Category Archives: computing

Are You in the Loop?

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Elisabeth Moody

Sindel Technology Solutions has now officially morphed into Green Loop IT Solutions. Stephen’s wardrobe has been updated with the addition of some sleek Green Loop polos. The company recently moved offices, so now Stephen has a bit of a longer … Continue reading →

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The Field Engineer

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Elisabeth Moody

Friends regularly ask me how Stephen likes his new job. In short, it’s a great fit for him! As you might remember, he began his job as Field Engineer for Sindel Technology Solutions on January 4th. Sindel is a computer … Continue reading →

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A New Job for a New Year

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Elisabeth Moody

On January 4th Stephen began his new job as Field Engineer for Sindel Technology Solutions. While it was a joy for him to work at Americus Logistics under his boss, Robert (a fellow Christian and a deacon at a sister … Continue reading →

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The Founding Fathers are on Google Wave!

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Stephen Moody

Several weeks ago, I got accepted to Google’s new collaborative communication tool, Google Wave.  Since then, despite watching the instructional videos and having several friends with accounts, I’ve hardly used it, mostly for want of ideas of useful things to … Continue reading →

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Hello Again

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Stephen Moody

I know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted here, so here’s a picture of me with my birthday present, from my wife: It’s a binary clock (actually, it’s BCD, but who’s counting?).  Extra credit for anyone who can … Continue reading →

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Open Source Alternatives

Posted on May 3, 2008 by Stephen Moody

If you’ve ever wanted a free/open-source software package with similar features to an expensive commercial program but didn’t have the time or energy to look, Open Source Alternative is a great resource. Dozens of popular commercial programs are indexed by … Continue reading →

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Unsecured wi-fi + Gmail = Bad News

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Stephen Moody

Oy. Apparently it’s a really bad idea[ZDNet.com] to use GMail (or any other cookie-session based web service, for that matter) on a public or unsecured wi-fi hotspot. For GMail, logging in using https://www.gmail.com/ should head off this particular vulnerability, but … Continue reading →

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Air travel links

Posted on July 10, 2007 by Stephen Moody

With our vacation coming up tomorrow, I happened across a couple of interesting Wired.com articles on air travel. The first one discusses how it took a team of MIT grads to decipher airline airfare schemes. Sort of. This would explain … Continue reading →

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Laptop parts on ebay

Posted on July 6, 2006 by Stephen Moody

I’ve posted most of the salvageable components from my dead laptop on ebay. You can see those parts and a few other items I’m selling here. I’ll be adding a few more items over the next several days, including a … Continue reading →

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Computer Trouble

Posted on July 2, 2006 by Stephen Moody

Yesterday my 2 year old laptop (a Dell Inspiron 5150) decided to give up the ghost. I first noticed a problem yesterday morning when I picked it up and the system reset. I found that if I didn’t touch it, … Continue reading →

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