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February 17, 2006

Photo documentary of a Tivo Series 1 drive upgrade

by @ 7:24 pm. Filed under Hardware, Technology

Tivo logo
These photos document the hard drive upgrade I did to my factory-dual-drive Series 1 Tivo.
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February 8, 2006

First Apple store to go 24/7

by @ 10:06 pm. Filed under Apple, Commentary

New Apple-esque logo
Amid the reports and rumors of the upcoming Bluetooth and WiFi iPod releases, Apple is taking its first store 24/7.
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A nerd version of Hooters restaurant

by @ 9:48 pm. Filed under Computers, Weird Stuff

Nerd
Are you a nerd or geek? Want women to cater to you? Japan might have the answer...
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February 5, 2006

Video showing a hard drive operating

by @ 1:17 pm. Filed under Hardware

Hard drive
Ever wondered what the internals of a hard drive look like when they're operating?
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January 31, 2006

Heatsinks on your computer processor

by @ 9:43 am. Filed under Computers, Fun Stuff, Hardware

Heatsink
Ever wondered why your computer's CPU has that gigantic heatsink contraption on it?
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January 26, 2006

The life and business of an Everquest gold farmer

by @ 11:38 am. Filed under Computer Games, Money

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Ever wondered how the life of a professional gold farmer worked and just how much money they made? Read-on for this well-written account of one person's Everquest farming business and commentary about the sad state of affairs in Everquest even today, long after its peak.

My tax return for that year which has salary from 2 months of my job which I quit to make this my full time business, showed $150,623.78 after expenses. By this time I had made another character on another server and bought myself another computer and was playing on two. I killed guards in everfrost and sold the weapons to vendors and then bought items from players, or sold the platinum. That's the entirety of what I did to make that income.

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January 25, 2006

Wanna play a little Atari 2600 style Combat?

by @ 11:33 am. Filed under Fun Stuff, Retro Computing

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Get your Combat on!
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January 19, 2006

Play dozens of emulated C-64 games in a browser!

by @ 11:06 am. Filed under Computer Games, Fun Stuff, Retro Computing

c64.jpg
Wow - talk about a nostalgia flashback - Play your favorite C64 games right in your browser!
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January 15, 2006

Unreleased Windows Vista already receiving security patches

by @ 4:53 pm. Filed under Commentary, Windows

Windows Vista Logo
Windows Vista Logo
This is NOT shocking in the least, but Microsoft is already patching Windows Vista FOR THE SAME .wmf flaws that are present on XP/etc.!
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January 11, 2006

Thunderbird 1.5 e-mail client released

by @ 11:25 pm. Filed under Apple, FreeBSD, Linux, Windows

thunderbird_logo.jpg
Well, after a long time in development, the Mozilla project's Thunderbird 1.5 has been released.
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