Author: Mike Moffit
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A Primer on Electricity (Part II)
Last week I gave a very brief introduction to the fundamentals of electricity. I mainly focused on what an amp was and explained the dangers of even small currents. What I didn’t explain was how we get to amps from the other pieces of Ohm’s law: volts and resistance. Have you ever plugged a flash…
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From the Archives: Why Do Logic Boards Fail?
One of the most common questions I receive as a technician is “why did [x,y,z] part fail, I mean, I take great care of my computer and have only had it a year…” and so on. This question is easier to answer when we’re talking about components with moving parts, like HDDs and optical drives,…
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Terminal Tidbits: Ditto
It’s very common for technicians to run into hard drives or files that are on the brink of failure or that contain corrupted files, which can hang up traditional back-up and transfer methods. Disk Utility can be used to create an image of a folder or drive but tends to throw an input/output error at…
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_Hello Fellow Technophiles,_ We have been busy with lots of back-to-school traffic which means that summer is coming to an end. That is fine with me because, despite my beach picture to the left, I am not a huge fan of the heat. Your computers and iOS devices aren’t either, so make sure that you…
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Eric Johnson
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Family: My amazing wife Brooke and adorable daughter Isabel Pets: Fun loving rescue pups Sully and Jaida Mae and there captain rescue kitty Trinity Hobbies/Interests: Snowboarding, Technology, Running, Weightlifting, Hiking with my Dogs, Seeing Live Music, Collecting Silk Screen Art and Concert Posters/Prints Favorite Bands: Phish, Grateful Dead, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Trey Anastasio Band,…
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Ben Ehret
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Family: Older Brother, Younger identical twin brothers Pets: English Cocker Spaniel Hobbies/Interests: I enjoy being with family and friends. For sports, I enjoy playing golf, soccer, tennis. I also like to run and workout. Favorite Books: The Time Machine, Dracula, Frankenstein Favorite TV: Lost, The Office Favorite Movies: The Bourne Series, The Dark Knight Rises…
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A Primer on Electricity
This is a topic that’s only related to computers in a technically-speaking way, but I was thinking about it a lot recently and thought it might be interesting for people. The topic is electricity. All of our cool gizmos would be useless without it. It can be dangerous and it can be beautiful. Many aspects…
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Gratton Rider
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Family: Parents – John and Sally – Brothers: Tristan and Clayton Pets: Captain (dog) Hobbies/Interests: Music, Outdoors, video/photography, skating, and snowboarding. Favorite books: Huckleberry Finn, Of Mice and Men, The Road, To Kill a Mockingbird Favorite Bands: Max Creek, Lotus, Umphrey’s McGee, Grateful Dead, Phish Favorite TV: It’s Always Sunny, Dexter, House of Cards, TPB,…