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• Listen to you hard drive’s S.M.A.R.T. status - part 2

  In which I learn that even though the SMART status and drive self-tests report "No problems found", you can’t trust them all the time. To make a long story short: Even though I’ve mentioned in the past that it’s a good idea to... Posted Sep 10 2008, 02:12 AM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Software, Tech Toys

• The cat’s finally out of the bag - The new HP TouchSmart IQ500 has been announced

  The big day is here and gone. The new TouchSmart PC has been announced to great fanfare on the web, and I’m sure there’s more to come. The blogs are full of praise and criticism already, of course. Since I was closely involved with the creation... Posted Jun 10 2008, 07:18 PM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Software, Tech Toys, Work in general

• Only a few more days now to the Big Unveiling

  Next week Monday through Wednesday there’s an invitation-only event in Berlin, Germany where some of the stuff I’ve been working on (since the HP TouchSmart) will be shown to the public for the first time. I hear it’s going to have top... Posted Jun 07 2008, 04:45 PM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Tech Toys, Work in general

• The OLPC arrived - see what’s in the box

  I had almost forgotten about the OLPC give-one-get-one campaign I took the opportunity to participate in last year. Well, the thing finally came today. I wasn’t really all that anxious to get it, so it didn’t bother me at all that it took... Posted Mar 27 2008, 01:22 AM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Personal, Tech Toys

• Netflix WatchNow MediaError(1400): One solution

  Here’s a quick tip: If you’re a Netflix subscriber and are having problems with the WatchNow feature, take a look at whether you have any caching proxy servers between the PC you’re using to watch a show and the Netflix servers (yes... Posted Mar 03 2008, 12:32 AM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Personal, Tech Toys

• Computer performance puzzle: Hard drive PIO vs. (U)DMA mode

  [I may have a hard drive mini-series on my hands here, see previous post.] If your computer has performance problems and you can’t quite explain why (you’ve ruled out startup items, spyware and such ilk), it may be worth looking at how your... Posted Feb 18 2008, 09:06 PM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Tech Toys

• Listen to your hard drive’s S.M.A.R.T. status

  As I mentioned in my last post, I went to the local Fry’s recently to get a replacement hard drive. What prompted me to do that was a warning from the BIOS of my computer saying that the S.M.A.R.T. status of the drive was bad. I’m glad I listened... Posted Feb 18 2008, 03:37 PM by GeekTieGuy Filed under: Tech Toys