1. I just swapped out my old (well, okay, not THAT old) SSD boot drive on the vidding computer for a higher-capacity drive and it was without doubt the least stressful, most hassle-free computer upgrade I have EVER done. Cloning and installation took less than 45 minutes. Good job, Samsung.

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It really should not be this hard to find a keyboard that is both ergonomic and backlit.

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Some of you may recall that nearly a month ago now I ordered a bunch of computer parts and started rebuilding my machine. The project hit several snags, first emotional and then technical, but -- long story short -- I finally finished the rebuild this morning and spent most of the afternoon troubleshooting, updating drivers, tinkering with the BIOS ( Read more... )

Adata's USB 3.0 16GB flash drive is on sale at NewEgg until Oct. 3: 30% off plus free shipping, total cost just over $10. I have the 8GB version and like it (which is to say I have not yet destroyed it -- flash drives live a hard life in my world), so I just ordered two of the 16GB. USB 3.0 transfer speeds are a thing of beauty.

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I just installed an aftermarket heatsink for the first time. Took more time than installing the stock Intel heatsink, but on balance I think it was actually easier and less stressful because I didn't worry as much about breaking the motherboard. I did get anxious about the thermal compound, but hey, I figure the anxiety has to go somewhere, right ( Read more... )

I was going to post more VVC stuff this evening, but a) I ended up staying late at work for various reasons, and b) when I got home, my new computer parts were waiting for me!!!

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I've been slowly upgrading the computer for the past nine months or so, buying parts intermittently as NewEgg coupon codes came up. So far I've moved the old system to a new case and installed a SSD boot drive, higher-capacity data drive and vidding drives, Blu-ray drive, and more RAM. I've also picked up a power supply, external drive enclosure, ( Read more... )

For anyone who's been thinking about getting an(other) external drive, this Western Digital 1TB drive is currently on sale at NewEgg: $80 with promo code EMCNGJD22. (This is the external drive I have; I can vouch that it's sturdy, stable, quiet, and has thus far survived an environment containing rather more cat hair than is optimal for electronic ( Read more... )

For a couple of weeks now, the lid of my wee Toshiba netbook (which I love and highly recommend, by the way) has been wobbly, and a few days ago a very tiny screw fell out of... somewhere... and landed behind the computer. I wasn't sure where it came from, but I suspected the hinge. (Mind you, I wasn't sure how a screw could fall out of the hinge, ( Read more... )

Having truepenny here is delightful; she's been writing lots of words during the day (the cats are pleased that someone is staying home with them), and in the evenings we've been hanging out watching Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and discussing it. (I have really missed talking TV with her; there's really no substitute for sitting around tossing ( Read more... )