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Doom 3: Scary as Hell
I’ve been playing Doom 3, single-player campaign. Cripes, this game scares the shit out of me! With surround speakers, playing in the dark… it’s just plain creepy. And then the occasional spring-loaded Imp just shoots me right out of my chair. I dig it! But, I just let my brother play it. Set up another…
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Harmony 628 Universal Remote
I just bought a Harmony 628 universal remote control. Somewhat puzzlingly, I can’t find a page on Logitech’s website about it, but it looks very similar to the Harmony 659 model. Since Logitech bought the manufacturer of the Harmony remotes, they certainly have taken full advantage of Logitech’s extensive distribution channel. These very powerful remote…
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Sir! Yes, sir!
I’m perpetually irritated by the tendency of self-important authority figures to hand out their decrees without any justification whatsoever. Governments are particularly bad for this, but so are the little tin-pot dictators that infest corporate legal and safety departments. Do not mix with other cleaning products. Do not make statements concerning bombs. Do not sit…
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Bundled crap
I’m growing less impressed with MSI… the video card is fine, no problems there. But all this bundled software… it takes me time to investigate all this stuff to see if any of it is worthwhile. So far, it’s almost universally crap. Why are they wasting my time with this? Would it kill them to…
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Bundled Software Overload
With my recent purchase of a new Athlon64 motherboard and PCI Express graphics, I have been buried under an unprecedented avalanche of bundled software. Let’s take an inventory, shall we? I’m going to include the bundled software that came with other hardware I had already, but which will be used with this system. Asus A8N-SLI…