2007 October

I’m spending today setting up a system for my girlfriend so she has one of her own to use while she’s staying with me. I installed Windows, AVG free, Firefox, Pidgin, Office, and most recently World of Warcraft.
I discovered that while the World of Warcraft updater was running, my internet connection crawled to a near [...]

Today we’re taking a look at Twitter. Twitter is a web 2.0 service that allows you to enter in short summaries of your activities, thoughts, or initial responses to other’s posts in a very simple and fast environment. Twitter has a lot going for it. It’s a unique blogging tool that allows integration with [...]

Samsung has been hard at work on the newly announced Samsung i617, otherwise known as the Blackjack 2. The Blackjack 2 looks nearly identical to its predecessor, however it has a few neat features. It boasts a 2.0 mega pixel camera, memory card expansion, a choice of black or red, Windows Mobile 6, a glossy [...]

I’m sitting at a desk with an iPod from before color screens, a Zune first generation, an old Palm Handspring, a Palm Tungsten E, and a few other gadgets of yesteryear. As the Frugal Geek, it seems only fair that I attempt to find a way to recycle old tech short of donating it all [...]

After an entire year of fighting with the Microsoft Zune, I decided to revert back to my Apple ways and pick up an iPod Classic. In good tradition, a week after I do so the Zune gets an update and becomes useful. I’m sure that in a month, the price on the iPod classic will [...]

I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around the recent RIAA victory. Copyright law is solid, and the law permits much harsher punishments than what was imposed on the defendant. It’s curious just how powerful and imposing the copyright law really is. Is it really a crime that deserves more monetary punishment then some [...]

The first thing any good Second Lifer usually does is create and customize their avatar. Customizations are done in so many different ways, and can often be very costly. Your skin, shape, hair, nails, eyes, clothes, and even your HUD is part of what makes your avatar unique to you. Note: the words in bold [...]

Second Life gives you the ability to create and sell your creations. This is achieved through putting your items out either in whole form or in boxes called “Sales Prims.” Typically, your sales prims are flat signs that hang on the walls of your shop and have a price set on them. Visitors pay the [...]

Second Life is an interesting world indeed, and though the client and experience is available at no cost, the typical Second Life user can usually find themselves spending quite a lot of real cash to set up their avatar. Another high price point for many people is the subscription plans made available by Linden Labs.
If [...]