Yazan: admin | 02 January 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Gadgets and Tech
We received an Xbox 360 Arcade edition for Christmas this year. It came with a 256 MB memory unit (MU), but no hard drive. The MU is all you need if you only want to play a few arcade games, maybe store some save games. The problem is if you want to watch any video [...]
Yazan: admin | 29 December 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Finance, Gadgets and Tech
My former employer, MPC Computers (formerly known as Zeos, Micron Computer Services, Micron Electronics, MicronPC.com, and MicronPC) announced today that Chapter 11 reorganization efforts were unsuccessful and they are letting 150 employees go effective immediately. A small handfull will be sticking around for an unknown length of time to tie up lose ends. Best wishes [...]
Yazan: admin | 12 October 2008 | 2 Comments
Categories: Gadgets and Tech, Software
Years ago I used to be a PalmOS user. I used it daily to keep track of many things in my life, from my schedule, bank accounts, all the way through my weight loss. At one point I decided I wanted to upgrade to a newer version. I searched every model available at the time, [...]
Yazan: admin | 24 July 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Creativity, Gadgets and Tech, Software
I finished reading Cory Doctorow’s “Little Brother” (you can download and read it for free) over the weekend, and its put my mind cranking on security and privacy again. This is a topic that is near and dear to me, yet it seems as I get busy I don’t think much about it. Reading this [...]
Yazan: admin | 07 May 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Gadgets and Tech, Software
I’ve updated the installation of my weather station on my house. I picked up a LaCrosse WS-2308 on a “scratch and dent” sale website around the first part of the year. It has the capability of running either wired or wireless between the outdoor sensors and the indoor console. Its a trade-off between convenience and [...]
Yazan: admin | 08 April 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Gadgets and Tech, Health & Fitness
I was listening to Episode 137 of TWiT this morning, and they were talking about a little device called a CradlePoint that lets you attach your phone or cellular data card and it converts it to a WiFi hotspot. This would be a neat little $250 device