Tip for the day

Computer tip for the day:

Make sure that you have all of your windows updates. There is a virus going around called the "Conficker" virus, and has infected as many as 1/16 persons computers.

Make sure that your virus scanner is updated, and that you are scanning regularly.

Busy...

Things have been pretty busy around here, but I will find time soon to be able to post new things.

Flashdrive Stress-Test

Hey everyone. Today I decided to test the durability of a flash drive, and I found my tests to be quite interesting.

Well, to start out with, I must tell you that this is a Kingston DataTraveler 1GB, (I just upgraded) and this little thing has already gone through the washer once or twice. So I decided to put this thing through abnormal flashdrive use.

Ok, the first thing that I did was take a plastic container and fill it with water, put the flashdrive in, and seal the container and shook it up a bit. I left it in there for about 10-15 minutes.

2. Then I put tap water into the microwave for 2 minutes, (it was really hot) put the flashdrive in a glass tupperware container, poured the water in, and sealed it up and shook things up a bit. I left it in there for about 10 minutes.

3. Next, I put a cup of coffee in the microwave for 2 minutes, and did the same thing with the water for 10 minutes.

4. In the meantime, I was boiling some water in a tea kettle. So I did the same thing again, only with boiling water.

5. Then I took it out, and got ready to dry it off. I took our hair dryer and opened the flashdrive to the core, put a glove on, and toasted the thing until it was dry.

So I did all of this, cooled it off, and stuck it into my computer. Amazingly, the flashdrive still worked! I was able to do everything that I was normally able to do, and it worked just great.

So then I decided to do even more extreme tests.

6. The next thing I did was put the flashdrive on the roof (it is 105 degrees ferenheight outside) and left it there for more than an hour. When I went out to get the flashdrive, the thing was really bendable.

7. So I took it inside to let it cool off, and in the meantime, I threw it really hard at the ceiling. It broke into 3 pieces, but I was able to put it back together easily. Ok, then it was time to put it into my computer. This time (not surprisingly) it was still working!

8. So then I filled a cup full of water, put the flashdrive in, and stuck it into the freezer. When I got it out, the whole thing was frozen. So I stuck it on a plate out in the sun to dry out, (the thing was stuck in an icecube) After it was dried off, I plugged it in, and it still worked. By now I am running out of ideas to use on it.

I am going to do a few more tests, like the dishwasher. I will update this list of tests when I do.

The point is that these things are pretty hardy. You could not do this with a hard drive and still expect it to live, (though I may try)

I think that I am going to get a large 16-32 GB flashdrive for backup sometime in the future.

Please post your flashdrive (or hard drive) experiences.

Google acknowledges NASA

Today, if you go to google.com, you will notice that the google logo has changed to look like some sort of space scene. I will attach a picture below if you do not get the chance to view it today.

15 Mircrosoft Ideas

In this PcWorld article, you will find 15 things that Microsoft could do to enhance their company. I think that they are great ideas. Microsoft, on the other hand, would probably reject them outright.

Click here to go to the article.

New Blog! - www.tylerchurch.com

Check back soon for updates on my new.....well, I have not decided what I am going to put up there, but whatever will be there, it should be good. The URL is www.tylerchurch.com, I was lucky to get that domain name. Anyways, check back soon!

www.tylerchurch.com

UPDATE:

There is some content on the site, but now much. Between now and the next month, I should have a good amount of content.