Admin is a father. He names child 1.0
Yeah Right! But I got you attention didn’t I. No the wife wouldn’t let me geek out like that…
As of yesterday The Admin is a proud father of a 6.3lbs Beautiful baby girl named Kayla Jacquelyn…
Everyone is doing great! Thank you for all your emails and concerns. You guys really rock. No really, you guys really do rock. We have made so many really great friends off of this site in just over a year, it’s awesome!
How long before my little precious is in front of a computer :) ? No really, she is the new love of my life all perfect and what not! Go ahead we will wait for you to get your awwwwww out.
Time to revisit how to protect the young-ins online.
Anyway in other news… AtA was featured on MakeUseOf.com among some other cool sites over here. Thank you for your kind words everyone!
And in other news, Michael Meyer attended the Digital Life Holiday Press Preview while I was at the hospital. He gathered up the intel to help supe up our “It’s a Geeky Christmas. What to get the geek in your life.” article. Stay tuned while we compile the data… We are also accepting ideas from you so send em on in or post em up in the comments.
Also worth honorably mentioning, the winner of our Roxio giveaway has received his package – pics to follow.
WOW I MADE THIS!!
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How Can I Change Local Passwords on A LOT of Workstations? (2 Years Ago Today)
January 5, 2010 - 10:51 am
Tags: General
Posted in Admin's Arsenal, How To, Questions | 19 comments
I know the feeling of your secure network being compromised by an end user… Passwords do fall into the wrong hands and then what do you do? Scenarios start running through my head and I make a mental list of all the passwords and system configs that need to be changed. These aren’t fun times [...]
Is it possible to have TOO MUCH RAM?
January 3, 2010 - 12:52 am
Tags: General
Posted in Questions | 22 comments
You know the saying, “You can’t have too much RAM or too much storage.” Well, there is at least one case where a lot of RAM can cause problems. My current desktop had 1 Gig of RAM and I recently bought an additional 2 Gigs since the price was so low. (And of course I [...]
Adding your own options to the XP right click menu.
October 26, 2009 - 6:30 am
Tags: General
Posted in How To | 9 comments
As avid Windows users you have seen how applications add right click menu options. For instance Mcafee antiVirus adds a shortcut to Scan For Threats in the selected folder or Resco’s options to encrypt or de-crypt a folder. Now you want to add useful right click options for yourself and AtA is here to show [...]
Windows Vista Little Known Shortcuts! Awesome.
October 15, 2009 - 12:00 am
Tags: General
Posted in Admin's Arsenal, How To, Tips/Tricks | 5 comments
Everyone knows your friendly neighborhood admin is all about shortcut keys and uber productivity. I don’t know how I never found this one before… Check it out you have your quick launch buttons displayed next to your start menu for easy access. By default you have Show Desktop, IE and whatever other applications you installed. [...]
I need a FREE solution to recover deleted files!
August 11, 2009 - 12:52 am
Tags: General
Posted in How To, Reviews | 15 comments
We have used many different retail programs to recover accidentally or maliciously deleted files off of our PC, Digital Camera or Mobile device. We have tried a few free ones and they bring us back to the old saying… You get whatcha pay for! As such we never really covered the topic here on Ata, [...]
Identify your memory without cracking the case.
July 30, 2009 - 12:00 am
Tags: General
Posted in Reviews | 10 comments
We have reviewed Crucial Memory in the past here when we gave away a 2gb memory module to one of our readers. So we were happy to plug them again when Jenny from San Fransisco wrote us asking: Yo Admin can you tell me what kind of memory is in my PC without me having [...]
Find all your drivers with Double Driver.
July 24, 2009 - 12:00 am
Tags: General
Posted in Admin's Arsenal, Free Download | 6 comments
Do you hate looking for and downloading drivers on every re-format? Well if you can get to your desktop you should be able to run Double Driver and copy your drivers off your machine to a USB stick and then restore them right back into your fresh clean formatted system! We covered something a little [...]
