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YOGESH PAWAR commented on Calgary Guru's blog post 'Speed up your internet connection? Read on...'
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Speed up your internet connection? Read on...

After some trouble with my old "g" class wireless router, I went back to just directly connecting my cable modem from my ISP to my computer with an ethernet cable.My connection problems went away, but out of curiosity, I chose to check my download speeds when there was no extra device between the computer and the cable modem. I used http://www.speedtest.net/ and checked about a dozen cities.Imagine my amazement to see that my peak download speeds had…See More
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What kind of geek are you?
Computer
Why do you consider yourself a geek?
Elec. Engineer, Apple-trained tech., all-round tech. guru
How did you find out about our Geek community?
From Chris Pirillo somehow... I forget now! Probably a twitter tweet he made.
What are your "geeky equipment" specs?
In order of decreasing power:
Apple Mac Pro 2.8 GHz - 8 core - 10 GB RAM
Apple G4 tower with 1.42 GHz CPU upgrade
Apple Mac mini 1.42 GHz PowerPC
Power Computing PowerCenter 150
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Do you mean "What DID I want to be?" I'm already grown up!
What makes you laugh?
Good sarcasm
What is the thing in life you treasure most?
Time spent with family
What's the geekiest thing you've ever done?
Designed and built a computer-controlled test machine for a factory.
What do you do to entertain yourself?
Should I write what I think SOUNDS good or the truth?
Favorite music, movies, books, shows, artists, games, people, events, hobbies, etc.?
Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Queen, but also Jazz... the usual geek sci-fi movies and television series... Books?
What's your Web site / blog address?
http://warpsixbbs.wordpress.com/

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Speed up your internet connection? Read on...

Posted on February 1, 2010 at 8:00pm 2 Comments

After some trouble with my old "g" class wireless router, I went back to just directly connecting my cable modem from my ISP to my computer with an ethernet cable.



My connection problems went away, but out of curiosity, I chose to check my download speeds when there was no extra device between the computer and the cable modem. I used http://www.speedtest.net/ and checked about a dozen cities.



Imagine my amazement to see that my peak… Continue

What da heck?

Posted on September 3, 2008 at 7:19pm 0 Comments

So, what's this all about, eh?

Saw it in passing, and thought I better register... not like I'm going to make any use of it though!

I've been almost off the grid for three months ( 26.4 kbps dialup )... almost like not being on the internet.

I'll have to discover what this is all about in time!

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At 1:09am on December 15, 2008, Calgary Guru said…
Wow... Google search for calgary guru (no quotes) gets me for top seven of eight results. Now that's good ranking!

I must be doing something right!
At 7:35pm on November 29, 2008, TECHTECH2 said…
Cool. very cool nice to see someone hear born from the Hat!!

Merry Christmas!
At 9:51pm on November 23, 2008, TECHTECH2 said…
Hey i live just down the road in Medicne Hat. Cool!!
At 2:00am on September 7, 2008, Chris Pirillo said…
I don't think Leo even knows it exists yet. :)
At 10:30pm on September 4, 2008, waltip.com said…
calgary when you have the time take a look at http://waltip.blogspot.com Its my start up blog leave me a comment when you have the time . Thanks

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