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Have Internet, will travel To borrow the first line from The Streets' magnificent A Grand Don't Come for Free, it was supposed to be so easy. After a brutally... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Personal tech |
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Daddy's got a brand new ride Man, I cannot wait to get started on my next build. Nearly all the necessary components are already laid out on my workbench. Some were... |
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I bought a Kindle Touch, and it's pretty great Almost a year ago today, I waved goodbye to the world of print books and got myself an Amazon Kindle 3. You might recall I... Type: Blog post Tags: Personal tech |
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Six screens, one desk When I sit down at my desk in the Benchmarking Sweatshop, it feels like maybe I could tap into the Matrix. I've slowly added... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Displays |
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A look at TR's new GPU test rigs As I mentioned on the podcast this week, I have been working to re-fit Damage Labs with new hardware all around.... Type: Blog post Tags: Graphics Systems The Tech Report |
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Rediscovering reading with the Kindle Today, I finished my first book in a long, long time... probably years: On Writing by Stephen King. While King was one of my favorite... Type: Blog post Tags: Personal tech |
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Snooping Timbuk2's camera messenger bag For more than a decade, I lugged my notebook in a simple shoulder bag. I suppose you'd call it a messenger-style bag today, but... Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech |
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Gloss begone There are few things that I despise more than the predominance of polished plastics in today's notebooks. Glossy finishes are the single worst... Type: Blog post Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech |
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My iPhone 4 is awesome Well, I finally did it. After misguidedly buying what turned out to be a sub-par iPhone clone in 2008, then waiting almost five months... Type: Blog post Tags: Mac Personal tech |
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Wading into the smartphone world with a Palm Pre I severed my last land line about a decade ago, so I probably count as a reasonably early cell-phone adopter. Was I driven by a... Type: Blog post Tags: Personal tech |
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The pool wants you! As Chicago said back in 1970, does anybody really know what time it is?... Type: Blog post Tags: Internet Linux-Unix Networking |
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An upgrade tale 2: upgrade harder So, almost three years had passed since my last major system upgrade—downright shameful negligence for someone in this line of work, clearly. I won't... |
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Clip surgery! No, I'm not talking about getting your dog or cat fixed. I'm talking about the Sansa Clip MP3 player, and my recent foray into... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Personal tech |
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Portable audio—then and now I recently acquired a Sansa Clip 4GB MP3 player (which, I might add, I'm quite happy with). After using it for a few weeks, I... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Personal tech |
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HP's LP2475w monitor: IPS at a bargain price Those who follow my blog may have some idea of the trouble I've encountered trying to replace my aging (and dimming) 20.1" Viewsonic VX2025wm with... |
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A sneak peek at Asus' P6T Deluxe Nehalem motherboard Intel's next-gen Nehalem processor has yet to be released, but a compatible motherboard has already arrived in The Benchmarking Sweatshop. Behold Asus' P6T Deluxe: Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards |
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The €40 iPhone When Apple first unveiled the iPhone last summer, my first reaction was, "Yes. This is what cell phones are supposed to be like." Looking at... Type: Blog post Tags: Personal tech |
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