Being in Tech Support myself, I thought this was pretty dern funny….

“Dear Tech Support,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a
distinct slow down in overall system performance, particularly in the flower
and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0..

In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as
Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable
programs such as

NFL 5..0,
Fishing 3.0 and
Hunting 4.1.

Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the
system.

Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but
to no avail.

What can I do?

Signed,

Desperate.

DEAR DESPERATE,

First, keep in mind,
Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating
system.

Please enter command: ithoughtyoulovedme.html, try to download Tears 6.2,
and do not forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update.
If those applications work as designed, Husband 1.0 should then
automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.

However, remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to
default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0, or Beer 6.1.
Please note that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the
Farting and Snoring Loudly Beta.

Whatever you do, DO NOT under any circumstances install Mother-In-Law 1.0
(it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all
your system resources.)

In addition, please do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0-program.
This is an unsupported application and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory
and cannot learn new applications quickly.. You might consider buying
additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Cooking
3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.0.

Good Luck!

Tech Support “

Planning on recycling your Christmas tree…OH MY GOSH!….did I say CHRISTmas tree!

ok…thought this was pretty cool!

ANOTHER one of Dave Ramsey’s GREAT bits of advice!

“Another year and another set of resolutions. If you’re like most Americans, you’ll probably forget your goals by mid-February. So how do you make your resolutions actually happen this year?

First, keep in mind that goals are dreams; but don’t stop at just dreaming. Turn your dreams into bite-sized pieces that will gradually create a big event in your life. If you’re waiting on an outside variable to change your life, you have a long wait. You have to do something. It’s your responsibility to fix your life, not someone else’s. It’s time to sit down, make some goals, and take control.

Goal setting is how you win. Once you’ve made your resolutions, they will drive you forward. The goals will motivate you to seek activities that will help you succeed. It’s not always fun, but those exercises bring you closer to your goal and make you a winner.

If you want to actually achieve your goals this year, then consider the following:

1. Be specific.
   When setting goals, be specific in what you want to achieve. Vagueness will only cause you to feel overwhelmed, and you will just give up.
2. Make your goals measureable.
   In order to know if you achieved the goal, it must be measurable. For example, if you want to lose weight, don’t simply write down “lose weight” as a goal. How much weight do you want to lose? Or don’t just write “spend more time with family.” How much time do you want to spend with your family every night?
3. Are they your goals?
   Only you can set your own goals. If your spouse, co-worker or friend sets a goal for you, you’re not going to achieve it. Taking ownership will give you more incentive to meet your goal.
4. Set a time limit.
   Setting a time frame will help you set realistic goals. For example, if you want to save more money, list how much money a month you want to put into your savings account.
5. Put them in writing.
   Putting your goals in writing will make you much more likely to achieve them. Write down your goals and review them often. This will give you motivation to make them a reality.

This is the process to succeed. Successful people reassess their lives and then start living intentionally, in writing, on paper, on purpose. Make your resolutions a reality in 2010.”

see this article on Dave Ramsey’s website

Screen shot of virus alert

Today we had several calls that AVG, a commonly used Anti-Virus suite, was reporting that LogMeIn.exe was a Trojan.horse.vundo.jl VIRUS!!!

LogMeIn is a VERY Reputable company and they host the REMOTE TOOL that we use to access our client machines remotely. Due to the very nature and abilities of LogMeIn or any other remote tool for that matter, it MAY appear as a Malware Infection. We assure you that it is not and we have had this issue with multiple Anti-Virus suites including the biggest, Norton’s Anti-Virus and McAfee Anti-Virus….and now, AVG.

AVG is still a GREAT anti-virus suite and I assure you that this is a common mistake and not really the fault of LogMeIn OR AVG…sometimes legit stuff gets cornered JUST LIKE some of your legit emails make it into your SPAM mailbox…very same priniciple!

