I had the opportunity to see Star Trek Into Darkness last night and while I generally like to stay spoiler free during reviews, I just can’t do so with the items I’m about to talk about. This is your official warning – do not go any further if you don’t want to be spoiled. Ok,…
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I’ll admit that while networking has always been a priority for me in any of the places I’ve lived, I generally stay pretty traditional using a simple combination of wired and wireless configurations. Although I’ve had situations where my wireless signal has been weak in areas, I’ve simply solved that by the changing the placement…
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I’ve now been using Windows 8 on my primary desktop computer for close to two months and contrary to my initial reaction – I don’t regret it one bit. I admit that when I first downloaded the consumer preview I was convinced that I would never make the jump; however, their upgrade deal at the…
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I became a fan of ‘Fringe’ the first time I saw the show. It’s monster-of-the-week episodes combined with an ongoing mythology scratched my ‘X-Files’ itch. Also, the lead character was the smart and very capable FBI Agent Olivia Dunham (Anna Torv). The mystery about her abilities, the villainous David Robert Jones, and the uneasy relationship…
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For quite some time I’ve become very aggravated with my first generation iPad. Not only does the screen look terrible compared to anything current, but my iPad has become slow and very unstable with modern apps. I also had the opportunity to play with a 7 inch tablet and I found that for my use…
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A few months back I found myself getting more and more frustrated as I moved my mouse with no response on the screen. Thinking it was just the batteries dying in my mouse, I replaced them and soon discovered my keyboard was also having issues – a few tests later and I discovered my keyboard…
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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 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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