by jtpratt | Oct 27, 2007 | case mods, computers, diy, hardware
I’ve seen a lot of case mods, but this is a very unique one. It’s a smaller scale version of a drum (you know, like a rock star’s drum from a drum kit) modded out to accomodate a motherboard, fans, hard drive, optical drives, and it even has a header...
by jtpratt | Oct 12, 2007 | computers, hardware
Gizmodo has a post about a Lenovo Solar Powered PC. On the one hand, it’s got a pretty high geek factor – a solar powered PC! But then I got to thinking, who has sunlight where their PC is (on the office or at home)? So now I have to move my desk by the...
by jtpratt | Oct 4, 2007 | computers, diy, hardware, tutorial
I’ve build hundreds of PC’s and probably repaired even more computers over the last 10 years. For the most part – it’s always been cheaper to build a PC for someone that acually buy one outright. I often wonder – is that still the case?...
by jtpratt | Aug 9, 2007 | firefox, hardware, resources and tips, software, tutorial, web
I came across something I just had to share that has changed the way I work quite a bit. I was doing StumbleUpon one day, and one of the first pages I came across was Portableapps.com. Now I’ve blogged about both Portable Firefox and Portable Opera before. These...
by jtpratt | Aug 9, 2007 | computers, hardware
I’ve seen all kinds of things made from duct tape It seems to be an on and off again fad. My daughter loves to make all kinds of things out of duct tape. She’s made wallets, I think a pair of shoes once, a belt – apparently there are all kinds of web...
by jtpratt | Jun 29, 2007 | computers, hardware
Wow, Gizmag has a story about Hitachi working on a 5 Terabyte 3.5 inch drive. Not due out until the year 2010, that sure shows how much cheaper storage gets each day. By the time we get that, all of my 700MB CD’s will feel like floppies for sure! You can find...
