Just like the Hee-Haw song, “If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.” I wrote a few entries back that I had to replace the 500 Gig hard drive in my lightning struck main computer. Not so bad at about $70.00. The new drive was an OEM version so a good price. Well, that NEW drive just failed. Yes, still under warranty but I had to schlep all the way back...
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More Cubes, More HP, But Why?
The computer rebuild is over. The old box now contains a new AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2 GHz Socket AM3 Quad-core microprocessor. Wow, that’s a mouthful. What it means is it is state of the art (SOTA) for about a week or so… and impressive to computer geeks. The amazing part of the rebuild (required because of the lightning damage) is the $650 cost is far less than the cost of...
Continue reading...Quiet, I’m Tapeing
I had a very learning experience weekend. I decided to do some conversion of VHS movie video to DVD format. All perfectly legal as the tapes were very old wedding tapes in need of preservation in a more stable digital format. A client asked me to do these so they were not done just for personal satisfaction. As it turned out it was a great how-to and equipment selection learning experience. I trans-coded three tapes....
Continue reading...My Hot Rod 409
I have been buying things from internet vendors, mostly NewEgg for computer stuff and Amazon.com for tools and house stuff. I just want to rant a little bit about the so-called reviews that are posted on products. New Egg user comment fanboys will be my target as they are the best example, but this will apply to all. Most of what is contributed at NewEgg is opinions and comments. Those are fine if you remember...
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