Entries by brmorris

Canon imageRUNNER default system password

One of my clients has a Canon Color imageRUNNER c1030iF and I needed to enter some static IP info, but I couldn’t find the System Password. In the CD manual, I finally was able to find the password since I couldn’t find it anywhere online. You also need to set the System Manager ID linked […]

Visual Basic Command Line Compiler errors

I had a client that kept having a windows popup with this info: Data Execution Prevention, To help protect your computer, Windows has closed this program. Name: Visual Basic Command Line Compiler. Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. He would click Close Message, but it would keep popping up continuously. As I looked, I found that it was […]

Vannay’s interview with RMC.fr

Gaetan Vannay of Radio Swiss Broadcast Corp. made a visit to Hama, Syria at the worst possible time (or best depending on your perspective) to report first hand on what was happening (read more from Vannay and others here). He did an interview with RMC.fr that was kindly translated by @PrincessLayl: Hama, a symbol of […]

Vannay’s trip to Hama in LeMonde

This piece was written by Gaëtan Vannay after he returned from Hama, Syria. Thanks for the work of @PrincessLayl, here is it in English. (From Le Monde: http://www.lemonde.fr/web/archive/1,0-0,50-1557225@45-0,0.html) (Read more from Vannay here.) In Hama, the martyr city,”each drop of blood is worth our sacrifice” HAMA (SYRIA), SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT (August 8, 2011) – Chief of […]

Swiss journalist’s journal from Hama, Syria

Gaëtan Vannay from Radio Swiss Broadcast Corporation was in Hama, Syria from July 19 to August 3, 2011 (see his other writing here). He is one of three Western reporters that have written about their journey (Anthony Shadid and Rania Abouzeid are the others). He posted a travel log and thanks for the work of […]

Western Reporters Sneak into Syria – a collection

As Syria’s regime justifies their killing by claiming they are fighting armed gangs, there are reporters that have been in Syria and reported first hand. Here are all the important stories, by my judgment, of Western reporters that have snuck into Syria during Bashar al Assad’s (et al) Massacres this year: The brave and talented […]

Swiss journalist escapes Hama after 10 days!

This isn’t usually what I write about, but this is just amazing and I want to share it. It is written by Gaëtan Vannay. It is a translation by a friend from Radio Swiss Broadcast Corporation’s website: http://www.rsr.ch/#/info/les-titres/monde/3310458-un-journaliste-de-la-rsr-entre-clandestinement-en-syrie.html There are also nine amazing photos he took, which I will reference at the end. I have […]

Verizon DSL 40% packet loss – NOBODY CAN FIX

Some users in a medium sized office told me their internet was very slow, so at first I thought it was just because they were far from the Central Office. However, they showed me what they meant and it was really slow. I did some ping tests and found that 40% of the packets were […]