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  • Laser Printer Power Surge

    Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 18:04 in hardware, computers & technology

    I’ve been noticing that when my printer (a Brother HL-2170W) starts up, it has an incredible power draw. The lights dim and flickr, like when you turn a vacuum on. It’s enough to overdraw the circuit breakers on my 500W CyberPower UPS. ...

  • Kay Jewelers (Kay.com) Sucks

    Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 01:54 in family, fashion, Me, crime

    I’m not pleased with the level of service at Kay Jewelers after stopping in at their NYC location across from Macy’s on 34th street. Wendy and I went there to pick out a pair of rings, and settled on these two: Color: HIJ, Clarity: I1-I...

  • Backup Review: Mozy vs iDrive

    Posted on Saturday October 31st, 2009 at 18:37 in computers & technology

    TL;DR: Mozy sucks, pay a little more for iDrive I just cancelled my 2-year subscription to Mozy’s unlimited home online backup product after I upgraded to Windows 7. See, it thought I was on an entirely new computer, and asked me to backup eve...

  • New GMail Security Feature

    Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 22:48 in google, Security

    I was using my GMail today and was surprised to see a little link that read “Last account activity: 1 minute ago at this IP (74.101.6.15). Details.” If you click on Details, it brings up a popup with the latest activity on your account&...

  • UPS Tracking and Delivery Messages

    Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 09:24 in errors

    I bought a Wellington Rosé Four Pack from woot on 9/23/2009, and got a tracking number from them (1Z203Y18A845372907) on 10/6/2009. The tracking, which began days before I received a tracking number, goes back and forth between the east coast and w...

  • SSD Stutter / Freeze Problems?

    Posted on Thursday October 8th, 2009 at 21:37 in hardware, Intel

    I love the Intel X25-M SSD, but recently I’ve been having problems with applications stuttering, freezing, locking up, and not responding to input. Mouse cursors will hang, application don’t respond–essentially nothing works. I tr...

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