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Confessions of a former DIY computer junkie..

  • Posted by flung
  • October 14, 2007

I must be getting old these days…
When my home desktop computer decided to finally die on me this weekend, the first thing I thought about was - "what computer I would buy next?" That’s a far cry from what I used to be even a few years ago when I would have thought to myself [...]

Recent reviews…

  • Posted by flung
  • December 28, 2006

Man I’ve got to get better at updating my personal blog! I just wanted to update all of you on some of the recent articles that I’ve published over at Krunker.com.
The first three products have to do with integrating iPod controls into everyday wear

Kenpo Bonded Fleece Jacket for the iPod - Nice warm fleece jacket [...]

How to improve memory performance under Firefox

  • Posted by flung
  • December 3, 2006

Let me start things off by saying, I absolutely love Firefox. I use it day in and day out - both at work and at home. Having said that, Firefox is a real resource hog. It is. I hate putting my laptop to sleep with Firefox running because I know it’ll take me FOREVER to get [...]

What I’ve been up to

  • Posted by flung
  • November 22, 2006

Man it’s been a busy few weeks hasn’t it? This month of November must have been every gadget lovers dream come true! Think about it for a second..
The Xbox 360 got a ton of new announcements including:

New games like Call of Duty 3 and Gears of War
A new HD DVD player add on which I [...]

WordPress now at 2.0.4

  • Posted by flung
  • August 9, 2006

[photopress:wordpress_logo_2.0.4.jpg,thumb,alignright]For those of you with a WordPress blog - make sure to update your blog engine to the latest version which is v 2.0.4. The new version has a ton of fixes and upgrading should be a cinch for you to perform. You can read more about it here.
[Check it out]

Photopress 0.9.5 out

  • Posted by flung
  • July 5, 2006

One of my favorite (though not perfect) plugins for Wordpress is Photopress which is now at version 0.9.5. You can find the plugin here at familypress-dot-net. It’s a great way to upload images and automatically resize them for your blog postings. There are a couple of things that I did wish it could handle such [...]

Build your own Windows Media Center PC

  • Posted by flung
  • August 10, 2005

I just wanted to mention that I posted up a new article on Krunker.com about how to build your very own Windows Media Center Edition 2005 PC. I created one using a Pentium M based motherboard and an Ahanix case. The machine actually has been up and running since the end of February but I [...]