<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Geekin&#039; IT Reel</title> <atom:link href="http://troyfontaine.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://troyfontaine.com</link> <description>In the life of Troy Fontaine</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:30:42 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>iOS 5 &amp; the iPhone 4: Some Teething Problems</title><link>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/12/ios-5-the-iphone-4-some-teething-problems/</link> <comments>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/12/ios-5-the-iphone-4-some-teething-problems/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:07:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>tfontaine</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Geeking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iOS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iOS 5]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iPhone 4]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music.App]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Problems]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stuttering]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://troyfontaine.com/?p=427</guid> <description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;ve lived with iOS 5 on my iPhone 4 GSM for a month and a half.  What have I found during that time?  Random issues, that&#8217;s what. General With the general OS, I&#8217;ve noticed a few slow-downs and keyboard entry lag.  Things simply aren&#8217;t as responsive as in iOS 4 which felt far more<a href="http://troyfontaine.com/2011/12/ios-5-the-iphone-4-some-teething-problems/"> <br /><br /> (More)…</a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/12/ios-5-the-iphone-4-some-teething-problems/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cisco DPC3825 from Shaw: Clearer Answers</title><link>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/11/cisco-dpc3825-from-shaw-clearer-answers/</link> <comments>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/11/cisco-dpc3825-from-shaw-clearer-answers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:33:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Geeking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Technology Networking]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://troyfontaine.com/?p=252</guid> <description><![CDATA[A few weeks back I posted some vague instructions about the issues I encountered with the Shaw provided DPC3825 Modem/Router.  Since then, a few people have commented in various forums that linked to my article that they didn&#8217;t quite understand how to follow my instructions, all experiencing either similar issues or wanting to use their<a href="http://troyfontaine.com/2011/11/cisco-dpc3825-from-shaw-clearer-answers/"> <br /><br /> (More)…</a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/11/cisco-dpc3825-from-shaw-clearer-answers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>28</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Shaw&#8217;s Cisco DPC3825 for DOCSIS 3.0 Service</title><link>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/09/shaws-cisco-dpc3825-for-docsis-3-0-service/</link> <comments>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/09/shaws-cisco-dpc3825-for-docsis-3-0-service/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:46:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>tfontaine</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Geeking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Technology Networking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[blocking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bonjour]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cisco DPC3825]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DLNA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shaw]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://troyfontaine.com/?p=215</guid> <description><![CDATA[UPDATE: For clearer instructions, please visit this article! My room-mates just upgraded to Shaw&#8217;s Broadband 100 plan. Included with it is the requirement that you use a Cisco DPC3825 hybrid modem/router. What they don&#8217;t tell you though is that the firmware on this box is yet another case of half-baked Linksys firmware. The box doesn&#8217;t allow<a href="http://troyfontaine.com/2011/09/shaws-cisco-dpc3825-for-docsis-3-0-service/"> <br /><br /> (More)…</a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/09/shaws-cisco-dpc3825-for-docsis-3-0-service/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>iOS Bugs: 4GB Random Upload &amp; Download</title><link>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/06/ios-bugs-4gb/</link> <comments>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/06/ios-bugs-4gb/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:59:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Geeking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iOS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[4GB]]></category> <category><![CDATA[data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[error]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google Sync]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Incorrect data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[misreport data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[usage]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://troyfontaine.com/?p=207</guid> <description><![CDATA[Apparently, this one has been around for a while on Apple&#8217;s support forum and is so rare that it isn&#8217;t considered a problem. Anyways, randomly an iPhone can increment its cellular data usage counters up 4GB both up and down simultaneously. So you could go from say, 15MB down to 4GB up AND down. This<a href="http://troyfontaine.com/2011/06/ios-bugs-4gb/"> <br /><br /> (More)…</a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/06/ios-bugs-4gb/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Developing an Excel VBA Reporting Tool</title><link>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/04/developing-an-excel-vba-reporting-tool/</link> <comments>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/04/developing-an-excel-vba-reporting-tool/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:58:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Developer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Geeking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Excel 