The Mighty, Mini Raspberry Pi -Part Two

If you consider yourself a techno-stein, hacker, or a dedicated IT enthusiast, and you’ve never heard about the Raspberry Pi, you’re in for a treat. In our last blog simply titled Raspberry Pi we briefly explored the credit card sized computer called Raspberry Pi and the organization (Raspberry Pi Foundation) responsible for creating and marketing […]

Top 10 Catch Phrases that didn’t make it as CSI Onsite’s Catch Phrase

CSI Onsite…Techs you can trust. This is a great vision statement that really does capture the heart of what we want to be as a company. This statement did not just fall in our laps; we worked with nationally recognized personal and venture coach Leary Gates (Lumina Consulting Group, BoldPath Life Strategies, and LearyGates.com) to […]

Social Media, are you in?

https://www.facebook.com/business/news/A-Streamlined-Look-for-Pages   As a “One stop Shop” for all your IT needs, you would think our company – CSI Onsite – could care less about Social Media. However that would be a false assumption, because we are first and foremost a business that exists to serve our customers. And Social Media has become an integral […]

Microsoft XP, the countdown continues.

If you are a dyed in the wool, Microsoft XP devotee’ you are probably grieving the eventually decommissioning of XP.  XP was first introduced in August of 2001 and became readily available in October of that same year. It’s had a good run, as far as OS’s go but XP simply cannot keep up with […]

Technology making a difference in the lives of students

Have you asked yourself why some of the post begin with a weather report? Stating the temp, or snow depth, etc… There are a few reasons I have for this practice. First and foremost has to be that I am a Minnesotan, and the weather seems to be a prevalent influence in our lives. From […]

Alas, poor XP! I knew him, Horatio:

Editors note: Our staff writer John Guist was down with illness the past week, so we are giving him a short break to recover. This blog was originally posted in June 2013. I have a new desktop pc. It is awesome. Lightning fast, tons of RAM, a massive 2 TB hard drive, and a 60 […]

Howdy Do Computeroos! More Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows 8 ) for All Y’all

By now I recon most of you had had the chance to witness Microsoft’s newest operating system Windows 8.  Because it is a new OS you will need to discover how to use it efficiently. Some of the ways you have used MS programs and the OS itself will be similar, while others will be […]

Alas, poor XP! I knew him, Horatio:

I have a new desktop pc. It is awesome. Lightning fast, tons of RAM, a massive 2 TB hard drive, and a 60 GB SSD boot drive. It is powerful, screamin’ fast and whisper quiet…and it uses Windows 7 as its operating system (OS). Damn. I loved XP, but I have to move on. Aside […]