I said in my last post that I was going to try yanking out a stick of RAM.  I had seen some mention of this in some message boards.  I'm either really happy or really sad (undecided) to report that this seemed to address the issue (for the most part).... [Read More]

Rick Strahl had a post with this title.  I thought I'd share my story too.  Somehow, we as consumers need to speak out to the banking industry and get them to change how this Multi Factor Authentication is being implemented. On Christmas Eve, Fifth-Third bank turned on their new security... [Read More]

I must live under a rock.  CompUSA is closing its stores.  I stopped by tonight on my way home from work to pick up a wireless router and PCI card for my mother-in-law's new Dell, and they had store closing signs all over the front of the building.  The shelves... [Read More]

Well, ANTOnline sucks.  They really suck, and I'm not afraid to say it! Back on Jan 25, I said that I had submitted an RMA to them after talking with BFG Tech.  This was actually the 2nd RMA I submitted to ANTOnline.  The first was because there was no DVI-I... [Read More]

My mother-in-law and a friend both wanted new machines for home.  I started monitoring GotApex.com for deals and I found one that I liked this past Saturday.  I placed the order a little after 9pm Saturday night, and the order was immediately acknowledged at "26 Jan 2008 21:18:32 -0600". Everything... [Read More]