IF you’ve gotten a message about LogMeIn being an infection, please use these steps below to ADD LOGMEIN to your EXCEPTION LIST (Applies ONLY to AVG)

1. Double-click on your AVG icon down at the bottom right hand side of your screen in your task bar
2. Once the screen is up, please double-click on “Resident Shield”
3. At the bottom of the “Resident Shield” window, click on the button “Manage Exceptions”
4. Under the “Manage Exceptions” window….click the button “Add Path”
5. This will bring up a window where you’ll need to browse for the LogMeIn folder
6. This folder will be located in the following path…My Computer>Local Disk (C:)>Program Files>LogMeIn
7. Simply select the LogMeIn folder and click “OK”….
8. Click “OK” again and you’re done!
9. Call us 615-424-1614 if you run into any problems!

Today is Easter PRAISE GOD~ for HE IS RISEN….He is RISEN indeed! It is the day that we celebrate the rising of Jesus Christ our Lord, the Son of God. There are many in the world that know and honor this time. As believers we pay homage by remembering what Christ went through for us, dying on the cross and on the third day rising and conquering death, so that we might know Him intimately! What a sacrifice! “For God SO LOVED the world [you] that He gave is ONLY SON, that whosoever believes in Him, will NOT perish, but have EVERLASTING LIFE”! (John 3:16)

What a beautiful day it is that we celebrate this GREAT FEAT that Christ overcame for US. Dying on the cross for our sins…for US…That’d be me and you!…yes…YOU! I know MANY people who’s names I’d put here, but it’d take a while.

I went to Church today as well a good many of you did. Why did you go? To feel good about yourself? Did you go just because you go every week? Did you feel the significance of today, Easter? I am saddened that my Church was almost TWICE as full today, but next Sunday, we’ll be back down to our normal numbers. Going to Church on Easter is NOT going to get you into Heaven. For that matter, going to Church EVERY WEEK won’t either. There are SO MANY things in life that we WORK SO HARD TO ACCOMPLISH in hopes that it’ll somehow pay ransom for all the bad things we’ve done…right? That, after all, is our mentality. I am going to charge you with something. Maybe you have thought about it, maybe you haven’t. I want to challenge you that ALL the things that we SHOULD do that are the right things to do (i.e. going to Church, being honest, doing the right thing in general, etc) come as a RESULT of a relationship with Christ! IF you fill yourself with Him, you will NOT be able to contain the good inside of you and it will overflow from you! What a CONCEPT! The Bible makes it clear that our very best, is as filthy rags to Christ! It also makes clear that “ALL have sinned and ALL fall short of the Glory of God”. According to this, no matter WHAT we do or how GREAT we think it is, we might was well be handing God a box of horse dung and ask Him to accept it as payment for getting into Heaven. Christ died for ALL. Believe in Him, because He is the ONLY ONE that will fill that missing link in your life.

I don’t expect everyone to believe or even care about what I am saying, even some will be angered, but I am speaking to those that this message was meant to find…That message is “Stop wasting your time and make that decision to follow Christ, because it is the ONLY way you can be truly happy, no matter what you have physically, whether that be money, fame, or ALL the things in the world…because ALL of those things, you will leave behind when you leave this life. Make the right choice.”….I know I have.

You want to talk more about this…it doesn’t matter who you are, email me…and I’ll be happy to walk with you and any questions you have

I post things on this blog that are pertinent to my business AND my life. What you see here IS what Warwick Data Solutions is. I will never shy away from what IS in order to be politically correct or to not offend anyone.

Google played it out well, but note that what us to suspicion was the fact that there had been NOTHING about this technology before it was turned “on” suspiciously ON APRIL 1st!

We were also giggling at the “brain scan”…made to make people look funny as they drive down the street or on their lunch break with their cell phone placed to their forehead! HA…that part gave it away!

Here’s what Wikipedia says about CADIE:2009

CADIE

When using Google Books or GMail, a user would come across an announcement dated March 31, 2009 at 11:59:59, declaring a new “Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity”. CADIE is also mentioned on the gBall FAQ page: “Google’s new CADIE technology will interpret the data obtained from each ball to provide useful tips to owners”. There is also a link on Google’s Homepage for CADIE, and a blog entry in Google’s official blog.

