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5 Geek Tips for Surviving Without Power

by Jeff Weisbein September 1, 2011

As I prepared myself for hurricane Irene, which swept across the East coast of the United States this past week, I thought it would be worth sharing some of my (geek) tips for surviving without power. All of these tips helped me keep my sanity for the 36 hours I went without power.

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How To: Make Your Website Look Like A Linux Terminal

by Jeff Weisbein August 1, 2011

Have you seen my personal site JeffWeisbein.com yet? No? Go ahead, check it out. I’ll give you a minute or so. Alright, you’re back now. So now you are probably wondering how you can create a website similar to that one. Luckily, it’s fairly easy. All you need to do is copy the source code on JeffWeisbein.com, copy a text file, make a few minor modifications to both the source code and the text file, and then upload the documents to your web server.

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$25 Mini Computers Coming To A Shelf (Or Vending Machine) Near You?

by Mike Mansell May 6, 2011

Just a matter of years ago we as a generalized society evaluated computers solely based on their hardware specifications. And while the need for modern and capable computers hasn’t gone away recent years have created an entirely new market for low-end personal computers that sport low specifications and respectively low price-tags.

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How To: Speed Up Your PC Without New Hardware

by Keaton Taylor March 15, 2011

So you just finished building your first custom PC. You’ve installed all of the state-of-the-art equipment and the latest and greatest operating system. You press the power button for the first time and you are amazed at how fast it loads. It is a truly mesmerizing experience. If you’re a geek you know what I’m talking about. It [...]

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Technically Speaking: Is An iPad With 2048×1536 Resolution Possible?

by Jeff Weisbein February 19, 2011

There have been a slew of recent rumors floating around that the iPad 2 or iPad 3 will sport Apple’s Retina Display and have a beautiful resolution of 2048 x 1536. Which got me thinking, is that even possible to achieve on a 9.7-inch display? So I decided to do a little math. The current [...]

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Review: Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Glasses

by Rohan Reddy July 31, 2010

Whenever you think of video glasses, you think of the future. You think of being able to whip out a pair of RayBans and watch your favorite movies and TV Shows. Well we are not yet there style wise, but we do have a line of video glasses from the company Vuzix. The Wrap 310′s [...]

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Top 5: Gadgets for 2010

by Jeff Weisbein December 25, 2009

Now that 2009 is winding down and 2010 is right around the corner there has been no shortage of gadget talk. What will the year 2010 bring to the world of technology? It will definitely be a very interesting year and I’m expecting a lot of innovation. Many of these gadgets have already started generating [...]

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The Best Tech Gifts for 2009

by Jeff Weisbein December 22, 2009

The BestTechie chatroom and I compiled a list of the top tech gifts for 2009. We tried to accomodate both Mac and PC users as well as anyone in between. If you have any additional gift ideas for a techie feel free to leave a comment! Operating Systems: Windows 7 (Professional) – Retail: $299 Amazon: [...]

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What Is A CDN (Content Delivery Network)?

by Jeff Weisbein December 20, 2009

A CDN (or Content Delivery Network) is a network of servers that delivers cached static content from websites and applications to an end user based on several factors including the geographic locations of the user, the origin of the static content, and a content delivery server. Essentially, what the job of a CDN is to [...]

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OpenDNS Serves 20 Billion DNS Requests In One Day

by Jeff Weisbein December 16, 2009

OpenDNS has been around for quite some time now, I use them myself, though lately I have been messing around with Google’s DNS (since it’s new and well I’m a geek). Nonetheless, David Ulevitch (OpenDNS founder), just posted on his Facebook and Twitter that yesterday OpenDNS served 20 Billion DNS requests. That is a single-day [...]

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