Winegard HD8200U installation and review

Winegard makes wonderful large heavy-duty antennas. I go through the assembly/installation process and provide a few thoughts at the end.

a not-so-pleasant Mushkin 996647 RAM review (8GB – 2x4GB)

How Mushkin ended up on my do-not-buy-again list by trying to extract extra cash from me.

Razer DeathAdder Mac mouse review

A look at DeathAdder mouse – a good Windows mouse, and even a good Mac mouse!

A look at the 15″ 2011 MacBook Pro

Picked up a 2011 MacBook Pro, did some testing, and did some modding.

Dragon Age 2 Mac vs PC

Does the Mac version of Dragon Age 2 live up to the PC version? Well….

Dragon Age 2 review – a worthy successor to the original – things that could use improvement

While trying to avoid spoilers, I go over a number of general things in DA2 that I found to be superb, and others that I thought could use some improvement.

Overclocking the 5730m (and results)

A quick guide going over the process of overclocking the AMD 5730m, and then a look at the performance results.

Mac OS X slow for 10-15 minutes after boot – THE FIX

If 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 workaround

Civ 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 $150

My D-Link DIR-825 came with a heatsink that looks like… well… not a heatsink. How it cost over $100 is beyond me.

SimpleCDN down… for good?

Simple CDN is down. And it looks like it’s not coming back any time soon.

Review – a couple Honeywell Air Purifiers

I exposed a couple locally-available air purifiers to a smoky room. Here’s how it turned out.

Civilization 5 thoughts and review

I take a fairly in-depth look at Civ 5.

A few Maya observations…

A few basic observations surrounding Maya, with a Mac vs PC focus.

Overclocking the E2140 with the Gigabyte G41MT-ES2L with the BSEL mod

The E2140 is notorious for being ridiculously overclockable. Here’s how far I was able to push it on the Gigabyte G41MT-ES2L.

Noctua NH-U12P vs Cool It Domino A.L.C.

I look at both an air and water cooler that happen to be in the same price ballpark, comparing performance and sound.

Brother HL-3070CW Color Wireless LED Printer review

How I’d never considered a Brother printer before, I don’t know. I ended up quite impressed.

Thoughts on the Antec 300

Yet 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….

Maya 2011 and Mental Ray Satellite – always benchmark first! (part 2)

Throwing more machines, at a render project can be counter-productive. See why you need to test before you start your renders.