With the unfortunate but long-coming news of PC Cyber’s demise, I’d like to remind everyone of the remaining options in Ottawa: Downtown: Canada Computers and Bewawa West End: RB Computing And of course, you can always contact me directly. My expertise is in gaming/workstation/server rigs, but I’m happy to help out in [...]
Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category
File servers for everyone!
November 25th, 2010
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It looks like shit (for now), but I’ve quickly put together a NAS configurator page. That’s right, custom file servers from 4 to 72 terabytes, to securely stash your digital clutter. Be forewarned, these things can get noisy as they are designed for server rooms. If you want something quiet enough to stick [...]
Requiem for a Laptop
August 13th, 2010
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Laptops suck. Seriously, they are shit. None of them work right, driver support is abysmal, and it seems every manufacturer is targeting the “space-conscious idiot” demographic, who want a laptop that stays on a desk, plugged in 24/7.
Rogers iPhone pricing revealed (yes, Rogers is still retarded)
June 28th, 2008
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Rogers revealed its pricing scheme for its Canadian 3G iPhone plans today. They suck ass, which is precisely what we’ve come to expect from the only national telecom that’s even dumber and greedier than Bell. There’s a petition online. Like all petitions, it probably won’t do a damned thing, but it says “fuck you” [...]
Fuck Creative Labs, Fuck the Sound Blaster, and Fuck You if you buy one!
March 29th, 2008
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For those just tuning in, Creative Inc, the company that sells the Sound Blaster brand of sound cards, has been giving a driver hacker a very hard time. The issue involves Vista driver support. I don’t know the full details, as I don’t own a Sound Blaster anymore, but the gist of it is that [...]
The thousand-dollar keyboard – Fuck you Art Lebedev!
November 29th, 2007
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Optimus Maximus in minimus sub-$1000 configurations – Engadget We live in a fake world. Fake people, fake careers, fake tits and fake money. Well if you’re the kind of fake person that likes a fake computer, here’s your keyboard: the Optimus Maximus, by Art Lebedev (aka the “geniuses” who got paid to draw [...]
Computer equipment quality
September 8th, 2007
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Ahh, computers… That’s why you’re here, right ? That’s how you got here, too! With the recent release of ‘new’ iMacs from Apple a few weeks ago, there has been much buzz around the blogosphere about quality and value. A lot of whiney ignorants like to hear themselves say that Macs are expensive because they [...]
Meet IvanAnywhere, the telecommuting robot
September 5th, 2007
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TheRecord.com – Business – Meet IvanAnywhere Now this is cool! Ivan Bowman is a developer at some company in Waterloo, but he “telecommutes” – god I hate that word – he works from home, in Halifax. Hundreds of thousands of people do that already, but what’s neat about Ivan is he has a robot [...]
Apple cuts 8GB iPhone price to $399 – Engadget
September 5th, 2007
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Apple cuts 8GB iPhone price to $399 – Engadget And people are pissed off about it! And I’m pissed off at these people! The same brainwashed idiots who stood in line two months ago to get a goddamned iPhone are now bitching about the price drop, whining about resale value and how they feel [...]
Who the hell would pay $500 for a Drobo ?
August 7th, 2007
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What the hell is a Drobo, you ask ? Drobo is a little box that connects to your computer via USB, and houses from one to four hard drives. It does RAID-like things to protect your files from disk failure, and presents itself as a very simple, easy-to-use gadget. And it costs $500, that’s [...]
