Have you ever wondered how people can afford to have cars decked out with lots of technology? How about keeping their hardware up to date with their computer? How about driving around with multiple vehicles set with satellite radio? The answer is either their rich, or their smart (or cheap). We live in a society…
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Recently I received the urge to try my hand at some poorly drawn webcomics. As I knew my artistic skills were lacking, I decided I’d try to simply use a mouse to create them. After several hours of playing around, I felt that if I were using a pen I could go so much quicker…
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THE PROBLEM In a recent living room shuffle I found myself with the space to finally get all of my old video game consoles hooked up again. Sure, I may only have a handful of games for these, but I felt there was just something incredibly geeky about having many generations of consoles all in…
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As mentioned in my prior article, I recently was evaluating the thought of changing my PS3 controller in order to purchase a controller of the Xbox 360 layout. I won’t harp on the same things as before, so check out my review of the Nyko Raven controller for my rationale behind this. In the midst…
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I was recently discussing with my brother about his initial impressions of how his newly purchased PS3 stacked up against his XBOX360 and as I was listening to some of his complaints, I found that a lot of his points were ones that I had also encountered over the years. For example, he pointed out…
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The Prediciment Over the years I’ve found myself using a combination of various audio equipment in my office including both basic home theatre speakers and large 1980s-ish Cerwin-Vega’s – basically I was spoiled. As you can imagine when it came time for me to downsize to a regular set of 2.1 computer speakers I was…
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Someone that I know (who I’ll leave anonymous so the world isn’t jealous of them) recently was in the market to purchase a home theatre setup. Their previous system was a full Bose surround system package that they managed to get a great deal on in the late 90s. Although a quick google search will…
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Even though I recently managed to squeeze more power out of my iPhone 3G, a few weeks ago I decided to bite the bullet and purchase an iPhone 4S. My journey with the iPhone 4S started out a bit rocky, and here’s why… MY THOUGHTS AFTER THE INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Initially when Apple made the announcement…
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Being a geek on a budget doesn’t mean that you can’t afford cases for your hardware, it also doesn’t mean that you can’t afford to outfit your home, office and car with iPhone docks and accessories. As a moderately “thrifty” (or as my brother says, cheap) guy you can count on me to explore the…
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In my dilemma about whether or not to upgrade my cell phone I mentioned at the end I was going to try to squeeze one more year out of my iPhone 3G by reinstalling it – it may have worked. This past weekend I decided to say goodbye to the apps I had installed and…
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