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Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse

February 25, 2013 – 9:51 pm

I’ve had a few months to play around with my Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse so I decided to write up a little review. There is some good and some bad with this mouse so here it is. The Good: The first and most obvious feature of this mouse is the flat design. It is flat read more »

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The new server and switch has arrived

February 27, 2011 – 10:16 pm

My new (used) server and new 16 port gigabit switch has arrived! I don’t have a rack yet, so I have a ghetto setup that you can see in the pictures below. The server is sitting on a shelf and the switch is handing from a couple of 2×4′s. I’ve been messing around with OS’s read more »

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HP D110a Printer Review

January 1, 2011 – 10:35 pm

I finally replaced my 8 year old HP 6120 printer! My parents gave me a HP D110a Printer as a Christmas gift. This all-in-one printer has a scanner and wireless network capability. Even with all the high tech features, the setup was painless. I ran through the setup wizard via the screen on the front read more »

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LifeCam Cinema Review

December 22, 2010 – 11:46 am

Christmas came a little early in the form of the LifeCam Cinema computer camera. This thing is pretty sweet. This camera replaces my old VX-3000 camera. The long cylindrical design is a refreshing change from the standard round cameras you typically see. With style aside, the real improvement comes in the form of the video read more »

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The Boxee Box has arrived!!!!

November 11, 2010 – 10:58 am

Last night Boxee had an event where they formally introduced the Boxee Box to the world. Amazon has had pre-orders for a few months now and are shipping the box today. On the 17th the box will also be available at many more places other than Amazon, normal consumer places like Costco and Target. I read more »

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Western Digital Elements 500 GB External Hard Drive

August 29, 2010 – 9:53 am

I just got a Western Digital WD Elements 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive from Amazon and it couldn’t come at a better time. My laptop and desktop computers were starting to overflow with 4GB movie files. This drive allows me to clear out some space on those two computers and also make read more »

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Apogee HDMI 4×2 True Matrix Switcher

July 28, 2010 – 3:24 am

Last week I finally got around to purchasing an HDMI switcher. I’ve been having to manually switch the HDMI cable to my TV to go between my laptop and cable box. That finally annoyed me to the point where I decided to get a switcher. There are a lot of different switchers out there with read more »

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Canon SX210

June 10, 2010 – 9:38 pm

I just recently picked up the brand new Canon SX210 to replace my aging Canon SD450. My SD450 is about 5 or so years old and starting to show its age. I liked the small form factor, but low light pictures and speed were starting to get on my nerves. At the same time I read more »

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Kodak Zi8 HD Pocket Video Camera – Mino killer?

June 5, 2010 – 9:58 am

The Flip MinoHD is just damn sexy, trendy, and is the kleenex of the “flip” type pocket video cameras of today. Let’s just face it, if you want to be the next ShayCarl or SXEPHIL youtube star you should be using the minoHD right? Wrong! Put all of those things aside and take a look read more »

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MikroTik 750G Router

June 5, 2010 – 9:56 am

Difficulty: Advanced Speed: Great (Gigabit) Features: Crap Tons Price: Awesome (70$) More Photos URL: http://www.mikrotik.com/ Don’t be fooled by the size, this router is a full fledged Linux OS router for just about the same price as all of those standard home routers ($70). This router is not for the average computer user, you will read more »

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