CADIE technology is also used to generate “senryu” (a type of Japanese poem similar to haiku) based on search terms for certain Japanese queries.

The Google Search homepage has a link to the CADIE announcement which states that “For several years now a small research group has been working on some challenging problems in the areas of neural networking, natural language and autonomous problem-solving. Last fall this group achieved a significant breakthrough: a powerful new technique for solving reinforcement learning problems, resulting in the first functional global-scale neuro-evolutionary learning cluster.” The page links to the blog below.

On mobile devices, a link shows up to Brain Search, which uses CADIE technology to “index your brain”. This is how it all looks like from a mobile device.

…these are supposedly the real “words” of CADIE

April Fool’s joke played by Google? Maybe….maybe not!

CADIE is the first Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity (CADIE)

Here’s what Google has to say~

Research group switches on world’s first “artificial intelligence” tasked-array system.

For several years now a small research group has been working on some challenging problems in the areas of neural networking, natural language and autonomous problem-solving. Last fall this group achieved a significant breakthrough: a powerful new technique for solving reinforcement learning problems, resulting in the first functional global-scale neuro-evolutionary learning cluster.

Since then progress has been rapid, and tonight we’re pleased to announce that just moments ago, the world’s first Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity (CADIE) was switched on and began performing some initial functions. It’s an exciting moment that we’re determined to build upon by coming to understand more fully what CADIE’s emergence might mean, for Google and for our users. So although CADIE technology will be rolled out with the caution befitting any advance of this magnitude, in the months to come users can expect to notice her influence on various google.com properties. Earlier today, for instance, CADIE deduced from a quick scan of the visual segment of the social web a set of online design principles from which she derived this intriguing homepage.

These are merely the first steps onto what will doubtless prove a long and difficult road. Considerable bugs remain in CADIE’S programming, and considerable development clearly is called for. But we can’t imagine a more important journey for Google to have undertaken.

For more information about CADIE see this monograph, and follow CADIE’s progress via her YouTube channel and blog.

Still waiting…….

I did what you told me…

I sent the email to 10 people like you said.

I’m still waiting for that miracle to happen.

OK….so there are GOOD people out there that forward “chain” letters. I mean, hey…I even did once, maybe twice! Don’t feel bad, just don’t send forwards ANYMORE! Seriously, do you know ANYONE who ever got free money from Microsoft for forwarding emails? What about the free sets of clothes from GAP clothing stores? AHHHH and who can forget the “don’t open an email marked “Happy Christmas” or it’ll “wipe out your credit cards!” Seriously, get real people! Did you know there’s a bunch of sorry excuses for people out there in the cyber world collecting your email addresses? What about the myriad of SPAM that we all get in our email?

You know, Dave Ramsey gives GREAT common sense tips for managing your money. Just as well, Dr. Asa Andrew has some GREAT common sense tips for managing your health and diet. For all intents and purposes, let’s PLEASE use some common sense in our lives! We HAVE to front more of it due to our overall LACK of common sense wafting down the ranks from “up top”. Need I say more?

here are a few good tips:

~Check ALL emails that you want to forward for interesting reasons at “Snopes”. Here’s the web address that’ll make you seem smarter (or not so naive)

~DON’T believe some silly persons attempt that you are going to receive “bad luck” if you don’t forward something to at least 10 people. I mean COME ON! Remember who’s in control, some emailing moron? or our God in heaven?

~Stay with the old adage of “If it’s too good to be true, it most likely IS too good to be true”!

I think it’s safe to say that “Life” is most certainly NOT “a box of chocolates”! All of us struggle through economic hard times that are more “local” if you will, though a lot of folk are struggling with the more detrimental nationwide economic downturn. I have a local economic hard time… This week, I have lost 3 clients…YUK!It’s my first “break-up” as I call it, and I am sure it won’t be my last. So for those of you having financial hardships and have had to let people in your company go…well, that’s understandable, you do as you must. My break-up seems to be over a break down in communication, at least that’s what I think, since those who have parted ways don’t seem to be letting on as to why a move was necessary. Sadly, I don’t think it has anything to do with finances or the economic downturn. That’ll slap a small business owner into shape, hey? SO, it’s back to the old drawing board to re-evaluate what I do and how I go about doing it. As one can only do when calamity strikes, right?

