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Category Archives: Hardware
Naming Schemes
I am in the technology field. I think about stuff that not many other people might. Take for example naming schemes for your computers. Until recently most people only had one or two at home and probably had generic names for their stuff. I have worked in environments with hundreds of servers and other devices. [...]
Another Convert
Today the unthinkable happened. I ordered M a new computer. Since 2003 M has had the same HP laptop. Long ago I gave up making fun of her for it. For me I like something new, and I know that most people don’t. For her even though the laptop was old by any standard it [...]
The New Mac Mini
I ordered one of the new Mac Mini's the other day. It should arrive on Wednesday. It is taking so long since I wanted 4gig's of RAM so it was a special order. I got the stock HDD and Processor since I don't think I needed more than what it came with. Now I will [...]
eBay Items
I go through phases where I sell a bunch of stuff on eBay. I always say eBay is my enabler to buy more gadgets. It is kinda true. I sold 3 things this week and I boxed them up and they will ship out tomorrow. I am parting with my G1 that I bought second [...]
Another iMac
So I should never talk about technology and say one thing and then a few months later totally change my tune. I know, I am bad. I say that after ranting about the all in one computer form factor. I had a love hate relationship with my 24″ iMac. I was happy and sad to [...]
Freetalk Wireless
Last week I ordered a Skype Freetalk Wireless headset. It arrived today. Pairing was really easy, and the headset fit well. I am worried that after using it a lot it will feel a bit tight. I like (and don’t like) that the charging is done from the dongle to the headset. I will see [...]
Freeagent Go By Seagate
For the past 6-8 months I have been setting aside money every month to purchase one portable hard drive. I am doing it for back reasons mainly, but I also had other storage needs so I figured I would budget some money each month. In the beginning I was able to get a 320gb drive [...]
A New Netbook
I bought a new netbook to replace my sold HP Mini 1000. I got an Acer 11.9″ model. It is in a nice blue color. It is “technically” not even a netbook since it is runing a real Core Solo processor. This new one comes pre-installed with Windows 7. I am still not a huge [...]
Bad RCN
As predicted RCN was unable to come out to repair my cable modem after the blizzard. I don’t fault them for that. It was nasty out. What I do fault them for is the 3 phone calls to them checking on the service call and being told first that yes they would show up in [...]
Technical Difficulties
My luck wasn’t going very well this weekend. I got home and started settling in and suddenly my cable modem died on me. That was the final straw on my decision to get a MiFi. Before being stranded in the Bahamas I was pondering the wireless broadband device the Novatel MiFi. After the day in [...]
