I have that old ‘My Buddy and Me’ TV jingle in my head.
A while back… I don’t know.. two, maybe three years ago, Dell sold a server tagged the SC420. It was the successor to the 400SC. The only reason these two tags are important is because the machines rapidly became darlings among [...]

Anyone who has listened tot he podcast knows that I’m less… patient when it comes to certain things than Colin is. And that lack of patience is what initiated this accidental journey into laptop-only existence. Lack of patience also ended it. Actually, you could say my addiction ended it. But, that’s [...]

After the long weekend, I bring you a new tech tip.
You’ve just purchased a new Windows-based computer.  It’s shiny, it’s new, it’s pretty.  You spent several hundred (or over a thousand) dollars on it, and you’ve just unwrapped it.  You turn it on, and there are a dozen or so icons already ont he desktop.  [...]

Okay… I can’t begin to describe how I feel about this:
Why This Brain Flies on Rat Cunning
A whole bunch of Doomsday movies about this sort of stuff come to mind.

So, there is an interesting read over at ExtremeTech that attempts to show what the computing world would be like without Microsoft. It is a fun read… especially considering the author brings back to life my beloved Commodore computer (although, they are bought by HP… oh well).
There is no doubt that having a standard [...]

Via HardOCP
Optimus Keyboard
Jeebus. I’ll definitely be getting one of those.

So, this weekend was interesting. I spent the better part of it preparing my apartment to become ‘our’ apartment when my girlfriend moves in with me at the end of the month. But a few hours yesterday were spent on a little ‘me’ time, and that meant finally taking apart my computer for [...]

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As the lengthy title of this article implies, I’m going to rant a bit about how most laptop shells (the plastic casing comprised of the plastic bottom, back, and palmrest) are made not only out of brittle, fragile materials but are also designed apparently by some group that believes planned obsolescence is a good thing.

… the way Newton would have wanted.
In its latest PowerBook line-up, Apple has included a feature that allows the computer to detect motion. Specifically, it is meant to detect when it is being dropped and take certain precautions so as to minimize the chances of losing vital data (IBM has done something similar with [...]

Okay, a while back I wrote a quick-and-dirty about how I put together a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) using wits, brawn, and a copy of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. To my amazement, people actually read it!
Since Colin rebuilt the ‘Geek, he’s been badgering me to come back and let my creative juices [...]