2007]]></category> <category><![CDATA[VBA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Visual Basic]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://troyfontaine.com/2011/04/my-experiences-developing-visual-basic-for-applications-software-with-excel-vba/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last year I was presented with a problem. A problem that could, in my mind, only be effectively solved using an application. Software designed to accept input from a reporting system&#8217;s output in different formats. The goal, was to take all of that information, calculate the specific data that wasn&#8217;t generated by the reporting system<a href="http://troyfontaine.com/2011/04/developing-an-excel-vba-reporting-tool/"> <br /><br /> (More)…</a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/04/developing-an-excel-vba-reporting-tool/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Why I switched: Going from BlackBerry to iPhone</title><link>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/03/why-i-switched-from-blackberry-to-iphone/</link> <comments>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/03/why-i-switched-from-blackberry-to-iphone/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:05:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Gadgets]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Geeking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iOS]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://troyfontaine.com/?p=202</guid> <description><![CDATA[So for one year I have used a BlackBerry Curve 8330 on Telus. I&#8217;ve had issues with the software being inherently unstable, the crippled GPS which required some hardware hacking to enable the ability to acquire the GPS location accurately and of course the terrible (TERRIBLE) BlackBerry browser. Admittedly, the 8330 is not a great<a href="http://troyfontaine.com/2011/03/why-i-switched-from-blackberry-to-iphone/"> <br /><br /> (More)…</a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://troyfontaine.com/2011/03/why-i-switched-from-blackberry-to-iphone/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BlackBerry OS 5 + Telus BB Curve 8330</title><link>http://troyfontaine.com/2010/10/blackberry-os-5-telus-bb-curve-8330/</link> <comments>http://troyfontaine.com/2010/10/blackberry-os-5-telus-bb-curve-8330/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:27:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Geeking]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://troyfontaine.com/?p=194</guid> <description><![CDATA[After a little bit of pushing, I took the plunge and loaded OS 5 on my Curve 8330. Below are the points of &#8216;pain&#8217; that came up initially: Certain themes are not compatible with OS 5, so remove any free themes before hand if they are flagged by the installer. Updating the programming on the<a href="http://troyfontaine.com/2010/10/blackberry-os-5-telus-bb-curve-8330/"> <br /><br /> (More)…</a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://troyfontaine.com/2010/10/blackberry-os-5-telus-bb-curve-8330/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Self Developing Skills</title><link>http://troyfontaine.com/2010/06/self-developing-skills/</link> <comments>http://troyfontaine.com/2010/06/self-developing-skills/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:17:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Geeking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ASP.NET]]></category> <category><![CDATA[development]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Excel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[VB]]></category> <category><![CDATA[VBA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://troyfontaine.com/?p=188</guid> <description><![CDATA[As an individual who is able to quickly adapt and build skills to meet the needs of a project, it&#8217;s difficult to truly gauge in a relative manner those skills compare to other individuals. In the position I currently hold, I&#8217;ve found that it was necessary to re-develop and augment skills in Microsoft Visual Basic<a href="http://troyfontaine.com/2010/06/self-developing-skills/"> <br /><br /> (More)…</a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://troyfontaine.com/2010/06/self-developing-skills/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Blackberry Curve 8330: A Definite Learning Curve</title><link>http://troyfontaine.com/2010/01/blackberry-curve-8330-a-definite-learning-curve/</link> <comments>http://troyfontaine.com/2010/01/blackberry-curve-8330-a-definite-learning-curve/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:07:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Geeking]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://troyfontaine.com/?p=184</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, with the recent rash of issues with my Telus HTC Touch Diamond (speaker died, Messaging App would stop responding after sending a few text messages, odd lock ups). So, Telus currently has a deal on to help clear out their soon-to-be discontinued stock of the Blackberry Curve 8330. I picked up on this and<a href="http://troyfontaine.com/2010/01/blackberry-curve-8330-a-definite-learning-curve/"> <br /><br /> (More)…</a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://troyfontaine.com/2010/01/blackberry-curve-8330-a-definite-learning-curve/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New Technology Growing Pains</title><link>http://troyfontaine.com/2009/11/new-technology-growing-pains/</link> <comments>http://troyfontaine.com/2009/11/new-technology-growing-pains/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:54:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Geeking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[5750]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ATI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Windows 7]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://troyfontaine.com/2009/11/new-technology-growing-pains/</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, over a week ago, I received a replacement graphics card for a Radeon HD 4850 that suffered from overheating issues when the internal case temperature rose during a long gaming session. 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