Category Technology

HWMonitor

An excellent little utility from the makers of CPUID.  Run the single executable to start up HWMonitor and it will connect to all the monitoring hardware in your system and display what it can: temperatures, voltages, fan speeds, etc.  Works…

Griffin FlexGrip Case for iPhone

With it’s large screen and shiny reflexive case the iPhone is a price target for scratches and scrapes.  Basically a case becomes a must have item.  At first I went searching for a traditional belt clip slide in case but…

SOHO Email

I read a post today about setting up hMailServer on your Windows Home Server (WHS).  This reminded me of a lot of comments made during the beta stages of WHS when testers kept asking for a mail server like Exchange…

Copy one file to avoid reactivating Windows XP

Ran across this tip while web browsing this morning.  It’s a golden oldie: when wiping your Windows XP installation to get things squeaky clean, copy c:\windows\system32\WPA.DBL off the system first.  After your reinstall boot to Safe Mode and paste it…

eBooks

Yes, that dreaded topic I’ve avoided for months has pressed itself upon me. Well, not really. I’ve been a Palm IIIxe owner but ignored the whole eBook thing since no outstanding readers were available. Yes, many web sites offer text files of classic…

Dungeon Siege Legends Of Aranna

Can’t favor one system over another, so Dungeon Siege: Legends Of Aranna has occupied my free time for the last three weeks. Some may remember the original title from a few years ago: this is a follow up slash expansion, somewhere…

Rome Total War

Rome Total War ( RTW ) is the best game I’ve ever played. There, I said it. I could quantify it by saying I love strategy games and this is the best of that genre, but the first statement holds true. Creative…