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Whilst some <\/i>folks were engaging in holiday seasons of drunken debauchery<\/a>, I was reestablishing my internal “Yes, I am a Technical Dude” certification.<\/p>\n

For Jim and Ginger I set up a personal domain, set up an e-mail account (through our host) for that, convinced them to order DSL and then got it installed and configured. I also set up a cheat sheet for them to access their account when away from home, and on how to back up their documents to their CD-R drive. We also were involved in getting Jim a digital camera and photo printer, and I got it all configured and wired together and a process written up so they download the photos and e-mail them and print them and other good stuff.<\/p>\n

For my folks, I got them set up with a domain e-mail of their own, and configured their e-mail system to use it.<\/p>\n

I also got a domain e-mail set up for Mary, and just talked her through some DSL questions.<\/p>\n

I feel very technically adept. Just in time to get a rude awakening at the office tomorrow … \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whilst some folks were engaging in holiday seasons of drunken debauchery, I was reestablishing my internal “Yes, I am a Technical Dude” certification. 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