In an effort to keep all us little monkeys up-to-date, we were all just upgraded to Office 2007 here at work and the first thing I noticed was the nasty default “toothpaste” color scheme. Don’t get me wrong… blue is one of my favorite colors, but that shade was just plain offensive. And so I [...]
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Office 2007 Color Schemes / Themes
Published by December 20th, 2007 in Gripes and Software. 3 Comments
Someday I’ll have the time (but never the creativity) to build something like this. I’m not sure what it is that draws me to these steampunk creations, but they touch a special place in my nerdy little heart. Anyway… check out the entire Gizmodo gallery here.
The Sad State of Smartphone Software
Published by October 17th, 2007 in Gadgets, Random and Software. 0 CommentsI was going through my blogs today and stumbled on a note from the guys at Smartphone Thoughts. I like these guys, but again, it was a plug for a piece of software they hadn’t tried, in the vein of “looks kinda neat – anyone try it?”. This brought me over to the best-seller list [...]
I took the opportunity to upgrade my Smoothwall to the new version 3 last night, and took some pictures of my “network closet”. I think this serves as an example of how NOT to EVER treat the heart of your home’s connectivity. My network closet is currently just an area of my unfinished basement with [...]
Zarch’s Gear: A New Series About My Stuff
Published by September 22nd, 2007 in Gadget Reviews, Gadgets, Hardware and Hardware Reviews. 0 CommentsI thought it might be of interest to post about the gadgets that accompany me in my day to day life. I’m a gadget whore, you might say, always looking for another fix of the latest crap that comes out. That’s why the stuff that sticks around might provide some interest: if a device survives [...]
Forget Emulation… I Want This!!!
Published by September 10th, 2007 in Case Mods and Nintendo. 0 CommentsNot sure about the details surrounding this thing, but all I can say is WOW! One might argue that this baby is a few years late to the scene, but that didn’t stop one intrepid modder from creating a thing of dreams (from about 15 years ago). I mean… how often did you used to [...]
And this one is the sexiest so far, at least from this angle. engadget has the goods on this one; looks like it’s got its own proprietary wireless signal, so they’re thinking there will be no lag. Also, they’ve got a couple of variants, one straight optical, and one laser. The optical mouse they’re aiming at FPS [...]
New Contender in the Mouse Debates
Published by August 23rd, 2007 in Gadgets, Games and Hardware. 0 CommentsRudeboy and I have different taste in mice, but we share one thing: a fancy mouse won’t buy you any extra frags. Now, granted, you’re not going to get a lot of kills if you’re playing with your laptop’s trackpad or little eraser-thingy pointer. But I’ve almost always been happy with an ancient two-button optical [...]
Here’s another slick case from the guys over at Extremetech.com. Apparently they’re having a case mod contest and this was another of the winners (along with Optimus Prime below). There have been a few wood cases that have popped up over the past couple years, but you can tell that some serious time went into [...]
Holy freaking mother of all things nerdy! I’ve seen a few case mods in my day, but I think this one takes the cake. Not only is it a fantastic representation of our good buddy Optimus, but it’s also one of the largest pc cases I’ve ever seen standing at about 6″10′ when fully assembled [...]