Matt Hartley

Back on Nov 6th, I reported that I had decided on the difficult to track down for purchase, Draytek 2820n router. I highlighted the fact that I had not tested out the 802.11n abilities, however the wireless G appeared to be more than enough for my needs. At the end of the day, I needed [...]

Today I noticed two very unique changes in how I used Google. One, I was suddenly noticing that I could change around the search results from what I was initially presented with. Seems cool enough, considering this basically ensures that whatever Google’s idea of SEO is could be shot to heck with people moving around [...]

Surely I must have missed something here? But as I read through this article, it clearly pointed out that if Microsoft is to save its own butt, giving away Windows 7 is the best option for the company’s health.
Normally, I would begin my tirade in pointing out that while I have many issues with [...]

Despite not wishing an audit on anyone, I have been saying that Mozilla’s non-profit status is complete nonsense for a couple of years now. What, do I mean Mozilla.com or Mozilla.org? Exactly, the division between the non-profit and for profit bodies appears to not be as strong as we once thought.
As of 2007, Mozilla (the non-profit) declared [...]

It is actually pretty weird for me to even think about, the idea of one of Yahoo’s founders stepping down. But to be completely honest, even before the changes in the economy, Yahoo’s financial performance has been pretty bad by anyone’s standards.
This blog posting today from Yang really must have been tough for him. Regardless [...]

Today, Amy asks:
Hey Matt I need help. Every time I put in any web address in to search for something it directs me to comcast.net. I have no idea why it started. It is on my laptop. I tried to do a DNS flush but it does not work. Please help [...]

Seems like everywhere we turn these days, people are being laid off or in some cases, even booted from their homes. Despite the fact that there are some things you can do after losing your job, the reality of just how tight things are bound to get in our fields is becoming painfully close to [...]

As I type this, my brother is likely at home playing with his latest install of the new World of Warcraft “Wrath of the Lich King” on his computer. While I have never really been able to get back into gaming myself, others have found that World of Warcraft or “WoW” is the next best [...]

It’s going to be pretty tight I suspect, looking at the differences between the iPhone and the BlackBerry Storm. Some might be quick to point out how they in many ways, serve two different audiences. However I have watched as many enterprise users have flocked by the thousands to Apple’s latest mobile creation.
Will the new [...]

The idea is just a broken one - network computing. The official reason why it will not work was at the time of its inception likely is a combination of bandwidth access (or lack there of) along with the dropping price of stand alone PCs with a real hard drive.
Fast forward to now, I see [...]

Sorry for the strange title, but it just hit me like that. At any rate, KnujOn is interesting as it allows frustrated people such as myself the option of taking action rather than whining about it in Lockergnome posts. So big shout out to Tinman.
It seems that not only can I submit my buckets of [...]

For most of us, dealing with spam is a fact of life. But when you end up hearing about the response rate being something in the 0.00001% range, you begin to wonder where in the heck the profit actually is? Well it turns out that despite the terrible turnaround for spammers, they manage to make [...]

For those hardcore about using real Unix instead of Linux, FreeBSD is where it is at for the workstation. Unfortunately, the belief that it is simple enough for Windows users to migrate to is a dream gone wrong. That is where the belief that something like PC-BSD might fit in for new *Nix users, designed [...]

After much research, which included me giving very serious consideration to just getting something Cisco based, I reluctantly purchased a Draytek Vigor 2820n router. Contrary to what you might think, I could careless about its 802.11n support or whether or not I can get a wifi signal halfway down the street. No, I had a [...]

Going with the iPhone. This is something my wife has been pushing for recently yet as I have shared in the past, AT&T has made it clear that it cares little about making this reasonable for its customers. Because we are not able to “upgrade” yet, AT&T expects us to pay full price. AT&T can [...]

I have been generally happy with my Gamer’s Lounge from D-Link for a couple of years now. Unfortunately, I am running entirely too much off it these day and it appears that it is suffering from a real overload. I end up having to reboot it at least once a day. I know for a [...]

I believe that collectively, we all need to be realistic here. The fact is that the Android has just made its way onto a mainstream mobile device. So to find ourselves becoming shocked due to a few brand new applications designed for the platform that are not running up to snuff is rather silly.
In short, [...]

I have to admit, this latest question that ended up on my desk through the grape vine honestly has me completely stumped. I do not know what to think about it? Here is what was asked initially.
My friends and I are using VPN programs to connect a virtual LAN over the Internet. The current one [...]

There is no question that using Google Apps is an acquired taste. The same might be said for using OpenOffice. But overall, people are finding that MS Office remains the standard as it is what people know. This being said, I am still not totally clear where Microsoft is headed in its new Office as [...]

As I sit here typing on my Ubuntu powered notebook (pre-installed, by the way), I have to admit that the mistakes made with Vista appear to have hit home. And they appear to hit home enough with their work on Windows 7 that as I have pointed out in the past, Vista served as Microsoft’s [...]