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You have mad tech skills. You’re highly motivated and love going to work. But physically; your eyes are bleary, your body aches and you look like you haven’t slept in a month. Start at the top: 1) Your Webcam: Eyes. (see “The pains of eye strain”) Check your monitor. Is it at the right levelRead more

It’s summer, you’re active and thinking about fresh fruits and veggies. But have you bought into the spam (advertising) out there as to what’s supposed to be good for you? Sports Bars: (also known as Energy Bars) contain cereals, fruit and other high energy ingredients. They’re meant to give people who have no time forRead more

SysOps and ITs special summer hazard You make sure your servers and equipment are kept cool so that they can run at maximum efficiency. But are YOU keeping cool this summer? Because all your gear is being kept at low temperatures your workspaces are often much MUCH cooler than the outside temperature. When you goRead more

You get it at the office. You get it at home. Postal spam a.k.a. junk mail. Since the late 1800s flyers, ad-mail, unsolicited magazines and pamphlets have been cluttering up people’s mailboxes and, now, people’s inboxes as well. In the U.S. alone 5.6 million tons of catalogs and junk mail are thrown out every yearRead more

Smartphone demons More and more people are using their smartphones for music and gaming as well as phone conversations. They’re using them with earbuds and over longer periods of time than if they were just listening to music. (Harvard University researcher Brian Fligor, Sc.D.) If you have to be plugged into your smartphone for anyRead more