Monthly Archives: January 2009

The Local News Channel Discovers Twitter

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Derek

It’s interesting watching the progression of new communication technology into the local Cleveland news channels. Video streams on their websites are already old-hat, so now they’ve started taking baby steps into the Twitter world. I ran across Cleveland’s Fox 8 … Continue reading →

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Talking to Fox 8 about the DTV Transition

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Derek

Download Best Buy BlueShirt Meghan Ries and I had a chance to talk to Fox 8′s Wayne Dawson about the upcoming DTV transition.

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Seagate Hard Drive Dies Firmware Death

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Derek

I experienced the worst feeling a computer owner can have this week. I had turned on my computer and waited for the usual tones of the Windows Vista startup chimes, but was instead greeted with an error message from the … Continue reading →

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Another Motherboard to Add to the Pile

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Derek

Old AMD ATX Motherboard vs New Atom Mini ITX Motherboard The old AMD socket 939 motherboard that my Ubuntu Linux file server was running on finally gave up the ghost last week. Because replacements are harder to find for older … Continue reading →

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Homeworld Revisited

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Derek

Some feelings of gaming nostalgia over the holidays led me to reinstall the PC game Homeworld on my system this week. For a game that’s nearly 10 years old, it holds up very well, and ran with little issue on … Continue reading →

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