One of the more annoying parts of putting a PC together is where to put an external USB hub. Many people use the smaller 4-port flavor, and of course whenever the cable connecting it in the back gets moved, it slides all over the place because it has barely any weight to it. Smaller 4-port hubs also have the very annoying habit of leaning because of cable...

The standard color for any computer-related item made of plastic these days (keyboards, mice, monitor bezels, etc.) is black or silver. Black is usually a true black, as in the plastic was molded originally in that color. Silver comes from paint, and to the best of my knowledge the base color before the silver is white or gray. Usually white. Once upon a time...

As I’ve said before, computer geeks are packrats by nature, and chances are you have an old clunky PC (or laptop) somewhere in your dwelling that you would like to put to good use but can’t because the hard drive is dead, and you really don’t want to spend the cash on one given the old computer isn’t worth much. Given the fact that 32GB...

Generally speaking, when most people hear "webcam", they don’t exactly equate that with "high quality image"; the main reason for this is that webcams started out as being very poorly-constructed, awful-image-resolution plastic pieces of crap. In addition, there were scores of higher-priced webcams that shoved in software features but...

I’m honestly shocked at how much lower in price AMD desktop processors are compared to Intel these days. Considering a quad-core from AMD starts at $90 and Intel at $180, you can easily see why so many PC builders choose to go with AMD as their CPU of choice. But are AMD processors any good? Of course they are. Just take a look at some of the reviews for...

There’s a fair amount of people (yours truly included) that don’t own a printer. My reason for not owning one is that since I print so infrequently, the ink would dry out resulting in wasted money. So how do you print when you don’t own a printer? Use someone else’s. Here are 5 ways to do that. 1. Print from work Lots of people do this,...

Example of "crazy synchronized light show":Some of you out there with a flagrant disregard for your electricity usage like to set up advanced displays like the one shown above. But where does one get all the stuff to put together a light show like this? One such place is Light-O-Rama. If you want just about all the stuff you’d ever want to...

A PC emergency kit is basically nothing more than a shoebox of PC accessories and peripherals that exists for the sole reason of getting your PC back up and running when something on the box or laptop dies on you. And by "emergency" I don’t mean the all-out-disaster type but rather parts that will keep your box running until you get proper...

The news in movie cameras – and I’m talking about the huge for-pro-motion-picture-kind – is that ARRI, Panavision and Aaton have all ceased production of film-based cameras. This may come as sad news to some, but it shouldn’t because hot on the tail of the end of movie film cameras, the digital realm is promising some unbelievably...

Some products are introduced to market that can only do one thing, but if it can do that one thing well, it’s worth the buy. This particular product cannot be bought yet, but I imagine it soon will be available because it is a great idea. The Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera is actually not one but 36 mobile cameras. You take the ball, literally throw it in...