Chasing Gremlins When you hear the word “Gremlin” what images does it conjure? Anything like these? None of these images connect with what we will look at in our next few blog posts. Chasing Gremlins is a phrase coined by our company CEO, Mark Wheatley. What it refers to is the process of discovering the [...]
Solutions Review. Sound like a musical number doesn’t it? Well you don’t want to see me in a dance get up singing show tunes, I can tell you that right now. Besides I’m a blues man, I hate show tunes which is a totally different blog…moving right along. Before we move into a new [...]
Welcome back to our blog! I hope you are doing well. In my home state of Minnesota we have had snow, freezing rain, and more snow in a three day stretch turning our highways into a combination parking lot-bumper car zones. We sure hope you’re safe and warm with an un-dinged vehicle! Our last few [...]
If I asked you to tell me the main difference in style between the Martial Arts of Kung-Fu and Karate what would your answer be? Anyone know? (Share your answers below in the comment section.) The simplest answer is this; Karate is a “hard” style, Kung Fu is “soft.” If you would like to know [...]
Welcome to the CSI Onsite weblog where our aim is to provide practical tips to increase your efficiency, productivity and enjoyment while using computers at work or in your own home. This could include ergonomics, hardware, software, IT trends, and productivity tips. Our last blog, New Year’s Solutions, took a quick look at the word [...]
As we strive to broaden your knowledge base of PC technology and its best uses we will occasionally give you tid-bits on the hard ware we all use every day; such as the post on Hard Drive Innards. Our goal is not to turn you into IT gurus; rather it is to keep you from [...]
Patch Tuesday is the second Tuesday of each month. This is when Microsoft releases their newest fixes for Windows and other related software apps. Starting with Windows 98, Microsoft included a “Windows Update” system to check for patches to the Windows OS and its components. With the release of Microsoft Update, this system also checks for [...]
Before we get into this post I wanted to say thanks to all of you who are sharing your comments about our blog posts. We really do want to be a practical, relevant, and useful resource for those seeking to improve their quality of life through increase efficiency and productivity. There are some who have [...]
No we are not talking about the icky kind of innards! However, much like you and me, a Hard Drive Device (HDD) has internal components that make it work. In our last blog, we introduced Hard Drive Types. Since one of our objectives at CSI Onsite is to improve your understanding of technology, we [...]
Have you ever wondered what goes on inside that little box we call a computer? After all most of us have come to depend on our computers for much of what we do. Computers are integrated in areas of life from auto mechanics to zoology. When it comes down to it, do you really know [...]
