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I never seem to have enough disk space. Right now most of my systems are at 2/3TB going to 3/4TB, given the cost of only getting an extra 1TB though, it might make sense just to buy more NAS enclosures. I’ll probably end up doing this when all my old…

Been buying quite a few accessories over the last few months. Here’s a quick retrospective on what works: TwelveSouth HiRise vs Konnect. These are both nice iPhone stands. The TwelveSouth is more expensive but works better if you have a case because it doesn’t have a fixed distance it won’t work…

I had no idea it was this bad. Basically dSLR, mirror less and compact cameras are all in a sales crash. No one is sure why, but it does seem as though most folks just are fine with a camera phone 🙁 1) DSLR shipment dropped down to the lowest…

Our Editor’s Choice Award goes to the Smartwool Midweight Crew. In all honesty, it was difficult to find anything we didn’t like about this baselayer. It is durable, provides excellent breathability and temperature regulation, looks good, and is totally versatile. While more expensive than some of the other tops, it…

Latest on headlamps. A fast changing category, this review is great because they do their own realistic battery tests: Selling at an amazingly low street price of $36, the Coast HL7 blew us away with a combination of huge 128 meter beam distance, relatively light 4.4 ounce weight, and best-in-class floodlight optics.…

Need a few more things to fill up a cart on Overstock (and get a 10% coupon too). So what to get. Movies seems easy, so which Blu-ray’s don’t I have. Although we do lots of netflix etc, the actual Mbps on a Blu-ray still can’t be beat, so here…

Man life has gotten a lot more complex than just being a student waiting in the TKTS line. Here are some notes if you are headed that way: Matilda The award winning show is on right now. The big question is where to buy tickets. There are a zillion sales…

Ok, who can stand it when Ludwig checks in on github at 30K feet. Well, I’ve got you beat. Satellite wifi on the way to Shanghai, here’s a post about the most amazing (yes sentimental to a fault) movie, About Time. There are fewer more romantic examples of wonderful british…

Well once you get into it, it is hard not to go whole hog. Here are the latest schemes to get more points. It’s earned us a whopping $300 or far just from Xmas shopping rebates, so here is what is in progress.: Bluebird. This is an Amex debit card…

What a pain this actually is. Here are the steps assuming you have Photoshop: Take your photo against a white background (a wall for instance). If you can turn on the grid feature of your camera, so that you take a “square” picture. On a 3:2 system that means you…