by Joseph Forbes | Mar 17, 2013 | Blog Entry, HARDWARE, Technical Support
Yesterday a client of mine asked me to go along with him to purchase a new desktop. Income tax refund came in and he wanted to make sure the limited budget he had could afford him a good PC. Saturday afternoon we goto Best Buy (#201) to see what they had in stock....
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 17, 2013 | Blog Entry
from the curbside-charity-pickup dept. My school gave me several circa-2006 computers with no operating system. I fixed them up, and now they run Lubuntu fairly well, making them great internet/LibreOffice/general Linux workstations. I’ve been wanting to donate...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 17, 2013 | DATA, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technical Support
from the government-happy-to-keep-your-money-a-while-longer dept. Tax refunds for about 600,000 taxpayers claiming an education credit will be delayed, the Internal Revenue Service said on Wednesday, citing a software glitch at some tax-preparation companies,...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 17, 2013 | Blog Entry, HAPPINESS, MONEY
If you feel a bit stagnant in your current role, or just want a way to learn the skills you’ll need to get promoted or move up in your career, find a career mentor. A mentor can offer you the benefit of experience, unbiased advice, and expertise you can learn...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 16, 2013 | Blog Entry
In the meantime, here are some more great bookmarks we’ve recently shared with each other (using Diigo)—along with the comments we wrote at the time. Bessemer Venture Partners’ top 10 laws of ecommerce. Bessemer is a VC company that invests in ecommerce companies....
