by jtpratt | Jan 28, 2008 | diy, gadgets, household tech
How much media is on your laptop or PC? I’m sure you have mp3’s, photos, and maybe even some video. Do you have a digital camcorder? Do you record video with your digital camera or cell phone? How many times have you wanted to watch or listen to something...
by jtpratt | Jan 28, 2008 | diy, gadgets
It seems like nearly everything has a memory card slot now, your digital camera, cell phone, laptop, PDA, portable PC – memory card slots are even now available in some car stereos, home entertainment systems, dvd players, and more! With all of these memory card...
by jtpratt | Jan 15, 2008 | diy, hardware, household tech, networking
The average home has multiple computers and all kinds of digital photos, mp3’s, and documents that are about as organized as a bucket of slop. If you don’t get a central location to store and protect it – you are stones throw away from pissing away...
by jtpratt | Jan 14, 2008 | computers, gadgets, hardware
I’ve been on the lookout lately for some out of the ordinary gadgets and the wireless USB hub really caught my eye. Why? Well, USB gadgets and hardware are great, but sometimes you don’t have enough ports and there’s a zillion wires – but the...
by jtpratt | Jan 13, 2008 | computers, gadgets, hardware
With all of the portable hard drives, flash memory cards and sticks, and cell phones with internal memory it’s possible to carry all kinds of digital files anywhere you want. You may use a flash memory stick to carry documents to and from the office or school....
by jtpratt | Jan 10, 2008 | computers, diy, gadgets
The Register has this article about USB Cables that back the movie industry that caught my eye. I had forgotten that one of Windows Vista big selling points (ack!) was that it could “lock things down” at the hardware level. In other words, a video card...
by jtpratt | Jan 4, 2008 | computers, diy, gadgets, hardware, music
I saw an ad from Newegg yesterday and came accross something I hadn’t seen before – it’s a USB Vinyl turntable under $100! Of course there are some of us (geeks) that still have turntables, and you can just take the line out and run it in a decent...
by jtpratt | Jan 3, 2008 | distractions, online games
I didn’t do a lot with my web sites over Christmas vacation – and that’s unusual for me. I guess I just needed a break from writing posts and articles for the various blogs and domains I own – but you’d think I would have used that time...
by jtpratt | Dec 13, 2007 | diy, gadgets, liveCD, resources and tips, software, windows
If you like this tutorial guide – please digg it! This post of part of The Smorgasbord Tech Reviews series! With all the people downgrading from Windows Vista to XP, I felt this was a pretty timely post. You can’t boot Windows XP from a floppy disc, but...
by jtpratt | Dec 11, 2007 | scams, web
I find a lot of things on the Internet, but today made me realize that it’s been a very long time where I read something that engaged me so much I lost an entire hour before I knew it! I think you’ll love this one….you know those ridiculous Nigerian...