When you’re a small business owner, your company is HUGE and you aim for it to function as a well oiled machine, right? SURE…there’s only one problem, you ARE THE COMPANY! You are the President, the office manager, the bookkeeper, the CPA, the operations officer, the scheduler, the personal assistant, the board of directors, the geek, the janitor, the child-care, the courier, the consultant, the advertising agency, the field tech and the list goes on and on…not to mention you have to be the husband (or wife in some cases), which involves a HUGE amount of responsibilities anyway! WHEW!…it gets really tough when you think about it. I’d be lost without God controlling it all and on this earth, I would NOT be successful without my wife, for sure!

For those of you out there that have decided that it’s time to part ways, I can only say that with just a little bit of communication, issues very easily could have been avoided. Many of my clients know FULL WELL that if you don’t communicate with me, you’re likely to be upset about something at sometime. NO ONE can be happy with anyone all the time, I mean, I think my wife is the very best wife in the entire universe and I still have moments when I am unhappy with something she’s done ~ but where are we if we don’t communicate about it? Nowhere, is your answer. One sided moves that affect the other side are often passed off with a simple phrase~ here it is! There’s a common misconception in the business world that “it’s just business”. I HATE that phrase. It’s NEVER just business. That statement usually only rings true for one party, while the other side is usually left holding the bag of “not goods”, if you know what I mean. Communication in life, while taking consideration for the other side’s asperations and being a judge of the heart, is always the way to go. I am not saying that parting ways is never a good idea, but if both sides are honest about things, then a true seperation MAY BE the right plan of action….however, there are MANY times in life that there is a seperation of a relationship and it is all too often because someone failed to kindly share frustrations with the other side. I can’t change anyone, but I can change what I do. Always look in the mirror for the problem! TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AMERICA for your own downfalls and then make a change! It is the healthy choice that I have to make that will seperate me from a defeatest attitude and that of a winner! Brush the dust off and get right back up! Kudos to those of you out there that take the time to communicate, even when it seems like “just business”!

PC vs. Mac Battle ~ a transformation

Thought this was something for the imagination of Mac and PC lovers:)

Many of you know Nathan Green ~33, a good friend of mine, who has been struggling with terminal bile-duct cancer for the last 4 months. Nathan passed away peacefully last night (Dec. 20th, 2008) around 11:13pm at his home. His wife Christy needs some prayer right now. Can we stop from our busy schedules and remember those, like Christy, less fortunate during this time of year? Some of you have personally asked how he’s been doing along this 4 months. Thanks for your care and time enough to share your concerns, they are very much appreciated.

Nathan was a great realist and driving optimist. He was always very even-tempered and always reminding us what was real in this life.  The verse “A wise man avoids all extremes” from the Bible reminds me of Nathan. He loved deeply and with great loyalty. I could say a lot about Nathan, but as I have written a few blog entries in the past, I would be doing an injustice to Nate if I didn’t mention what he KNEW to be important and real in life. Nathan’s dying wish was for all to know the good news! My pastor noted a time when his daughter was only a week old and was found to have a potentially life-threatening disorder. He sat on the floor holding his little week-old daughter in his arms and said “If I could only take upon myself, what you have, I would do it without a thought…I would do it without a thought….”

