Archive for Do It Yourself

Setting yourself up a lightweight lannable gaming powerhouse

Do It Yourself, Hardware, Pro. Recomended on February 16th, 2010 Comments

If you consider yourself a gamer, you are probably in the middle of a game right now. Taking a break, or maybe your computer just crashed and you are in the search of a new one. Well if your computer crashed during a game, I really am sorry to hear that. If it does it [...]

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My internet wont work! It worked fine last night..

Do It Yourself, Technology on January 24th, 2010 Comments

Every once in a while a friend of mine will call me up and tell me something along the lines of “My internet doesn’t seem to be working, it worked fine last night.” It’s a tough call to mention to them something really technical so you got to try to keep it simple as possible.

This [...]

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Put your computer in a furnace! Kill it fast, so it hurts less.

Do It Yourself, Keep It Tidy on January 17th, 2010 Comments

Every single day I run into a great person with a great computer that is dying slowly. A time when a computer is literally asking for water, which should never be the case, unless you are actually planning on water cooling your PC, of course.
Computer’s get hot, really hot. You always need to be thinking [...]

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Some software really is worth the money, or so it seems.

Do It Yourself on January 15th, 2010 Comments

Last week, I wrote a short article on why it was worth paying about $8 for a backup utility that worked flawlessly and easily, well now I am here again to say that some times, it’s just worth it to pay for software.
A client of mine recently purchased some software from a company named “iolo“, [...]

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Be good to yourself and your local computer guru. Backup your data!

Do It Yourself, Pro. Recomended on January 14th, 2010 Comments

Backing up your computer is probably one of the simplest things that you can do for both yourself and your computer guru, like myself. It takes relatively no time out of your schedule, unless you happen to be dead in the center of your work day, hopefully reading this and taking care of your backup [...]

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Damn prairie dogs.

Playing keep away from really good friends..who email you viruses

Do It Yourself, Security on January 12th, 2010 Comments

Almost every single day I tend to get an email from a great friend of mine.. who is sending me a virus.. every day.
I feel like I am running in circles with some people, they just don’t get the hint that every single day they are sending out malicious software that is encased in some [...]

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Memory, RAM, who really needs it?

Do It Yourself, Pro. Recomended on January 9th, 2010 Comments

Computer memory is a hard subject to talk about for some, it can get really confusing and it might be hard to know what kind of ram is right for you.
Thankfully it really isn’t all that difficult to figure out which kind of memory you need. Throughout this short stub of an article I am [...]

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Get out of here!

Wireless networks, stop those thieving, hacking neighbors!

Do It Yourself on January 4th, 2010 Comments

Starting this one off with a quick question: Are you on a wireless network, in your own home?
If you are, then you should probably stick around because you might not actually be the only one using your wireless network. A long time ago, before I decided to actually learn how a router worked and what [...]

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Make good use of old parts

Make use of that older computer that you just upgraded from

Do It Yourself on January 3rd, 2010 Comments

The holidays are over, and you have upgraded finally from that four year old Dell Dimmension 3000 to a newer, shinier, Dell Inspiron 546 in a nice and vibrant magenta color, and you are probably just getting ready to throw out the computer that has been with you through ups and downs and so many [...]

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Nice and simple..

Four New Year’s Resolutions that just about every PC user should partake in

Do It Yourself, Software on January 1st, 2010 Comments

A New Year’s resolution is a commitment that an individual makes to a project or the reforming of a habit, often a lifestyle change that is generally interpreted as advantageous. The name comes from the fact that these commitments normally go into effect on New Year’s Day. -Wikipedia
Now that I got the specific definition out [...]

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