YATB (Yet Another Tech Blog)

Newegg is currently offering 100 4.7GB DVDs at a taxfree price of $23 with free shipping.  At a fill-rate of 90%, or 4.2GB per disc,  this option comes out to 18.26 GB. per dollar.
Newegg is also offering an external hard drive, a Fantom Drives G-Force G1000EU 1TB for $95, $75 with rebate.   This option comes out to 10.53 GB per dollar.
The DVDs are still a better choice of storage media for now.

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§216 · June 12, 2009 · Hardware · Comments Off ·


While hard rebooting my Dell Axim, it asked me to align the screen as part of its normal startup procedure.  I must’ve pressed the crosshairs 40 times and still the screen wouldn’t align.  I googled this problem and found that one way to fix this screen misalignment problem is to take a business card, insert the card into the side  and swipe out all the crud from the sides of the screen.   And it worked!  A low tech solution to a high tech problem.  Hooray.

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§172 · July 23, 2007 · Hardware · Comments Off ·


Tom’s Hardware for cpu and motherboard reviews
Pricewatch for live hardware prices 

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§171 · June 27, 2007 · Hardware · Comments Off ·