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Don't Press That Button

steve@quickbyte.net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100

I'm completely a DIY sort of guy. I like to figure things out by myself. You give me a book or an internet and the proper tools and I can fix just about anything, figure out how to do whatever I want.

There are of course times when you shouldn't DIY and I regularly find myself facing clients and saying..."Oh, you shouldn't have done that," even though I'm kind of impressed that they tried. Unfortunately, messing with a failing computer when you are not 100% sure you have a backup is almost a [...]

The Dangers Of External Hard Drives

steve@quickbyte.net — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Affordable external hard drives have made data storage and backup cheaper and simpler than ever, but like every other great technology, there's a catch.

At it's most basic, an external hard drive is not much more than a regular old laptop or desktop hard drive in a box. Add a little bit of circuitry to interface with the computer and voila! However, many of these solutions, particularly the network based models and the larger capacity models on [...]

quickbyte.net 2.0

steve@quickbyte.net — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Damn.....! All I can say is it's about time.

A lot of you are stopping by because I invited you, so thanks for coming over. While we're at it thanks for letting me handle your IT for the last 11 years. I've enjoyed myself, and I'm looking forward to being useful in the future. This web site is the first step in that direction.

Redesigning quickbyte.net was long overdue. It wasn't really critical, but it will lead to some useful innovations, for one thing better content managem [...]