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Vocab: assiduously

Posted on September 10, 2018 by timlyg

Kathy’s Word of the Week (9/10/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR assiduously Pronunciation: as-sid-u-ous–ly Definition: with great care and perserverance As used in a sentence: Leaders worked assiduously to hammer out an action plan.

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When Windows losts DNS records (no IP records, cannot ping) and needs a refresh

Posted on August 21, 2018 by timlyg

CMD as administrator. Computer was unable to connect to printer server. Command prompt --> ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /registerdns

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When normal way of turning on the domain network discovery file sharing doesn't work

Posted on August 21, 2018 by timlyg

Domain network discovery has been turned off. Solution: export mine that is on... - run cmd as administrator, type netsh, then type advfirewall - type export c:\firewall.wfw copy the firewall.wfw file to client's computer. import it: netsh, advfirewall, import c:\firewall.wfw … Continue reading →

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Vocab: Errant

Posted on August 20, 2018 by timlyg

Kathy’s Word of the Week (8/20/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR errant Pronunciation: er-rant Definition: deviating from regular or proper course As used in a sentence: an errant breeze

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Rockaway Fishing: Striper caught

Posted on August 12, 2018 by timlyg

Website said it's a good day to fish. Though there were a few rains earlier. Sunset time is at 7:59pm. I noticed my baits' tails kept being bitten off by something. Wave was rather low this time. lowest tide was … Continue reading →

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Vocab: Intersectionality

Posted on August 7, 2018 by timlyg

The Left/Democrat's form of racism. It's ok to be racist when it comes to the unique identity of one's own race (gender, etc.)

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2018-08-04: I pay my TOEFL Proctor, Fishing at Rockaway Beach

Posted on August 5, 2018 by timlyg

What a day today. Today is the first day I hired my own proctor out of my own pocket after raising my rate. Since Vivian had left, I paid her brother $73 in cash today. If it's not the siblings: … Continue reading →

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Command Line for Time Change/Update

Posted on August 3, 2018 by timlyg

For some computers that does not sync their clocks with internet time (NTP server), which means it's depending on the local CMOS clock (command: w32tm /query /status), which becomes inaccurate after a period of time (3-4 min offset in a … Continue reading →

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Electricity Leak / Stolen

Posted on August 3, 2018 by timlyg

The power meter reading showed that we've used 55 kWh in 2 days (7/31 - 8/2). On average we paid $60/mo. Then it went to $70 which was still ok. But last month's bill was $148. And our average power … Continue reading →

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Bak Zhang Lady in Chinatown

Posted on August 3, 2018 by timlyg

Bak Chang Bak Zhang! BaZhang! (肉粽/粽子) There's this old lady that's always selling Bak Zhang in Chinatown NYC (NW corner of Grand st. & Chrystie st) My first impression was dirty, probably not healthy. Someone selling food in a basket … Continue reading →

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