Matrix Group International

Month: July 2008

  • Alabama Associated General Contractors

    Alabama Associated General Contractors

    Alabama Associated General Contractors (ALAGC), a powerful voice in state and national politics, is dedicated to building a better future for the construction industry.

    ALAGC and Matrix Group collaborated on a strategy that would make its Web site the one-stop destination for its members for all information about contracting, industry news, safety standards, best practices, programs, activities and events. The solution included Matrix Group’s association management software (AMS), MatrixMaxx and a robust content management system (CMS) that allows members to create a personalized page with content most relevant to them.

  • Apple TV

    This nifty appliance lets me stream photos, podcasts and music to my TV.  The best part: it lets me surf YouTube on my plasma TV!

  • Cryogenics for the Terminally Dead Hard Drive

    Cryogenics for the Terminally Dead Hard Drive

    This topic is certainly not new. In fact, I first read about it many years ago, didn’t really believe it, but I must have filed the info in the old brain drive.

    Last week, I went to pick up my son from his preschool. As soon as I walked in, the preschool Director came up to me, surprisingly calm for the news she was about to deliver. She said “My computer won’t boot ever since the power outage last week. Can you help?” She had a back-up of her work, but it was not current. (Rule number one: keep a current back-up of your PC and network.)

    I told my husband, the “real techie in the family,” about the dead computer and he agreed to look at it. The prognosis was not good. The machine would not even recognize the drive, which was clicking sadly away. A senior network administrator came up with the same, bad news. Diagnostic tests would not revive the hard drive, either.

    I was resigned to tell the preschool Director the sad news, when I remembered the urban legend about putting a dead drive in the freezer to revive it. I told my husband, who looked at me funny, but heck, we had nothing to lose.

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