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I did some benchmarking (CPU-side, using PHP) of a few hosts. Here are the results, and a chart!

A look at SimpleCDN (free) vs Amazon’s paid CDN. Note that it’s not necessarily a fair comparison.

Solving a new issue in Joomla when migrating to a new server.

I was pondering whether to host my own DNS or go with hosted DNS, and put together some pros and cons of each.

The downside to installing WordPress plugins is the junk often left behind in the database when you remove them. Here’s what I came across (and removed) in mine.

A somewhat brief list of some quick-and-dirty “best” advanced settings for Handbrake, based on v0.9.3.

The northbridge on the X58 PRO-E is notorious for getting hot. I walk through the process of pulling the heatsinks and applying new paste to bring those temps down.

I look at the Sonata III with a comparison against the old piano-finish variant.

Bringing the MSI GT735 from Vista 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit.

Addressing stutter on the Mac using VLC 1.x, with a screenshot to help along the way.

A look at the DWA-160, with a deeper focus on the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz aspects.

A brief look at the TomTom XL 330 GPS, and a link to more detailed info.

Peeking at the Garmin 255W GPS with some brief details and a link to a longer review.

Maya has a habit of using only 50% of your CPU’s power. By tweaking a couple settings, you get often get it to use the full 100%.

The downside to relying on AWSTATS for statistics tracking through WHM is that if you move to a new host, it can take some manual work to get that data transferred. Here’s how I did it.

Clearing up some of my own confusion as it pertains to DNS.

Trying to get the LaserJet 1600 working on Mac OS X isn’t a simple plug-and-play experience, though it is possible.

I take a look at Fusion 2 vs Parallels 4 when it comes to games, and see how they both fare.

DarkStar One was crashing in Windows 7. The solution involves deleting and installing some new files, but isn’t too challenging.

In DarkStar One, I was stuck trying to figure out how to get to Odia. Took a little searching, but I finally found it.