Nathan would have me remind you that God sent his ONLY son to die for you. God had the power to take sin from us and place it on his son, his only son….to die, in your place…so that you would have the chance at an eternal life with God in heaven! At Christmas, the media and many others would wish us to forget or ignore what Christmas is about, in an effort to not offend anyone. No matter what the media does, no matter what you or I say, we will all one day stand before the Great Throne of God and account for what we have done. There are those of us like Nathan, who will pass onto eternity with Christ our Lord ~ for whom, MIGHT I ADD, we celebrate Christmas, Good Friday, and Easter for. How easily we forget from where we came, and what we have because of God’s blessing. There are some of us who will read this and know where they will go when they have completed the race of life on this earth. With these people I rejoice. There are some of us who will dismiss what I have to say and what Nathan had to say as rubbish or foolishness. For these people I cry and pray for. There are some of you who know of what I am talking about, but you recognize the hole in your life without a close relationship with Christ. HOW can we have that? HOW can we have relationship with Christ? OH IF YOU ONLY KNEW! We can have that relationship. Believe what you will. Maybe you think it’s all just a mental disorder ~ try me. Ask God to change your life….ask Christ to come into your life and change you, talk to Him, He’s listening.

Nathan in now free from cancer, free from our political correctness, from our sin, from the rubbish that is this world…He’s free and living in Christ’s presence now. What will you believe?

Nathan ~ I love you so much! And it is with a very heavy heart that I say I’ll miss you bud. God will take care of your Mom and Dad…your sister and Christy ~ we’ll do our best to hug those that you can no longer hold…enjoy yourself!

Nathan Green (far right)

Warwick has a good friend, Nathan Green, in Raytown, Missouri. Those of you who believe in prayer, please be doing so for my friend. Just a few weeks ago, Nathan wasn’t feeling up to much, he went to the doctor for what he thought might just be a routine visit and left with a grim diagnosis. Nathan has stage 4, terminal bile-duct cancer. He’s just 35 and he and his wife Christy have been married for 10years now. Hospice doesn’t believe he’ll make it beyond just a few more weeks~…what do you say to that? What’s important in life? Let me ask you…reading this…what’s REALLY important in life?

I called Nathan the other day, and have been putting it off because I didn’t know what to say. What do you say to a 35 year old friend who is expected to pass away in just a couple of short weeks? As soon as I got him on the phone, he immediately started to comfort me. He said he’s been doing a lot of that lately, just comforting people that are coming to see him and those that have called him. He so peaceful. “I’m ready to go Warwick” he told me, “the only thing that worries me is how Christy will be taken care of, you know, I am actually looking forward to it and I am beginning to get really excited…that’s because I know where I am going”. I paused for a minute, and got a knot in my throat, I know where Nathan’s going, I have no doubt in my mind. I know where I am going too…and I am a little bit jealous that Nathan will get to say “hey” to Peter before I will We all know where we want to go, but do you know it you’ll be there? I know God is clear in His word that he desires to “KNOW” us, that word “to know” in the original text it was written means to “know” someone like you know your own spouse…intimately ~ do you know Jesus Christ that well? When you stand before Him, will He say “Welcome my good and faithful servant” or will he say “Depart from me, I never knew you”…

…think about it and think about what’s most important in life.

You wanna know what makes Warwick laugh?

Kudos to Aardman, the guys who did “Wallace and Grommit”

Killer new VoIP solution!

Click the pic to get ahold on MagicJack!

MagicJack is the new RAVE for VoIP. I know, I have one! It works GREAT and believe me, it’s as simple as it sounds! I recently purchased 2 MagicJacks…one for my home and one as our new office phone. Don’t worry, you’ll get the number soon~ I was a little skeptical but since there is a 30day money back guarantee no questions asked, I thought, HEY…why not! Shoot, they’ll even pay to ship it back if you don’t like it!

Here are some of the good things about it: It connects to any open USB port, any phone plugs straight into it, use it anywhere there’s internet…(like at a coffee house on your laptop…or in RUSSIA!), it’s only about 2″ x 3″ in size…small enough for you to put in your pocket,…etc…the list goes on!

