If you have a food processor I suggest making your own Basil Pesto. I used a generic Pesto but I suggest trying to find one without Parmesan Cheese in it and straining a lot of the oil out. This pasta will cook in minutes and is ...
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March 4, 2012
There’s nothing like the taste of homemade spaghetti. Sure you can easily open a can of sauce and have dinner ready in minutes. However, I challenge you to find a canned sauce that taste nearly as good as this recipe. This recipe is perfect for a saturday afternoon to have it ready by dinner or on a weekday to simmer on low while you’re busy with the eight to five.
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Ingredients
1 lb. Ground Beef
1 lb. Hot Italian Sausag...
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March 3, 2012
In my final semester at California State University, Fresno, while earning my undergraduate degree in Business Administration with an emphasis on Information Systems, I was involved in a semester long Capstone Project. This project’s goal was to demonstrate all facets of Business that I have learned over the course of my undergraduate career and showcase them in a real world project. The project I was assigned was to help a new task forced consisting of school administrators that was forme...
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February 28, 2012
My father is a member of Tulare Astronomical Association. They have recently had issues attracting new members and managing their website/facebook page. I volunteered over 400 hours to create a content management solution for the club. I also volunteer two hours a month to act as webmaster. Feel free to view the web site and the admin manual I created for the club.
Web Site
Admin Manual
Eckes Letter of Commendation
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