It does start to pay immediately but I sat down and did the math after meeting with a company that does solar leases. Compared to financing your own system, it costs twice as much, even factoring in interest. Buy, do not lease, solar systems.

For you sysadmins out there, here are some AHK scripts I wrote to make these easier to use:

System information can be used to view remote computers in your network as well. When open just click view, remote computer. Type in the computer name and viola!

FYI, using the promo code for the free router forces you to sign up for their newsletter.

I wanted very much to use this for to-do lists but I could never figure out how to get it to create a recurring event.

Does Thunderbird work with Exchange?

Great tip I learned a while back: If you need to create a meeting or appointment derived from an email conversation, just drag said email to the date in your calender (in your to-do bar). It will automatically create the event with the body of the email in the details of the event.

For item #7, you can also use Quick Parts, Autotext. YMMV though since this will only work if you have the same version of M$ Word installed as well.

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System & Network Administration. Other people in similar position within my department also have negotiated a day where they work from home opposed to 4 ten hour work days.

Look up Cat friend, dog friend on youtube. Nuff said.

I successfully negotiated a 4 day work week a few years back. 10 hour days aren't that bad and I actually get more done in a week than I used to. Projects move faster, off hours work can be accomplished more quickly and without re-arranging schedules or comp time. I get three day weekends every week, I ask for far…

Vote: Netgear N600

DOLP?

I would talk to your local attorney general and the BBB. If they are charging a what is clearly stated on your bill as a 'modem rental fee' and you are using your own modem, you have excellent grounds for a grievance.

Being an intermediate woodworker and not wanting to spend a lot on a standing workstation, I went the DIY route and came up with this two piece:

I have Carbonite which has worked very well for me. I also sync two of my most indispensable directories between my two computers; my photos and my music. I figure it's always good to have a secondary backup just in case.

While this wasn't from my first job, it was my first 'corporate' job where I learned some awful truths:

Well I suppose this is a duplicate of the DYI Alan posted. My apologies for the duplicate!

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