I just use WM recorder to capture my streams of NPR and such (Big talk radio fan, not a big music fan), since I work odd hours, I can listen to the shows from my local station being netcasted. The great thing is, I can pause it, and resume where i left off. I try to update my mp3 player daily, so don't keep any onld stuff on it. Just like my girlfriend in the 80's used a vcr to record her soaps.
I work with a bunch of guys providing level 1 and 2 support in a 20,000 user enterprise with remote offices and field agents. We support huge numbers of apps, as well as in-house apps. A lot of us do jobs on the side. I've been doing that for about 12 years. Some of the guys are real hard core PC Mag bunch, but I concentrate on what my users want to do, and give advice accordingly, versus many of the other guys that try to sell their customers up. I never give a hourly rate, I just do the job they give me, and I let them decide the rate. I've yet to have a person "lowball" my work, and on a couple of occasions, I've had to turn down the amount they were trying to give me, because it, at least to me, seemed too high (Damned ethics!). In any case, I've gone from 1 person to over 15, providing suport on an "as-needed" basis, supporting doctors, chiropracters, and others with home-based businesses. If I'm just installing software, well, I may expect less, but some of the really in-depth stuff (separating the real IT guys from the "Best-Buy" techs, I usually get a bit more. and my customers seem to appreciate my forthright honesty. I jsut do it because I like helping people, and the little bit of pocket change I get is ok too. Last week a doctor tried to pay me $100/hr at the end of my gig (installing and locking down a home wireless network, and cleaning spyware, etc, and I told him that was way too much, and we renegotiated a lower price. While many would say I was stupid, the referrals and respect I received outweigh what he was trying to pay me. BTW, for what it's worth, I have 2 degrees, and numerous certs. Oh, and yes, I didget an "A" in ethics in college.
I had an issue right after Firefox was loaded on a fresh install of XP that had the slipstreamed SP2, and AV, and all that other stuff. I noticed the search bar listed iSearch instead of google. Finally tracked it down to isearch pushing a plugin for it's services on my box. I'm usually quite fastidious abotu updating my hosts file, so these things don't bother me for very long. so far, 2 weeks, and haven't seen it back;-).
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I just use WM recorder to capture my streams of NPR and such (Big talk radio fan, not a big music fan), since I work odd hours, I can listen to the shows from my local station being netcasted. The great thing is, I can pause it, and resume where i left off. I try to update my mp3 player daily, so don't keep any onld stuff on it. Just like my girlfriend in the 80's used a vcr to record her soaps.
I work with a bunch of guys providing level 1 and 2 support in a 20,000 user enterprise with remote offices and field agents. We support huge numbers of apps, as well as in-house apps. A lot of us do jobs on the side. I've been doing that for about 12 years. Some of the guys are real hard core PC Mag bunch, but I concentrate on what my users want to do, and give advice accordingly, versus many of the other guys that try to sell their customers up. I never give a hourly rate, I just do the job they give me, and I let them decide the rate. I've yet to have a person "lowball" my work, and on a couple of occasions, I've had to turn down the amount they were trying to give me, because it, at least to me, seemed too high (Damned ethics!). In any case, I've gone from 1 person to over 15, providing suport on an "as-needed" basis, supporting doctors, chiropracters, and others with home-based businesses. If I'm just installing software, well, I may expect less, but some of the really in-depth stuff (separating the real IT guys from the "Best-Buy" techs, I usually get a bit more. and my customers seem to appreciate my forthright honesty. I jsut do it because I like helping people, and the little bit of pocket change I get is ok too. Last week a doctor tried to pay me $100/hr at the end of my gig (installing and locking down a home wireless network, and cleaning spyware, etc, and I told him that was way too much, and we renegotiated a lower price. While many would say I was stupid, the referrals and respect I received outweigh what he was trying to pay me. BTW, for what it's worth, I have 2 degrees, and numerous certs. Oh, and yes, I didget an "A" in ethics in college.
I had an issue right after Firefox was loaded on a fresh install of XP that had the slipstreamed SP2, and AV, and all that other stuff. I noticed the search bar listed iSearch instead of google. Finally tracked it down to isearch pushing a plugin for it's services on my box. I'm usually quite fastidious abotu updating my hosts file, so these things don't bother me for very long. so far, 2 weeks, and haven't seen it back ;-).