Computers

This is why I love newegg.com

I have been planning a new video podcast, and one of the first things I will be doing for it is titled project “h”. Now I can’t say much about this project, but I will say this much. It involves building a computer, which we are going to do on camera. Needless to say I [...]

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Windows Home Server 120 Day Trial

As you  may know I am a strong believer in Windows Home Server and believe home servers are going to be a big part of computing within the upcoming years. So today is a special day for you.  Microsoft is allowing you to download a 120 day trial of Windows Home Server.  I personally can [...]

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iPhone firmware 2.0.1

It is finally here, and hopefully will fix all of our problems.  I will be installing it later on this evening when I get my iTunes account setup on my Lenovo laptop since I had to give the MacBook back to my company.  I will post more once I have the update installed.  Let me [...]

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New digg mobile site.

So back in the day Kevin offered one of the Digg coders a free iPhone if he could code a mobile digg site fairly quickly.  He was victorious in coding http://www.digg.com/iphone.  It was rudimentary, but it was functional.  Fast forward to today, a little over a year later and they launch the new Digg mobile, [...]

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WordPress iPhone App

The WordPress App is finally available via the iTunes store for the iPhone. I am putting it through it’s paces at this very moment. So far I am liking it. Typing up long posts on the iPhone keyboard can become annoying I believe but for quick blog posts it is an excellent little app. Can’t [...]

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Best Buy to give $50 Gift Cards to HD-DVD purchasers.

An Important Message fromBest Buy for HD DVD Player Owners For months, there has been much debate surrounding the two competing high-definition video formats: Toshiba’s HD DVD and Sony’s Blu-ray Disc. Recently, Toshiba announced that they will no longer produce HD DVD players, and movie studios have decided not to release new titles in the [...]

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Do NOT trust Windows Home Server

Despite what I said in this week’s Growing Up Geek episode. I have changed my mind. It appears I have been bitten by the data corruption bug a lot harder then I originally thought. I have lost some about 45 artists worth of music, no big deal. But the thing I am having some trouble [...]

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It started out easy, then it got stupid.

Well my day started out with a pretty simple stop. Â Computer didn’t have sound, wouldn’t print and couldn’t access “Microsoft”. Â I un-muted the volume, moved the USB cable that was mistakingly put into the cable modem when it was disconnected back into the printer and sold a copy of Microsoft Office 2007.The stupidity [...]

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