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Review: Acer Aspire 5 (A515-54G-70TZ)

I bought an Acer Aspire 5 A515 about a year ago. It’s possibly a little late for a review, but for anyone looking into this series… $699.99 USD Quick pointsPros: affordable, lightweight, backlit keyboard, SSD, dedicated graphics for basic gaming, … Continue reading

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Winco Store Brand Reviews!

I love grocery shopping. It’s one of my favorite pastimes. I do the majority of my shopping at Winco, and like most other post-college poor people I buy a LOT of store brands. Below is a list of Winco products … Continue reading

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MagicDisc ISO: Virtual CD-ROM Manager

The smallest of computers no longer come installed with CD or DVD drives. New technology has taken a swing away from this older way of storing data. This is great when it comes to making computers lightweight and small, but CD and … Continue reading

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Review: Google Drive

Google Docs had been showing me a banner advertising to me a new tool that Google has to offer: Google Drive. Overall, I’m not that impressed. It isn’t entirely useless, but I just don’t see it as being very successful. … Continue reading

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Lenovo Laptops, Ideapad Y570

I bought a new laptop a few months ago. I spent many prior months thinking about this decision, reading about manufacturers, researching hardware components, and deciding on a price. Prior to my purchase, I had figured out a few things: I … Continue reading

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The Kindle E-Reader (The $79 Wonder)

I ended up with an Amazon Kindle, the $79 “just plain Kindle” with no special features. Prior to having a Kindle, I always thought that they were strange devices. I had a hard time understanding the concept of abandoning a … Continue reading

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Adventures back into the Windows realm

Windows 7 is on my laptop again. One year of Linux — that was a very long time. I can say I have successfully tested it, and that I can have an unbiased viewpoint of how it met or did … Continue reading

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Fedora Linux Adventures Continued:

I am starting to wonder if Fedora is really the distribution I feel like sticking with long-term. But, now that I have the WiFi driver figured out, I figure I might as well give it a little longer. I’ve noticed … Continue reading

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Linux Distributions: Fedora 15

I’ve been a fan of Ubuntu for a very long time, but lately I had been questioning the direction they were heading in — especially regarding Unity. Unity is the latest desktop interface shipped with Ubuntu 11.04. It is based … Continue reading

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Folding at Home (F@H)

On a side note before I start this article: The website usage has nearly doubled in the last two weeks for the overall monthly totals. (Interesting enough, so has the spam). Despite this, we get very few legitimate comments. Please … Continue reading

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