2015

Home security is something everyone wants today, but some people avoid buying an alarm system because of the expense. It’s not usually the upfront expense of buying the alarm that hinders them. It’s the month-by-month expense of live alarm monitoring. Some alarm companies can charge $30.00 a month for these services, and they are written into the contract when you buy the alarm system. It’s possible to save significant money…

If you’re in a manufacturing or scientific career, you’ve probably heard the term “cleanroom” before. What does it mean, though? How can you explain a cleanroom to your employees? Read on for a few basics about cleanrooms. What is a cleanroom? A cleanroom is an area where the environment and airborne particles are controlled. Contaminants that are created by equipment, processes, facilities, and even people are constantly being removed from…

Consumers are more interested in having a sustainable supply of energy in case of an emergency, which means that people are looking at solar power as a backup in case of service disruptions. What makes it unique is the fact that a majority of people has a relatively limitless supply of sunlight if the weather cooperates. Users will be able to have a supply of current available if they keep…

Bootloaders, such as Grub, are software packages that we give little thought to until things go wrong. You turn on your computer, the boot menu (possibly) appears and then your operating system loads. However, there is plenty you can do with the boot menu to tune the way your computer boots and the options available to you. There are two major versions of Grub still in use. The current version…

Sponsoring a Little League team or a corporate softball team is a great and affordable way to support the local community and get the name of your company out there. Every time that their friends and family come to a game, they’ll see your name on the uniforms and signage. You may even find that you pick up customers from rival teams too. Tradition says that team sponsors should give…

Purchasing the right tools for any job will make things run faster, more efficiently and will drastically cut down on the number of break downs you experience over time. This saves money in sheer costs for parts and labor, but also by way of keeping your operations running strong. You can learn more about the options available for industrial equipment by visiting manufacturers, like AimBlending.com. Machine Finish Industrial blenders may…

Recording all kinds of phone calls on your Mac is easier than you think! Not so long ago, recording a phone call meant awkwardly positioning a dictation machine near a handset and hoping for the best. More recently, voice-over-IP applications like Skype have brought voice and video communication to the desktop. In the latest versions of Mac OS X and iOS, not only can you perform FaceTime Audio as well…

There are lots of things you can do to improve the performance of your Mac. Here are the ones that will have the biggest impact. More RAM The more RAM you have, the better. One reason that Macs can run slowly is because apps and processes consume lots of RAM, leaving little for the others. But RAM is expensive, and adding it after you’ve bought a Mac is becoming difficult.…

Ethernet, the wired networking technology that originated at Xerox PARC more than 40 years ago, has always been remarkably solid. Much as Wi-Fi has ruled wireless networking since its inception in 1997, Ethernet has always stayed the course, adopting and refining new technologies as required, but never diverging from the path. After all, that is Ethernet’s strength: Without standardization, the world (or at least the world’s networks) would fall apart.…