Category: Technology

Technology Problem. When considering a move to solar, wind, or other green power source, it is essential to measure the current usage of electricity to determine how much will be needed. Solution. P3 International offers a variety of kilowatt measuring devices including a basic or advanced wall-mounted unit as well as a very nice surge… Continue reading Surge Protector Strip and KW Electrical Usage Monitor Guage

Technology Problem. Converting old audio cassette tapes to MP3 files typically requires a cassette player and an analog to digital converter box. Solution. Ion Audio offers a Tape2PC Cassette Deck that has a USB connection for direct to computer recording. The deck is available on the x-tremegeek.com website.

Technology Problem. Converting old LP albums to digital MP3 audio files can be a hassle because it typically requires a record player and an analog to digital converter box. Solution. Ion Audio offers a variety of turn tables that connect via USB directly to your Windows or Apple computer. One of their models, the TTUSB10,… Continue reading Convert LP Albums to Digital MP3 Audio Files with USB Record Player to Computer

Technology Problem. Several people need internet access in an area that doesn’t have any wireless service. Solution. Use a broadband cellular modem with a Personal Hotspot from Cradlepoint available on the x-tremegeek.com website.

Technology Problem. An external hard drive plugged into a Windows XP computer is not visible in My Computer or using Windows Explorer. Solution. Assuming the drive is mechanically okay, the drive may not be showing because it has not been initialized, partitioned, or formatted yet. If the drive is from an Apple computer, it may… Continue reading External USB Hard Drive Not Visible for Windows XP

Effective Living > Technology > Apple > iPhone Summary. To type international characters with accent marks, press and hold the character on the iPhone keyboard and a list of choices will appear showing various accent marks for the character you’ve pressed. For example, pressing the letter e will offer an option to type é, ê,… Continue reading iPhone Typing International Characters with Accents

Effective Living > Technology > Apple Summary. This document provides basic setup and configuration instructions for using the Apple AirPort Express wireless router and access point. Instructions. The following instructions assume that a DSL Modem or Cable Modem are currently setup and providing Ethernet access to the Internet. These instructions should also work for an… Continue reading Apple AirPort Express Basic Wireless Setup and Configuration Using AirPort Utility

Effective Living > Technology > Apple Problem. When running the AirPort Utility on Apple Leopard OS 10.5, a message appears stating, “A newer version (5.3.1) of AirPort Utility is available. Click Update… to launch Software Update and quit AirPort Utility.” When Software Update runs, it reports, “Your software is up to date. Software Update doesn’t… Continue reading Apple Software Update Not Finding AirPort Utility Update 5.3.1 for Leopard

Technology Summary. Box.net is an online service that makes it possible to store and share files online. The user interface is elegant, simple, and intuitive. Signing up is free and very easy to do. All you need is to provide your e-mail address and create your personalized username and password. Box.net is more than just… Continue reading Box.net Online File Storage and Sharing for Collaboration – Review

Technology Summary. The following instructions are for configuring the Actiontec Wireless Router to have an open wireless network that allows only specified users (computers) to access the wireless network. These instructions were written based on the DSL Modem with Wireless Gateway, model GT-701WG, HW Ver. E, F/W3.60.2.0.6.3. MAC Address. To add a new computer to… Continue reading Actiontec Wireless Router, DSL Modem with Wireless Gateway, GT-701WG, Wireless MAC Authentication

Technology Problem. Many Windows XP computers do not have support for WPA2 wireless security. At present, WPA2 is the most secure wireless networking protocol. This is a problem for people needing access to som enterprise wireless networks. Previous wireless security systems such as WEP have proven to no longer be as secure. Articles have been… Continue reading WPA2 Support for Windows XP, Wireless Networking Security