Can I save my searches to reuse them in Vista?
June 1, 2009 - 12:00 am
Tags: General
Posted in How To | No comments
So are you wondering why you would want to save your searches? Think about it… How would you like the ability to dynamically find the items you need with a saved search? So the boss called and said – I need all the purchase orders less than a months old and tagged Smith? How about [...]
Can I Make My Own High Priority Folder Like My Documents?
April 16, 2009 - 7:56 am
Tags: General
Posted in How To, Questions | 5 comments
This morning we had a request for adding a “High Priority Folder”. This would be a top level folder that shows up on your Windows desktop and in My Computer. Didn’t think you could do that? Well read on… The folder we will be creating can not be removed – just like My Computer or [...]
Can I migrate printers from one machine to another easily?
April 7, 2009 - 12:00 am
Tags: General
Posted in Admin's Arsenal, Free Download, How To, Questions, Reviews | 3 comments
I had the pleasure of attempting to migrate a print server this weekend. I mean I had to figure out a quick and efficient way to install the 70 some odd printers on a new server. I was not going to be doing this manually that was for shit sure! I had some junior admins [...]
November 7, 2007 - 6:02 am
congrats man you got to love them girls.
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November 7, 2007 - 6:09 am
Kayla? What a beautiful name. That also happens to be my daughter's name! Congrats man!
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November 7, 2007 - 6:12 am
Thanks!I guess great minds think alike buddy . She is so amazing. I find myself just staring at her… I can't believe we made something so beautiful!!!!Back to the loves of my life! Later
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November 7, 2007 - 6:43 am
Little girls rule the world. It is that simple.Congrats and where are the gratuitous baby pictures?!
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November 7, 2007 - 6:59 am
Congrats Karl !I will be father too for the first time in February 08. A little boy !
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November 7, 2007 - 2:02 pm
congrats man you got to love them girls.
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November 7, 2007 - 2:09 pm
Kayla? What a beautiful name. That also happens to be my daughter’s name! Congrats man!
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November 7, 2007 - 2:12 pm
Thanks!
I guess great minds think alike buddy . She is so amazing. I find myself just staring at her…
I can’t believe we made something so beautiful!!!!
Back to the loves of my life! Later
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November 7, 2007 - 2:43 pm
Little girls rule the world. It is that simple.
Congrats and where are the gratuitous baby pictures?!
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November 7, 2007 - 2:59 pm
Congrats Karl !
I will be father too for the first time in February 08. A little boy !
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November 7, 2007 - 1:56 pm
astroman congrats! how long along is she? is it your first as well?
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November 7, 2007 - 3:02 pm
Congratulations man !
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November 7, 2007 - 9:56 pm
astroman congrats! how long along is she? is it your first as well?
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November 7, 2007 - 11:02 pm
Congratulations man !
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November 7, 2007 - 7:15 pm
wow congrats Admin just had a baby and you are still updating the site, you're amazing. thanks for helping me in the past. fast answer right to the point.
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November 7, 2007 - 8:00 pm
Oh and I would LOVE a HD Tivo for xmas!
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November 7, 2007 - 8:19 pm
santa can I have some sort of robotic kit? and make it cheap so my girlfriend will actually buy it. make it the cheapest thing on the list and i will send her the link. he he
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November 7, 2007 - 9:00 pm
Congrats, until she is about 13… Anyway, enjoy fatherhood!
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November 8, 2007 - 3:15 am
wow congrats Admin just had a baby and you are still updating the site, you’re amazing. thanks for helping me in the past. fast answer right to the point.
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November 7, 2007 - 9:43 pm
Thanks Korbin! @CatronThanks but… 13?? I'll be on the lookout WAY earlier. I am from BROOKLYN after all!Speaking from experience?
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November 8, 2007 - 4:00 am
Oh and I would LOVE a HD Tivo for xmas!
