Windows 7 – After the Release

Posted on 10. Feb, 2010 by Toad.

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Windows 7 - After the Release

So it now been a little over a year since the beta release of Windows 7.  I have tried to spend a lot of time getting to know windows 7 as well as trying to find its faults.  I want to spend a little time covering my adventures over the past year and maybe give a little [...]

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The Cisco Buddha

Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by Toad.

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The Cisco Buddha

While working on a Cisco 3548 we found something a little odd.  Etched onto the board we found the following imges.  The single Buddha was in plain view while the somersaulting Buddha was hidden under a cable.  I have yet to find anything that explains why this is on the board or even what it [...]

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A Week with a Droid

Posted on 18. Jan, 2010 by Toad.

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A Week with a Droid

So I finally got an opportunity to spend some extended time with the Motorola Droid.  Since it’s initial announcement in October there has been a lot of talk about this phone.  Some want to call it an iPhone killer while others call it the next generation of Smart Phone.  I would call it a great [...]

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Custom SMS and Mail tones on the iPhone

Posted on 16. Dec, 2009 by Toad.

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Custom SMS and Mail tones on the iPhone

So tonight I was looking into a way to customize the SMS and New Mail tones on my iPhone.  For whatever reason Apple didn’t think this was a setting you should be allowed to change.  After all, Steve knows what you want.  After a few minutes I found a forum post that gave some generalities [...]

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Windowes 7 Upgrade – The Clean Install How-To

Posted on 10. Dec, 2009 by Toad.

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Did you purchase an upgrade copy of Windows 7 and need help doing a clean install of it? Here I will go step-by-step, outlining the exact process I used to complete my Windows 7 Upgrade Clean Install.

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The Boxee Box

Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Toad.

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The Boxee Box

With tonight’s unveiling of the Boxee Beta software came the introduction of something I have been waiting a long time for, the Boxee Box. The software has finally been moved out of Alpha and into beta with some major improvements to the software. They have reorganized menus to be more easily accessible, added [...]

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Boxee Beta Unveiling – Live @ 7PM EST

Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Toad.

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Boxee Beta Unveiling - Live @ 7PM EST

You can watch the Boxee Beta unveiling LIVE tonight @ 7PM EST

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Steve Jobs Says I’m a Terrorist!

Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by Toad.

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Steve Jobs Says I'm a Terrorist!

According to a Wired article Apple believes that a jailbroken iPhone is a threat to national security.  If that’s not a good enough reason to want to Jailbreak your phone then I don’t know what is.  I have jailbroke every iTouch and iPhone i’ve had.  The first question people always ask me about it is [...]

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Holiday Update Time

Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Toad.

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Holiday Update Time

Remember that the Holiday season is a great time to spend a few minutes patching and updating your parent’s computers.  It might seem like an inconvenience but it could cost you a whole lot more time later.

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Internet Descrimination or Network Managment

Posted on 11. Nov, 2009 by Toad.

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Internet Descrimination or Network Managment

Is Net Neutrality really a fight against Internet Censorship and control or is is simply responsible network management?  It has been a highly debated topic over the past couple of weeks and it’s not going to go away any time soon.  With the introduction of H.R. 3458, The Internet Preservation Act, and S.1836, The Internet [...]

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iPhone v. Blackberry

Posted on 30. Jul, 2009 by Toad.

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iPhone v. Blackberry

I have spent about a week now with 2 new phones.  The first being an iPhone 3GS and the other a Blackberry Bold.  Both phones definitely have their merits but which of them is truly the better phone?  Of course all of the Apple fan boys are now screaming “iPhone!” but I can’t say that I’m [...]

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Credit Card Reform or Gun Control?

Posted on 21. May, 2009 by Toad.

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I thought this was a neat article outlining a major issue in our current government.  I am all about gun rights and I think credit card reform is needed as well but on the same bill?
http://tinyurl.com/pu7n3w

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He likes it Linus, he really likes it!

Posted on 13. Mar, 2009 by Toad.

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He likes it Linus, he really likes it!

It’s Official, Ubuntu 8.10 is a Good OS.  If Dvorak says it’s good then it must be, this guy doesn’t like anything!
http://tinyurl.com/cnky4m

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Limewire Darknets

Posted on 12. Mar, 2009 by Toad.

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Limewire Darknets

Sounds like limewire is making it easy to create a nuclear backup of all of your pirated warez to a buddie’s house.  Thanks Limewire!
http://tinyurl.com/d84u83

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