22
04
2010
When I setup a system, I like to partition the drive – dividing the drive into many multiple logical drives. This makes backing up and restoring data easy. I was liking Partition Wizard for the last few months .. until I lost data. Warning – stay away from this program.
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Categories : Computer, Utilities
21
04
2010
For advanced users – if you use BitTorrent and the uTorrent client, I have a two tips that may help you “turbocharge” your downloads.
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Categories : Computer, Internet/Web
15
10
2009
Seagate’s last generation of hard drives (7200.11) had problems. The original reports indicated that the drives performed poorly in a RAID array. Seagate compounded the problem by issuing a firmware fix that sometimes “bricked” the hard drive. Ouch!!
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Categories : Computer, Hardware
9
10
2009
I just ran across these great series of videos on YouTube. How It Should Have Ended gives alternate (and funny) endings to popular movies you’ve seen. One of the funniest is for the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Terminator is also very funny. Superman rocks too.
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Categories : Humor
5
10
2009
I was touting the benefits of the relatively new exFAT filesystem from Microsoft. After testing, I have come to the recommendation that you AVOID IT LIKE THE PLAGUE!! You WILL LOSE DATA!
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Categories : Computer, Software
28
09
2009
I’ve been experimenting with the Colemak keyboard layout the last few weeks or so. I like it very much. I do have some comments to share:
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Categories : Computer, Misc., Software
9
09
2009
Okay, I’m exaggerating, but it seems like it. If you are a US citizen, travel abroad and return home, your laptop computer can be seized and searched and returned up to 30 days later. It’s pretty crazy if you ask me. Anyway, read about it here.
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Categories : Computer, Misc., Security
8
09
2009
I’ve previously given some tips for Netflix users. And I’ve learned a few more that I’d like to share.
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Categories : Computer, Internet/Web
4
09
2009
The best-sounding guitars are made with a sitka spruce top and rosewood back and sides. One of the best guitar manufacturers is Larrivee. Why? It’s about the wood. Larrivee gets their sitka spruce from the great Canadian wilderness. In fact the trees may be 200-300 years old. Great care is taken to harvest these trees. Read about it from Larrivee’s website.
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Categories : Instruments, Music
3
09
2009
The standard keyboard layout of your computer is called QWERTY. It was invented in the early 1870s to SLOW down your typing – because of the key jamming associated mechanical keyboards of that era. Unfortunately, modern society has been cursed with this layout. Are there some better layouts? Yes.
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Categories : Computer, Misc., Software, Utilities