We have written about Ally Bank in the past and here I am writing about it again: their customer service is great. I have no affiliation with the bank nor do we get any sort of kick-back from people signing up with them; I just feel compelled to share. I had accounts with GMAC Bank [...]
Archive | January, 2011
SFW: Porn Reveals the Truth about Men and Women
This article is safe for work; I am just pointing you to another article over at The Atlantic that might be NSFW just because of language. The article is called “Hard Core” by Natasha Vargas-Cooper. It is a lengthy piece, looking at how pornography (in its infinitely distributed form since the internet-explosion) gives us a [...]
QN: T-Mobile to Upgrade HSPA+ Service to 45 Mbps This Year
In an effort to continuing being my favorite mobile provider on the planet, T-Mobile has promised to upgrade all HSPA+ service from the paltry 20-something Mbps service that they rolled out this year to 45 Mbps this year. T-Mobile discussed the upgrade previously but we all assumed it would be a while before we saw [...]
QN: Things You Might Not Know About jQuery
jQuery is a very popular JavaScript library used to make writing JavaScript-enabled sites easier; handy shortcuts and pre-defined functions that do popular things and all. David Flanagan (author of jQuery Pocket Reference) has put together 5 tips about jQuery that you most likely didn’t know. My favorite one is the use of namespaces when it [...]
Xbox 360 250GB Hard Drive – $70
From Dealsea (I felt compelled to post this because I paid something like $130 for my 120GB hard drive a year and a half ago) Microsoft Xbox 360 X16-38655-01 250GB Hard Drive Upgrade Kit $70, Jan 05 Circuit City (a TigerDirect company) has Microsoft Xbox 360 X16-38655-01 250GB Hard Drive Upgrade Kit for $69.99 with free [...]
QN: NVIDIA Enters the CPU Market with ARM-Based CPU/GPU
Project “Denver” is NVIDIA’s code-name for their entry into the CPU market (yes, the one dominated by Intel and AMD) with a combination CPU/GPU ARM-based chip. ARM-based chips have recently exploded in the mobile/smart-phone space and NVIDIA has decided to compete against the x86 powerhouses that are AMD and Intel with an offering in the [...]
QN: OCZ Vertex 3 SSDs – 500 MB/sec Speed
OCZ has just announced the release of their Vertex 3 lineup of SSDs for consumers and enterprise customers. The specs you see above are from the Vertex 3 Pro which is their consumer SSD based on the SandForce SF-2000 series controller. Many have been waiting for SF-2000 series based drives since the controller was announced [...]
Introducing “QN” or “Quick News”
I would like to introduce a new feature to the site: Quick News, or more specifically stories prefixed with “QN”. In WordPress terminology, this will be any story tagged with the “Quick News” tag. There are frequently stories that we want to cover to make you guys aware of that we don’t, because the story [...]
2-Day Exclusive Giveaway: MacX Video Converter Pro
Digiarty and The Buzz Media are back at it again with a 2-day exclusive giveaway, starting tomorrow, of their MacX Video Converter Pro software (and massive discount of the bundle for folks that miss the giveaway, more below). You can download the Mac OS X or Windows version of the software, then use the following [...]
Adorama Camera – Your Shipping is TERRIBLE (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Story update at the bottom… The purpose of this post is just so shed some light on a terrible shipping experience from a popular online camera company: Adorama Camera. They weren’t late with the package and I haven’t received it yet, so I don’t know if it’s banged up or not, but I would [...]
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