Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category
Saturday, June 13th, 2009
Regrettably, Dell has canceled your recent order for a Dell Nuvi 275T GPS or Nuvi 265WT GPS
Dear Customer,
This is to notify you that, regrettably, Dell has canceled your recent order for a Dell Nuvi 275T GPS or Nuvi 265WT GPS. Due to our error, the system was shown ...
Posted in Annoying, Bugs, Customer Service, Deals, Depressing, GPS, Hardware, Money, Ridiculous, Technology, Toys, Web Development | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
For my mother's birthday I purchased a TomTom One 130. The updated maps had the other half of my road, so I was happy it could navigate more efficiently. Tonight I stumbled across a new site called DealWaiter. I plugged in "Garmin Nuvi" and it had a few results but ...
Posted in Amazing, Annoying, Deals, Depressing, GPS, Hardware, Money, Ridiculous, Technology, Toys | 1 Comment »
Monday, May 25th, 2009
Midway through Heroes: Season 3 I realized how quickly video streaming technology has evolved in the last few years. Think about the multitude of ways you can now get your fix.
Regular old TV
Digital Video Recorder (DVR): TiVo, MythTV, cable box DVR
Hulu
YouTube (and other video-sharing sites)
NetFlix's Watch Instantly
Networks' websites (ABC, CBS, ...
Posted in Amazing, DVR, Entertainment, Google, Hardware, Hosting, Software, TV, Technology, Web Development | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 16th, 2009
Do you have an economy-grade website host? Me too. BlueHost is great for only $6.95 per month but its response times and transfer rates are terrible. Fear not — Amazon S3 to the rescue. For pennies a day you can supplement your cheap website host using ...
Posted in Amazing, Annoying, Blog, DIY, Deals, Entertainment, Hardware, Hosting, IT, JavaScript, Programming, Ridiculous, Software, Technology, Web Development | 3 Comments »
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
A generous gift was bestowed upon me last week -- Dell's PowerEdge SC420 server. It came with two (2) 80GB hard drives which I have since replaced with two (2) 1TB hard drives. I decided to mirror these drives for the sake of redundancy using Linux's built-in software ...
Posted in Amazing, Hardware, Hosting, IT, Linux, Ridiculous, Software, Technology, Ubuntu | No Comments »
Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Every year my desktop gets older, our mortgage gets smaller, the games get better, and I crave new hardware. The 1st step is to admit you're addicted, right? Without further adieu, I present you with my pick for the best gaming desktop of 2008. My picks were ...
Posted in Amazing, DIY, Entertainment, Gaming, Hardware, IT, Money, Reviews, Ridiculous, Software, Technology | No Comments »
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