Archive for January, 2005

Media Center Edition

30Jan05

I’ve ordered the guts for my new XP MCE box:

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005 $131.95
Remote Control with Receiver for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center $38.25
Cooler Master Cavalier 4 Black w/ 300W Power Supply $89.99
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200GB 7200RPM HD $103.25
AMD Athlon XP 2600+ “Barton” $82.00
Viking 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-2700 - OEM $62.75
Kingwin […]

Defaced

28Jan05

Looks like Russ Beattie had his server defaced by Brazillian monkey lovers.

This is exactly why I’ve always been nervous about running my own Linux dedicated server. Windows servers may be at greater risk of being compromised, but… I’m an experienced Windows SysAdmin, I am familiar with the risks and I know what can be […]

Sucky

28Jan05

Things that didn’t happen this week: GSM Treo 650 didn’t launch. The Siemens SX-66 has not re-appeared on Cingular’s web site or local stores. And Comcast pushed back the 4Mbps/384Kbps & 6Mbps/768Kbps speed upgrades for South Florida until next week (I’m on the “premium” tier and have been dying for more upstream).
My dad called last […]

Plasma

22Jan05

So I picked up my new Vizio P42HD “e” plasma television from Costco on Monday. Andy (dude, get your ‘blog back online already) arranged the transportation. He suggested that I take the day, or at least the morning, off to pick it up but my boss was in town so we waited until after I […]

May I have your attention please.

22Jan05

I’ve taken some criticism in my e-mail and comments recently that when I review something I am perhaps not thorough enough and do not discover every problem or whatever. So I just want to make something clear:
This ain’t Consumer fucking Reports.

This is my weblog with my name at the top. I write about what I […]

Mac Mini

11Jan05

Pretty much everything is optional, but it does start at just $499 for a G4 1.25 GHz 256MB RAM 40GB HD system.
It’s not what I expected — I figured they’d combine an iBook logic board with desktop-class drives in an LC-esque slab enclosure. This is a much sexier package but I’m a bit bummed that […]

A630 Goes Buh-Bye

10Jan05

Tomorrow I’ll be contacting T-Mobile and Amazon to cancel my account and return the Motorola A630. I could live with the ways that Motorola fouled up the phone but T-Mobile just keeps making it worse. First was the T-Zones port blocking. Then there were the problems getting e-mail provisioning to work. And the piss-poor web […]

iCheap

03Jan05

Think Secret: Apple to drop sub-$500 Mac bomb at Expo.
I was already thinking that Apple’s marketshare would grow this year due to Windows Hacklash, but if they can bring a $500 machine to market that isn’t terribly flawed… The sky is the limit. I’ll be buying one every few months to replace the infested […]




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