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Elliott Back: Internet Extraordinaire
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Laser Printer Power Surge
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
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
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
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
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?
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...
