Mr. Wimmer,
Thank you for a great class. I have everything on here I need. Have a wonderful winter break
Careers in the Computer Industry December 9, 2009
There are many careers in the computer industry now, from actually building the computer hard drive, to creating computer software programing, to selling the computer right computer to a consumer.
Some careers are listed below:
*Computer Programer: designs, codes, and tests computer programs, fix or modify exsiting programs, or eliminate bugs in programs.
*Security Specialist: analyzes computer sytem’s vulnerability to threats from viruses, worms, unauthorized acess, and physical damage. They install and configure firewalls and antivirus software.
*Computer Operator: works with network servers, mainframes, and supercomputers, monitor computer performance, install software patches adn upgrades, as well as perform backups, and restore data as necessary.
*Technical Support Specialist: helps fix hardware adn software problems.
You can also look at different careers on the St. Louis Community College website, just click the link below:
Careers St. Louis Community College offers
How to create a Link December 7, 2009
1. choose which website you would like to add.
2. copy the webaddress.
3. go to your dashboard and the post you wish to put the link in. *** Make sure you are in HTML or it will not work properly
4. type in a word or phrase you wish to use for your link such as “google”
5. highlight the word or phrase then push the link button.
6. a little box will appear and paste your webaddress in that box then click ok.
7. you can later go to your blog and make sure it worked properly
Buying A New Computer! October 28, 2009
I think this would be a great choice because, it has an Averatec All-in-One Desktop with Intel® Atom™ Processor, which is really a monitor and computer together which saves you space and less cords for easy installation and keeping your desk very organized. It comes with a keyboard and an opitical mouse, which is great for writing papers as well as browsing the internet. The operating system for this computer is Windows and it comes with Windows XP, it also comes with Adobe Acrobat Reader 8. All of these help run videos and play DVDs and CDs.
Click the link below to look at more things that come with the computer.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9182421&type=product&id=1218049408129
Upgrading Your Computer! October 27, 2009
Upgrading Your Computer is easy and can be afordabel, here are some ideas to make your computer run faster and better.
*If having ony 2 USB ports are not enough for all your gadgets, than you can easily buy a little USB Hub, this nice little gadget plugs into one of your USB ports in your main computer and it gives you several other USB ports. You can get a 4 port hub at Best Buy, click the link below to see.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9147407&type=product&id=1218035843847
*If you have a CRT (Chathod Ray Tube) Monitor, then you may think to upgrade your monitor to maybe a LCD or Liquid Crystal Display. A LCD is less bulky and is actually safer for the environemnt. Gettting a different monitor will boost your graphics and help with the desktop as well. Click the link below to see some new LCD monitors.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Computers-PCs/Computer-Monitors/abcat0509000.c?id=abcat0509000
*If a computer has 512 MB of SDRAM in it now you could upgrade your computers RAM to at least 1 GB and if it uses 2 slots it helps balance the extra RAM. To look at the price of different prices of RAM click the link below.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Computer-Memory/Desktop-Memory/abcat0506001.c?id=abcat0506001
TCP and IP September 30, 2009
Below is a link explaining how TCP works and a quick Deffinition.
Routers are a networking device that whose software and hardware are used for tasks such as, routing and forwarding information. To learn more about routers, click the link below.
Welcome to my Blog!!! September 23, 2009
Welcome all from IS103!
This seems kind of exciting to have our own website, and I can’t wait to see how everyone else’s looks too. 