I currently pay Vomage (clever huh?) about 33 gas tokens a month for VoIP and MagicJack works just as well, HECK, even BETTER! The longdistance is better quality, and a better price. I can take my office phone, or home phone if I want, ANYWHERE there is internet…really, it’s that cool! It will work behind firewalls and stone walls alike, I think they’re onto something. The only down side I can find is that it must be connected to a computer to be working…but that’s not really a problem for all the benefit I get out of ONLY PAYING $19 PER YEAR!!!! THAT’S RIGHT….only $19 per YEAR! Yeah BABY! I am there. ……….don’t worry, if all goes wrong, you’ll catch me smashing it in a later blog, but for now, I am hooked…check ‘em out!

Philip Hood has been working with Warwick Data Solutions now for about a year. Philip does a lot of other things too ~ NOT computer related, like being an increadible song writer and musician during his other life:) He brings a character and ethic to Warwick Data Solutions that is happily embraced and we solute him for always doing such a good job!

by the way…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Grace Pryor from Claiborne & Hughes was chosen for this week’s “Person of the Week”.

WDS chose Grace this week because of several reasons.

1. She always bears a smile! ~might I add that it would be nice from everyone…but HEY, no one’s perfect!

2. Grace happily endures such comments like “I think you missed an invoice” or “can we come get our check” …read on

3. She’s ALWAYS anxious to make sure our financial needs are met…ahh, thanks Grace!

4. Hey, it’s nice to have a buddy when you go to work!

5. Her attitude, as best we can tell, is IMPECCABLE!

6. She puts up with any “obstacles” we can throw her way. In this she’s quite an athlete.

OUR PERSONAL COMMENT: Grace, we enjoy working with you and having you as a friend. We’re always happy to give you a fond hello and a hand wave every time we pass your door. Thanks for making our lives a bit brighter! Remember to compliment Grace when you see her!

HEY! You could be our NEXT person of the week! Click Here to Submit your suggestions to us by email…anyones game and you never know whom we may pick…so be on your guard!

Recently, Warwick Data Solutions helped set a Guiness Book World record by being a part of Mozilla’s Firefox3 download day!…Yup..really~ I may not be listed in the book, since it’d be there with about 8 million other names that day (8,002,530 in 24hrs to be exact), but I am just adding to my collection (I am up to 1 for now ) Check out the certificate we got!

Many of you know that I spent 3 years in Siberia (Barnaul, Russia) Enjoying the cold, and hating the heat, however short it was ~ well riddled with mosquitos too! Most of us here are so used to the in’s and out’s of our diets known as “Chemicals” as my wife, Tanya, calls them. “Chemicals” are anything added to food, drink, or anything edible. Though “Chemicals” make stuff last unreasonably longer and preserve flavor, what are they doing to us in the long run? GOSH!…It’s a good question to ask yourself. There are more syndromes, disorders, and unexplained illnesses in this country than many other that I have been to. Have you noticed the push at the grocery recently for foods without preservatives, “organic” foods with no “chemicals”… I gotta say that we do our best to stay away from “chemicals” and believe me, living for 3 years without them made a HUGE difference in the way I felt, I could go into detail, but I would love you all to remain fond of me:) Either way, it’s always a good reminder to aim for a healthy goal…give up something you know is not good for you… I mean HEY!!!! I gave up Dr. Pepper and if you knew me before I left, you’d think it was impossible ~ can’t stand the stuff now!

Remember, look at the list of ingredients of what you buy, if it looks like a paragraph, that’s your cue to leave it be! As my friend Patsy Partin says “…shop the outer walls of the grocery store where the whole foods are mostly”. My little tidbit is, if you can’t look at it and tell what’s in it without reading the ingredients…you most CERTAINLY don’t need it.

Happy Eating!

Well, it’s TIME!

Warwick Data Solutions has finally released the new website…thus the above picture:) You ever feel that way? With a baby on the way, lots to do on the house and a business to run, sometimes ~ it gets to be a lot of work! NONE THE LESS!…we are pressing forward and we look forward to keeping everyone up-to-date on all the new features coming down the pipe!

ENJOY YOUR DAY!

There’s a world of people out there, like you and me, who desire high-standard, upscale, and a prestigious fix…well, this is not quite it, but funny none the less! Be encouraged to be RESOURCEFUL!