Ever since I installed the OS X 10.5.7 update my iMac has been completely freezing up after a few hours of use, and I’m not the only one as indicated by this thread. Some people were able to fix the problem with some of the recommended solutions, but like Jeff Zeldman I was unable to get them to work for me and OS X 10.5.7 remained nearly unusable` for me. I had upgraded my MacBook without incident although I was not able to test it for very long since soon [...] Read the rest »
Western Digital 2TB Prices Drop – WHS Grows
As hard as it is for me to fathom, my 12TB Windows Home Server grew to 13TB back in April, just two months after the initial build. Now, less than 2 months after that I was running low on disk space again. When I built the server I figured the disk would last me awhile. I hadn’t intended to turn on file duplication and instead rely on backups, giving me lots of space. Well, since I had the space I did turn on file duplication, figuring I’d turn it off [...] Read the rest »
Leo Laporte vs. Mike Arrington
I have to admit, this is really funny. I have to admit, I like Leo and I recently removed TechCrunch from my feeds and stopped visting the site mainly because of Arrington and his constant trolling. So I’m with Leo on this. Just a warning that the language is a bit stronger than usually used on this site. Read the rest »
Domain Registrar Roundup – Part 2
In Part 1 of the domain registrar roundup I covered the three registrar services I used when I started out. In this part I’ll cover NameCheap, Godaddy, Enom and Moniker. Godaddy Godaddy is the 800-lb gorilla in the industry, according to WebHosting.info they have a 27% market share, well ahead of the second place Enom that’s at 8%. Being so large, a search for “Godaddy Sucks” on Google will yield over 5,000 results. On the other hand Godaddy was the top rated registrar in the most recent Domain Name Wire [...] Read the rest »
Domain Registrar Roundup – Part 1
I’ve been looking at several domain registrars recently and have used a few in the past. I figure now would be a good time to summarize my views of each. In this article I’ll cover the registrars I’ve used in the past but not anymore. These registrars exist mostly to provide domain registration for their hosting customers. Yahoo Small Business Web Hosting – This is where I put my first website years ago. I picked them because they had a deal with my ISP for a low monthly price (no [...] Read the rest »
