Archive for the ‘Computers/Tech’ Category
Strange Mixup
Got home today to find a package from DHL and, assuming it to be my fisheye lens, I tore it open without looking at it. You can’t imagine the disappointment I felt when I discovered it to be a motherboard for a Dell server. “WTF?” I almost certainly exclaimed out loud, before turning the package [...]
My Joost Experience So Far
Well after a day and a half of not being able to connect to the Joost network for absolutely no reason, the software finally decided to just work, and I’ve had no issues since.
Joost is a peer to peer streaming television service — kind of a mix between OnDemand services through your cable company and [...]
Desperately Looking for a Joost Invite
Total shot in the dark here, but if any Joost beta testers happen to stumble across this, I would love an invite.
I’m a power user at a couple private trackers, covering movies, music (I have lots of Oink invites), and games (PC, console). I’d gladly trade invites to any or all of them for a [...]
New Hard Drive
Though I have four of them already, my hard drive situation isn’t looking so good: I’m down to just under 200gbs free. Now that may sound like a lot, but when you collect software, ROMs and ISOs, TV series, full length movies, skate videos, and dozens of albums a month…and add to that a new [...]
Selling Computers on the Side?
Okay, so since I work at a want ads paper, and can place ads for free, I’ve been trying to come up with ways to take advantage of this. Well I really only have like two semi-marketable skills, so I thought that maybe I could build budget computers and sell them at a profit. I’ve [...]
Using Your Wiimote on Your PC: A Brief How-to
What’s going on:
The Wii modding/hacking/homebrew scene is slowly maturing to the point to actually produce some useful and/or fun projects. One fun (and easy) “hack” is using your Wiimote to control your PC’s mouse, or act as a standard joystick for PC games and emulation. Connecting your Wiimote to your PC opens up a lot [...]
Prospective Boss Fails Hiring Interview
I received an email a couple days ago from a local computer place at which I had dropped off a resume…I dunno, 6 months ago or so. He said he was looking to hire a new tech and would like me to come in for an interview. This put me in an interesting position because [...]
Jesus Saves
This is retarded, but I have access to a ton of hilarious clipart at work. It allows me to create masterpieces like this.
Customizing My New Phone
Ringtones are just about the biggest racket out there. I think it’s funny when people complain about the cost of CDs or legal music downloads, and see no problem spending $2-$3 on a 15 second clip of their favorite song for their phone. Well I don’t believe in paying for anything I don’t have to, [...]
Pointless Wallpapers
“Bill, where can I find really stupid wallpapers of really random things?”
I get asked that a lot, and the answer is RIGHT HERE. I whipped up these instant classics for your wallpapering pleasure.
First is 1280×1024, second 1024×768.
