Tag: Msics
$ Sudo Stay Alert
There are many studies indicating that if you turn off your screens (all of them - phones included) an hour or 2 before you go to sleep, you will sleep better – not necessarily longer but the quality will be better. (NB: Turning off your monitors when not in use can also save you a bundle in electricity.) (Jun 29, 2011)
4 Parameters for your environment / Interface
MSiCS has begun to cover your hardware (desks, chairs) & software (food, exercise). Today we’ll look at your interface (environment). (Jun 17, 2011)
Snacks Rule & Snacking Rules
MSiCS has, so far, been dealing with your hardware (dust & workstation mechanics). Let’s take a look at programming (food). Too many people eat lunch (& even breakfast & supper) at their desks. Multi-tasking may be wonderful for some things but not for your body. If you’re feeding it when it thinks it’s supposed to be doing other things, you’ll find it’s inefficient and will slow you down. This defeats the purpose of ‘saving time’ & you’re back to square 1. In short – try not to eat at your workstation. (Jun 06, 2011)
IT: Mens sana in corpore sano
Welcome to the first article of MSiCS : Mens sana in corpore sano (a healthy mind in a healthy body) which is a quote from the Roman Poet of the 1st century AD, Juvenal. I’ll be taking a look at the Best Practices of keeping you in shape so you can keep your systems in shape. (Apr 29, 2011)
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Go Postal on Spam
You get it at the office. You get it at home. Postal spam a.k.a. junk mail. Since the late 1800’s flyers, ad-mail, unsolicited magazines and pamphlets have been cluttering up people’s mailboxes and, now, people’s... (May 09, 2012)
Single installer to deploy
With the advent of 64-bit hardware, Microsoft has released a 64-bit version of Windows to leverage the capabilities of these hardware platforms. The new Version has the advantages of addressing more than 4 GB of... (May 03, 2012)