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November 8, 2007 - 4:19 am
santa can I have some sort of robotic kit? and make it cheap so my girlfriend will actually buy it. make it the cheapest thing on the list and i will send her the link. he he
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November 8, 2007 - 5:00 am
Congrats, until she is about 13… Anyway, enjoy fatherhood!
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November 8, 2007 - 5:43 am
Thanks Korbin!
@Catron
Thanks but… 13?? I’ll be on the lookout WAY earlier. I am from BROOKLYN after all!
Speaking from experience?
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November 8, 2007 - 4:45 am
Hi Karl, Congratulations on becoming a father!!!! Exciting times. I wish you the best. Maybe, we'll have askthechild.com up soon :-)
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November 8, 2007 - 5:02 am
askthechild.blogspot.cominteresting concept, you guys might be onto something. Mazel Mazel Karl she is beautiful.
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November 8, 2007 - 5:16 am
you are my hero. Congratulations and may god be with you.
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November 8, 2007 - 5:23 am
Congratulations!Enjoy every moment, time flies, my daughter is now nearly two already, it still feels like she was born yesterday!
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November 8, 2007 - 5:30 am
Congrats Karl!Aibek (MakeUseOf.com)
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November 8, 2007 - 5:39 am
Picture posted! I had so many requests I couldn't resist… It was only a short time before the paparazzi got a hold of her…Wow its hard to keep up with all the kind words! You guys are really amazing I feel like your family!Thank you Aibek, Commodore, Abhi, Simon, Willie, John, Michele, Stefni and anyone else i am forgetting I will answer everyone of your emails!Have a great day out there guys. Back to the hospital.
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November 8, 2007 - 12:45 pm
Hi Karl,
Congratulations on becoming a father!!!! Exciting times. I wish you the best.
Maybe, we’ll have askthechild.com up soon :-)
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November 8, 2007 - 1:02 pm
askthechild.blogspot.com
interesting concept, you guys might be onto something. Mazel Mazel Karl she is beautiful.
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November 8, 2007 - 1:16 pm
you are my hero. Congratulations and may god be with you.
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November 8, 2007 - 1:23 pm
Congratulations!
Enjoy every moment, time flies, my daughter is now nearly two already, it still feels like she was born yesterday!
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November 8, 2007 - 1:30 pm
Congrats Karl!
Aibek (MakeUseOf.com)
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November 8, 2007 - 1:39 pm
Picture posted! I had so many requests I couldn’t resist… It was only a short time before the paparazzi got a hold of her…
Wow its hard to keep up with all the kind words! You guys are really amazing I feel like your family!
Thank you Aibek, Commodore, Abhi, Simon, Willie, John, Michele, Stefni and anyone else i am forgetting I will answer everyone of your emails!
Have a great day out there guys. Back to the hospital.
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November 9, 2007 - 4:39 am
Sorry I'm late…Congratulations Karl :)
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November 9, 2007 - 5:41 am
Thanks Phil and thanks for your article this morning. i can use all the help i can get :)
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November 9, 2007 - 6:20 am
Hearty congtaulations, Karl!! She's adorable! Keep well.
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November 9, 2007 - 12:39 pm
Sorry I’m late…
Congratulations Karl :)
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November 9, 2007 - 1:41 pm
Thanks Phil and thanks for your article this morning. i can use all the help i can get :)
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November 9, 2007 - 2:20 pm
Hearty congtaulations, Karl!! She’s adorable! Keep well.
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November 9, 2007 - 8:40 am
In the last week I moved closer to work, so I'll have more time to contribute now. How's that for good timing? :)
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November 9, 2007 - 4:40 pm
In the last week I moved closer to work, so I’ll have more time to contribute now. How’s that for good timing? :)
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November 9, 2007 - 11:01 am
awesome Phil thats great AtA can use all the help it can get! And thank you Adrian.
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November 9, 2007 - 7:01 pm
awesome Phil thats great AtA can use all the help it can get! And thank you Adrian.
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