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mxlookup is a great site to figure out what is wrong with your mx records.

Setting up MyKolab.com is a little tricky and not much on that site, but here’s a good post that explains how to stay reasonably safe: Browsers. Firefox is free and most importantly open. But you need some add-ons to feel really safe: Adblock Edge. Mainly because AdBlock Pro does allow…

It is incredible that you could run out of disk space with 24 terabytes of storage, but with all the home movies and photos, it is very possible. I was at 95% capacity and things were getting very flaky, so bit the bullet about got a Synology DS2413+. This is…

So it looks like if you are using a connector based stand, you have to stick with an official Apple cable… I took a close look at the build quality of everything I tested and discovered a major issue with third party cables, even those that are certified: the connectors…

These are great cables, but just be aware that if you are using stands like the Konnect (pretty good) or Hi-Rise (very good, but expensive), they need the standard Apple cables because the heads on these are too thick Charge and sync your newer Apple iPod®, iPhone®, or iPad® with…

I think we’ve all seen the Sixty Minutes piece about how all sunglasses are made from one factory and have a huge markup. Well at least in this case a little shopping really pays off. Here’s an algorithm: 1. Find some great glass from reviews. I got a Smith Backdrop…

I haven’t research this in a while and have been using a combination of Startpage, Adblock, Ghostery, Noscript, WOT and LastPass for security and passwords. But there seem to be quite a few overlapping ones and NoScript in particular takes quite a bit of work. So what’s the best. Lifehacker…

If you are like me, you’re probably completely confused by the plethora of identical sounding models of 4TB drives. Here’s a decoder ring focusing in on warranty (reliability really), performance (mainly rotational speed) and NAS-able (various fast error protocols). The sweet spot for NAS seems to be the Seagate ST4000VN000…