Epinions Recent Reviews for caradoc

Best Buy: Best Buy = Best Try - And That's Not Good Enough

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 18:25:46 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - When shopping for the new Mac OS X 10.6, "Snow Leopard," I came across a note indicating that Best Buy was selling it for $5 less than the local Apple Store.So, I went to their website, checked inventory, noted that a store not too far from me...

Cool, it ain't...

Thu, 26 May 2005 04:32:57 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - I've got a lot of computer equipment in here, so I've been using a window-mounted air conditioner to supplement the house air conditioning. When we go out, the thermostat for the house will allow the temperature to go up while my server room/home office...

Oh, Plantronics... What Were You THINKING?

Mon, 4 Oct 2004 00:15:42 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - I've been doing quite a bit of work from home in the wee hours of the morning, on conference calls to fix various broken servers. Therefore, I needed to replace my cordless phone (which has a headset) with a regular headset, so I wasn't having to swap...

Dr Bott LLC 0117-ADCV VGA Extractor for ADC: Old Monitor, New Mac?

Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:03:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - t's not something every user needs - Apple provides a DVI-to-VGA adapter in the box with every Macintosh that has DVI output for a couple of years, now. What if you have a monitor that uses the DVI connector, and you'd still like to use the other...

Apple M9177LLA (Silver) 20" LCD Monitor: Simply Beautiful

Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:41:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - I've been using LCD monitors for a few years, now, mostly because they run much cooler than CRT monitors - and in Arizona, anything that runs cooler will save money in the long run. Several months ago, Apple released a new line of monitors, in 20",...

"Hi! I'd Like to Buy a Gross of This Book!"

Sat, 26 Jun 2004 00:22:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - I've been a full-time UNIX System Administrator for about five years now, and part-time before that. Mostly, I manage very large systems that serve web pages for Fortune 500 companies. This means that on a daily basis, I interact with people who range...

Belkin F8E256-BLK Belkin ErgoPAD Premiere Gel Wrist Rest, Black - Wrist pad - black: It STINKS!

Sat, 1 May 2004 09:20:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - I reorganized my cubicle last week, and decided I needed to replace the "block of foam rubber" wrist pad I had with something a little more comfortable. After poking my finger through the holes in the blister packs on five or six different styles of...

Hot? Neutral? GROUNDED?

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:04:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - As a computer systems professional, I work with computers all day, then come home and work with them some more. Electricity is required. Very weird things can happen to your computers if you're on an ungrounded outlet, or if you have hot/neutral or...

Ports, ports, and more ports... D-Lightful D-Link!

Fri, 2 Apr 2004 01:19:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - Earlier today, my venerable 8-port SMC EZ-Stack 5208DS 10/100 switch decided to throw a bearing in the fan and release all of its magic smoke. (Electronic equipment relies on magic smoke to function - this is provable by the fact that the equipment...

Hacking Happily, More Room On Your Desk, and a Shorter Reach

Thu, 1 Apr 2004 01:11:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - In the early days of electronics, computers, ham radio, and other esoteric hobbies, a "hacker" was someone who could cobble together amazing things with a paperclip, a linear amplifier, an IBM Selectric serial printer, and a piece of bubble gum. Today,...

More Borg Bits

Fri, 26 Mar 2004 00:30:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - After the self-destruction of my J
abra
FreeSpeak BT200 I went shopping for a new Bluetooth headset to replace it. I'd gotten used to being able to drive without worrying about tangling a headset wire in the...

Inova 24/7 SmartBright: Inova Seems To Be FULL Of Bright Ideas

Fri, 19 Mar 2004 02:31:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - Several of my friends have become aware of my penchant for LED-based flashlights, and so I got a few interesting gifts over the holidays... The Inova 24/7 SmartBright is another nice LED flashlight to accompany my X5

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Inova X1 LED Spotlight: Yet Another Bright Idea

Wed, 17 Mar 2004 02:46:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - I've been using the In
ova
X5 flashlight in my own kit for some time now, and it puts out a lot of light. When I wanted to get my significant other a light of her own, I considered getting her an X5, too, but she...

Almost Too Simple for Words

Mon, 24 Nov 2003 01:14:07 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - When I replaced most of my computer hardware in September, I also replaced my two old USB 1.1 hubs (four ports each) with a single seven port USB 1.1 hub from Belkin. None of the devices I plug into the hub require massive amounts of bandwidth...

We Are Borg?

Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:28:20 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - "You've been assimilated!" That's one of the first comments I got while wearing the Jabra Freespeak BT200. But it's a *cool* piece of gadgetry that does most of what you'd need in a headset. Since I drive a...

Still Pretty, But Something's Missing...

Thu, 9 Oct 2003 01:48:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - My Sa
msung
171S required replacement recently due to some misfortune, and since I'd been happy with Samsung I wanted to get another one. It certainly wasn't the monitor's fault or Samsung's that I needed to replace it!...

It's Been Compared to a Giant Cheese Grater, But...

Tue, 7 Oct 2003 23:56:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - The Story, or "How To Maintain a Credit Hold for 30 Days" At the end of July, I found it necessary to replace my trusty Dual 1GHz G4 (QuickSilver 2002). Since I've never before owned a "cutting edge" computer, always choosing to buy machines tha...

Input Alternatives

Sat, 12 Jul 2003 14:46:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - My home office's "personal work area" has been evolving over the last ten years, and one of the more recent additions I've made to it is the Nostromo N50 SpeedPad. I'm not much on gaming, but this little device looked to be the perfect thing for me to...

Laptop Muscle(building!)

Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:54:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - As my regular readers know, I was laid off from my regular job a couple of weeks ago. After being la...

Okay, so HP's impressed me...

Wed, 18 Jun 2003 00:00:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - Some of you might recall that we bought an HP PSC 2110 not too lo...

Griffin 1080-PSB ProSpeaker Breakout Cable: Wow. Real Speakers on a Mac

Sat, 24 May 2003 02:08:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - I've never been fond of the powered speaker sets that plug into a computer via a "headphone" jack. They break the audio controls that the computer has, and force you to make outside adjustments in order to get reasonable levels of audio. Since the...

Easy Enough, Powerful Enough

Wed, 21 May 2003 21:18:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - After my bad experience with the SMC7004AWBR Wireless Router/Firewall, I started shopping around for a company with a better reputation...

I settled on the D-Link DI-614+ after looking through a lot of...

Tired of Mousing Around?

Sun, 11 May 2003 02:18:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - I've been using a keyboard for over twenty-five years, now, and a mouse for about seventeen years. As much time as I spend on computers, I've been advised by a physical therapist to lose the mouse - and to try some alternative input methods other than...

It'll Hinder Thieves, but Won't Stop Them.

Mon, 28 Apr 2003 17:41:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - For people who travel with their laptops, the fear that someone will simply walk off with expensive hardware sometimes leads them to leave the hardware at home, or in a "secure" location in which it's nearly impossible to use the hardware.

A...

Hewlett-Packard Regains a Customer

Thu, 24 Apr 2003 23:44:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author caradoc - Over the last few years, I'd drifted away from the HP printers. My old HP LaserJet 4M still works, and puts out superb black-and-white output. For color output, I'd been using a Canon MultiPass C635...