October 20, 2009
Problem: It’s a common problem of cell phone coverage lacking in an office building. The only time you could get coverage inside the building was to stand next to the window. Needed something that could help the signal for more than one carrier.
Solution: Found the zBoost Wireless Extender
. The particular model that we used was the YX510-PCS-CELDual Band Signal Booster. The YX510 is compatible with 800 MHz and 1900MHz phones of all brands (except Nextel). We have seen a noticeable increase in signal with our iPhones, moderate improvement with some T-Mobile phones and not so great results with our Verizon phones. In the end, this solution was moderately successful and would do it again since the majority of the office are iPhones and with the $300 price tag, not a bad gamble.
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July 16, 2009
Problem: I’ve had some issues, in the past, with my Wacom Graphire Bluetooth Tablet
un-pairing itself with my MacBook Pro or stop responding all together. Usually, I would have to re-pair the two or reboot to fix the problem. Today was different, however, and all my tried and true fixes were not working. I was at a loss and dreading the thought of using a mouse and possibly buying a new tablet.
Solution: I realized that I had a spare pen and thought I would give that a shot. Lo and behold the spare pen worked. It turned out the problem wasn’t Bluetooth or the tablet, it was the pen. Proof that sometimes the simplest solutions can be hard to find.
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July 1, 2009
Needing a quick and simple design to promote their recycling business, All Ways Recycle contacted Mountain Vista Technologies. All Ways Recycle needed not only a clean design but something that wouldn’t break the bank. So we chose a simple template and customized the copy, navigation and colors to their needs. The end result was workable site that can grow as the business grows.
If you would like more information on how we can provide you with an affordable/tasteful design, contact MVT and we’ll do our best to suite your needs.
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June 27, 2009
Problem: After installing the most recent update to iPhoto, I have not been able to publish photos or albums to Facebook. Symptoms included not being able to input my username or once I tried to login to Facebook, it would just site there.
Solution: Found on the Mac forum that I needed to delete the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file. Within Finder go to / Home folder / Library / Preferences / . I made a backup of the file just in case but once I deleted the file and opened iPhoto, I was able to re-create my Facebook profiles and upload pictures.
Update: Apple has released an update to Safari that addresses this issue as well.
Links:
Mac Forum where I found the answer:
http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/os-x-applications-games/154983-iphoto-not-connecting-facebook.html
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June 17, 2009
8:30 AM – Waiting: Woke up early thinking that the update would be available but nothing yet. You would think that it would been available at midnight, last night, to give the maximum amount of time to download this update. Hopefully to avoid the 2.0 update issues we had last time.
8:40 AM: Saw on Twitter that the download will be available at 1:00PM Eastern or 11:00 AM (my time). Waiting….
9:10 AM: Looks like the 1:00 PM EST roll out estimation is pretty credible. 1 hour and 45 minutes to go. Tons of “Why won’t my iPhone update to the 3.0 software” tweets on Twitter.
9:30 AM: “This version of the iPhone software (2.2.1) is the current version” - That message is just sitting there mocking me.
10:25 AM: Recent Twitter posts telling me that it has been released. I still can’t download. Anyone having luck? (looks like those tweets were a hoax)
11:00 AM: Still now download available. It’s now 11:01 and nothing.
11:05 AM: getting random “It’s Online” tweets but not luck here.
11:10 AM: Looks like more and more people are able to download. Apple must be rolling out the download in phases. Too bad I’m not in the first phase. Hopefully this will keep the servers from crashing.
11:15 AM: Success at last! Downloading the 3.0 software as I write this. More to come.
11:20 AM: Download is slow. I guess this is to be expected.
11:48 AM: Download and install all done. Now to see what this sucker can do.
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