Old Town Computers

PAX is coming!

Tyler — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:05:11 +0000

So we’ve decided to give up a special offer for “The Gamerz” out there. Hell, if Microsoft can have renewal of wedding vows, why can’t we?

So between now and PAX, bring in your gaming machine for an upgrade of at least two of the following components, have us install them and do all the driver updates, and we’ll knock 10% off the final bill.

Video Card
RAM
CPU
Motherboard
Hard Drive
Sound Card

Oh, and if you’re gonna try and weasel an upgrade for one of these out of this deal, be prepared to be a) laughed @, and b) assaulted with jokes about how Portal isn’t a “new release”.

The honeymoon’s over….

Tyler — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:06:50 +0000

Just spent 5+ hours wrestling with a network device that I was trying to configure with my Thinkpad, which is running Windows 7 Enterprise. After posting to forums, starting from scratch more times than I can count, bugging various colleagues over the phone, etc etc etc, I had a flash of troubleshooting inspiration….

*walks over to Windows XP machine and plugs in network device*

*pulls up www.google.com*

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Fake Anti-Virus Software

John — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:46:09 +0000

We have been doing more and more malware removals lately for people plagued with rogue anti-virus software. Your best bet for avoiding them is keeping everything up to date, Windows, your browser (hopefully you’re using Firefox or Chrome already), Adobe Flash and Java.

Here’s a good summary of the problem from The Tech Herald and our current favorite application for dealing with it.

We Are Running Out of Internet

John — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:11:51 +0000

Everyone get ready to panic, we’re almost out of (OK, 2 years away from the exhaustion of) IPv4 addresses.

Most of us don’t have to worry but if you run a public facing service on the Internet (like, perhaps your company website) you might want to check out what your web host is doing to get ready and read up on IPv6.

The Softer Side of OTCPDX

Beth — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:54:39 +0000

In case you get confused by some of Tyler’s more technically-inclined posts, know that you can look forward to hot tips from me like, “Turn your computer off, then on again!” and “Unplug it, then plug it back in!”

I will also occasionally post pictures of fluffy kittens and rainbows, and possibly start an advice column.
xoxo
Beth

Can I use LOL for two post headlines in a row? Oh wai-

Tyler — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:39:38 +0000

Man the world of webcomics is pulling out all the stops today to keep my mind of off this.

LOL windows

Tyler — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:13:46 +0000

So I’m all for backwards compatibility and all, but when there’s aspects of your OS that are getting exploited that are 17 years old, you might want to think about starting with a clean slate at some point. Jes sayin’.

via Slashdot

So is blogging still cool in Twenty-Teens?

Tyler — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:23:46 +0000

Because if not, me, my new bluetooth earpiece, and my contrarian nature are gonna hop on this blog-train SO EFFIN’ HARD.

So a few little tidbits to start your year off:

WINDOWS 7 IS OKAY! – Serious, I am always the guy who get’s off the OS upgrade bus line somewhere out in St. Johns, but I’m posting this from my Windows 7 Professional 64-bit install, and lovin’ it. The good/bad Microsoft OS cycle continues….

VIRUSES, SPYWARE, AND MALWARE ARE STILL BAD! – And still out there in droves. We started off 2009 hoping it was on the decline, but no such luck. So if you’re manhood is getting insulted my pop-ups, come see us.

IPHONES ARE COOL, BUT NOT INVINCIBLE! – iPhones are awesome. Except when they decide they want to take a high-dive from your shirt pocket into the porcelain pool. So now we at Old Town Computers do iPhone repair.

I STILL USE TOO MANY EXCLAMATION POINTS IN MY POSTS! – Deal wif it.

2²

Tyler — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:44:38 +0000

We are four years old.

So here’s the deal.

And here is the deal in graphical-poster-based format.

And here are some Deals.

Left4Dead Undead-Blogging

Tyler — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:25:47 +0000

So we are through the first round of Backspace/OTC’s Left4Dead Tourney, and things are shaping up interestingly. The block residents who really should be leading at this point, Backspace and Ground Kontrol, have LOST their first round. OMG. Meanwhile, the dark horse, FUD, had a great round, and the Backspace regulars, No Team, crushed it, with a victory of 897 to 23. Frick.

9:05

RIP Ground Kontrol. Knocked out in a 29-11 loss. But the Backspace Ladies Team, WRU, are now fighting it out.

One week later

The problem with live-blaggin an event you are running is enclosed herein. The end result was kinda surprising. Team Backspace (both the men’s and women’s teams) we eliminated, as was GK, as mentioned above. The Dark Horse F.U.D. put up a good showing, coming in second, as did the Bobcats with their fancy hats, but it was the Ford’s team that pulled it out. A follow up event is soon to come in Oct, be sure to check back here to get more details.