Windows 8 – Love Hate Relationship

I've been running Windows 8 on my primary laptop since the day it was released.  I purchased it through Amazon via a pre-order deal that let me buy the boxed Windows 8 Pro for around $68 and included a $30 Amazon credit.  Not a bad deal if I say so myself.   My first impression was that it was MUCH … [Read more...]

Dell Digital Downloads Suck

  In today's world of instant delivery of software via high-speed digital downloads it's incredible to find a major corporation that supposedly is in the technology business that doesn't support instant downloads.  To my dismay that's exactly what happened today when I purchased a 3 pack of the … [Read more...]

Star Trek Door Chime from ThinkGeek

First off I am a big fan of Star Trek TOS (The original series) and absolutely love all the really cool gadgets and gizmos that various companies have produced. So when the nice folks at ThinkGeek said they would send me one of the Star Trek Electronic Door Chime I was very excited. Of course one … [Read more...]

Logmein.com the Free Remote Access that Works

Do you know that one application that you use over and over again?  For me that application is website based Logmein.com.  Put simply Logmein.com has been my primary remote access solution for the last five years and it's 100% free.  Sure you can buy the professional version but honestly I haven't … [Read more...]