I’ve been looking for to build a network-connected storage solution that can handle a couple terabytes without costing me thousands of dollars or being so slow that it’s not really usable. Based on the reviews I’ve read, Infrant’s Ready NAS NV seems to fit the bill nicely. This is a standalone networked device that holds…
April 30, 2006
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Seagate inadvertently leaked some hints about its plans to release a 750gb hard drive later this year. According to DailyTech, Seagate representatives have told us that the information posted was “very premature” and was not be posted on the website for several weeks. Seek time information has not been released yet, which has traditionally been…
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Fox News has an article about how Star Trek fans are coping with no Star Trek series on the air and another Star Trek film not slated to appear until at least 2008. One of the things that Star Trek fans are doing, of course, is making their own Star Trek shorts and, in some…
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Brian Cronin does an excellent job of explaining the very odd legal situation that DC Comics has found itself in over the copyright to the Superboy character. DC owns the copyrights and trademarks to Superman, Clark Kent and the other characters created and derived from Jerry Siegel and Joel Schuster’s famous creation. But a funny…
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Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Georgia) found herself in a lot hot water for assaulting a Capitol police officer who didn’t recognize her when she blew threw a security checkpoint without her Congressional pin. For most people that would be enough absurdity, but this is Cynthia McKinney, so you had to know that was just the beginning…
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I have thousands of DVDs neatly filed into storage cases and then placed in RubberMaid storage boxes and finally placed on shelves in my basement. One of my major concerns is keeping the DVDs from being exposed to moisture. For a bit of added protection, Light Impressions Direct sells reusable desiccant canisters. Put these in…
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It amazes me how difficult it can be sometimes to find a piece of software that will perform the functions I need. This week I must have spent 8 hours researching different software packages to manage my growing to-do list. Now admittedly, my to-do list requirements are probably a bit more stringent than most people’s…
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What a wonderful way to take two puzzle games like Rubik’s Cube and Sudoku and combine them into the Sudokube, Currently only available outside the United States, but coming here later this year.
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The local Gannett rag, the Kalamazoo Gazette, ran a rather disjointed article in its April 22, 2006, profiling a local religious professor who apparently believes that the solution to the world’s problems is the Golden Rule. Now the paper might be distorting the professor’s views, but regardless, the Golden Rule isn’t much of a basis…