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March, 2009

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Acer support can go pound sand

March 31st, 2009

Acer, quite possible the shittiest, yet most popular, cheap ass computer company out there.  Why are they so popular?  Because their systems are dirt cheap.  Unfortunately you do get what you pay for.  You pay for shit, you get shit.  Acer shits on it’s customers all day long.
I’m pretty sure that e-machines put out better [...]

Breaking Bad – The Best Show You’re Not Watching

March 18th, 2009

I heard about this show from a post on a message board.  People were raving about how good it is, and since I’m not one to miss a good show, I thought I’d check it out.  I’ve watched the first 4 episodes and I am hooked.  This show is fantastic.
I said it’s the best show [...]

Preinstalled “OEM” Software Needs to STOP

March 11th, 2009

This is a long one, but it is really a pet peeve of mine and I don’t know how I haven’t written about this before…
I’m sure you all know what this junk is… it’s software that comes installed already on the computer when you buy a pre-built system from companies like Acer, Lenovo, HP, Dell, [...]

Update on Boxee/Hulu

March 10th, 2009

I’m sure you’re following the situation more closely over at http://blog.boxee.tv/ but I’m glad to see Boxee has made Hulu work on their software again.
I’m glad they just didn’t lay down and say “oh well”.
Content providers need to learn the consumer will enjoy content they way the consumer wants to, despite what restrictions the content [...]

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