![]() | Winegard HD8200U installation and reviewWinegard makes wonderful large heavy-duty antennas. I go through the assembly/installation process and provide a few thoughts at the end. |
![]() | Mac OS X slow for 10-15 minutes after boot – THE FIXIf you’ve got a BootCamp partition on your Mac and found that Mac OS X inexplicably runs slow after startup, this may be the solution. |
![]() | Civilization 5 – From Archaemennid to Safavid achievement bug workaroundCiv 5 came with it’s share of achievement-related issues and bugs. Here’s a way to work around the Archaemennid to Safavid bug during a play. |
![]() | D-Link DIR-825 router review – poor design for the low price of $150My D-Link DIR-825 came with a heatsink that looks like… well… not a heatsink. How it cost over $100 is beyond me. |
![]() | Review – a couple Honeywell Air PurifiersI exposed a couple locally-available air purifiers to a smoky room. Here’s how it turned out. |
![]() | Thoughts on the Antec 300Yet another Antec review – this time, the 300. |
![]() | OCZ 600SXS StealthXStream power supply review – (hint: it’s in the trash)It may as well have been a no-name PSU to be honest…. |
![]() | ASUS M4A785-M review – overclocking the 6-core AMD Phenom II X6 1055T at stock voltageI got one of the most cost-effective 6-core setups you can put together, did some overclocking, and watched the heat. |
How to fix Windows not installing to a GPT partition.Some versions of Windows are picky and won’t format a disk that’s already formatted differently. Here’s how you can work around it. |
Asus P5KPL-CM and BSEL pin volt mods – Don’t bother, they don’t work.My failed attempts at pin modding the P5KPL-CM motherboards. |
Overclocking the i3 540 on the Gigabyte H55M-UD2H past 4GhzPushing the i3 540 past 4Ghz! |
Power consumption of various household items…Ever wonder how much juice the items in your house use? I tested a number of items and you may find the results surprising. |
![]() | Time Capsule 1TB uses the WD Caviar GreenI wasn’t sure what hard drive would be in my Time Capsule (purchased in Canada). Pulling it apart, it turns out it’s the WD Caviar Green – not bad! |
Boot Camp and the Apple Wireless Mouse not workingApple’s “Magic Mouse” works fine in Mac OS X. On Windows through BootCamp though… that’s another matter. |
PST online payments in ManitobaThe Government of Manitoba is getting a little more high-tech! You can now process PST payments online. |
Leliana’s Song – Find the Mages’ CacheHaving trouble finding the Mages Collective Cache in DA:O? I sure was. |
![]() | in-win BL-631 case review – small, packed, and mostly quiet with decent airflowThe in-win BL-631 is a fairly small case, with a packed interior. I go over an installation and mention the quirks and qualms I ran into. |
![]() | The fix when the P5KPL-CM won’t sleepWho would have thought a motherboard wouldn’t sleep because of a default jumper setting? |
FreeNAS – a powerful file serving solution, but not without its issuesI take a look at FreeNAS, with a slight focus on ZFS. |
![]() | FreeNAS fix – afp file permissionsIf you aren’t used to setting file permissions in your OS, FreeNAS might be your first introduction. Here’s how you set them. |