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• Fireschool 2009
  Posted on Monday, March 2nd, 2009 in Websites – Comments: (0)
  Well if you have been wondering where I have been lately – head on over to Olorinpc.com to see my post about fireschool.

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Well if you have been wondering where I have been lately - head on over to Olorinpc.com to see my post about fireschool.

• Launch Mult Apps at once
  Posted on Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 in SGB Software – Comments: (0)
  From Lifehacker this morning comes a pretty neat util.  It seems to work rather well.Basically it allows you to set multiple apps to launch at once.  One idea that is mentioned is if you normally run a set of programs to cleaning files up etc.  I more see a use in terms of removing autostart programs and resetting them to a manual launch after boot.

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• And we are back!
  Posted on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 in Uncategorized – Comments: (0)
  Well as everyone has noticed, I took a little break from blogging here over the Christmas/New Years holiday period.  Part of it was traveling to see family and part of it was just taking a nice break to work on offline projects.  (Along with starting my new (well old) hobby.You see, here at Supergeekblog I stay pretty focused on tech stuff.
• Clean your keyboard with goo!
  Posted on Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 in SGB Gadgets – Comments: (0)
  This stuff might be overkill… personally I use a can of compressed air and a damp cloth.  However, for some, this might be required: Cyber Clean!You take out the goo and mash it onto your keyboard.  The goo then apparently absorbs all the grime and crummies that have gotten in there.  It does look kind of neat – so might be worth trying out.
• The Tiny DV Camera Recorder
  Posted on Friday, January 9th, 2009 in SGB Gadgets – Comments: (0)
  From Boing Boing this morning: The Tiny DV Camera Recorder.From the sellers site:Features: The Tiny DV Camera Recorder Thumb size alloy housing Manually and sound activated recording Web camera for online video chat Support AVI video format Low illumination, high resolution image with 2.00K pixels High speed recording and quick light response 30 frames per second for 640*480 video output Built-in Li rechargeable battery lasting for 2 hours Provide 2G Micro SD card and Support up to 8G memory card Easy operation with LED indicator Support USB 2.

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Well as everyone has noticed, I took a little break from blogging here over the Christmas/New Years holiday period.  Part of it was traveling to see family and part of it was just taking a nice break to work on offline projects.  (Along with starting my new (well old) hobby.

You see, here at Supergeekblog I stay pretty focused on tech stuff.  Be that gadgets, tech news, scifi, etc.  Well I also have what I consider an “old school” geek blog that is rather niche. Modeltrainrookie.com is another blog I run – and over the break I was working on that hobby.  (Model trains.)  It is a hobby I was really into as a kid with my Dad.  Well around 12-13 years ago water got into my parents basement and we had to tear the whole thing down… and it just never got reset up.  Well for Christmas my Dad gave me all of the old train stuff.  (We had quite a lot!)  Now that I have my own house, made for quite the fun project over the holiday.

Feel free to head on over to that site and check out my progress there.  I am attempting to document my progress on that blog.  So far it is a blast and I am managing to keep up with the pictures and posts.

Posts to check out:

Märklin Setup in progress

Wiring now possible!

I hope everyone else had a great holiday.  Welcome back to SGB for the new year!

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• A Star Trek Loss
  Posted on Thursday, December 18th, 2008 in Websites – Comments: (0)
  Majel Barrett Roddenberry passed away this morning according to Roddenberry.com.  Head on over and see the announcement there.It is a sad day for trekkers everywhere.  Condolences to her family, friends, and fans.  There is a place to leave notes and thoughts in their forums.
• GPS Homing Device Leads You Back To Where You Started
  Posted on Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 in SGB Gadgets – Comments: (0)
  Via Gear Live – This just plain looks neat and very simple.This is the simplest portable GPS locating device available, ideal for finding your car after shopping, returning to a favorite spot on the beach, or returning to camp. Simply push a button to mark your current location and the device points the way back.That is all there really is to it.

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Majel Barrett Roddenberry passed away this morning according to Roddenberry.com.  Head on over and see the announcement there.

It is a sad day for trekkers everywhere.  Condolences to her family, friends, and fans.  There is a place to leave notes and thoughts in their forums.

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• BSG Wedding
  Posted on Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 in Websites – Comments: (2)
  With Battlestar Galatica’s return almost here… (*shakes fist at SciFi Network! Also grumbles about reality tv shows on the *scifi* network*) I loved this post this morning.Via Galatica Sitrep:BSG (now CSI) writer Bradley Thompson went and got hitched the other night, and he did so in grand style. The officiator was none other than Admiral Adama himself, Edward James Olmos, in a ceremony that concluded with a rousing “SO SAY WE ALL!
• Reasons not to buy or upgrade your PC right now
  Posted on Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 in Utilities – Comments: (0)
  Julie over at Gear Diary has a great post this morning on the reasons why upgrading your computer right now might not be the best idea.  Head on over and check it out.Overall – she is right.  The deals right now, might not be what you really need and there are a lot of things one can do to increase performance on a PC or Laptop.
• Spy Coins Can Be Used to Store Tiny Memory Cards
  Posted on Friday, December 12th, 2008 in SGB Gadgets – Comments: (0)
  Via TechEBlog:These tiny coins that look like quarters can be used to hold the small microSD cards.  They can be picked up from ThinkGeek.While it sounds like a neat idea… I can tell you this.  IF I had one, I am pretty sure my microSD card would have a much greater chance of getting lost.  It just would.
• Stop, Drop, and Blog – HP Contest
  Posted on Thursday, December 11th, 2008 in Social Media – Comments: (2)
  First, let me say, if you haven’t heard about the HP Magic Giveaway contest yet… go look at it! HP is having 50 different bloggers around the world give away $6,000 worth of computer equipment. It is a pretty cool (and fun) contest. I have entered a few of the contests, though haven’t won yet. (We can all hope right?)Really the best part of this contest for me has been discovering some new blogs.

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First, let me say, if you haven’t heard about the HP Magic Giveaway contest yet… go look at it! HP is having 50 different bloggers around the world give away $6,000 worth of computer equipment. It is a pretty cool (and fun) contest. I have entered a few of the contests, though haven’t won yet. (We can all hope right?)

Really the best part of this contest for me has been discovering some new blogs. This has been probably my favorite discovery so far. As you will see by the name, and looking through the site, they are a “fire family.” The husband (called FireDad on the site) is a 26 year old career firefighter. The wife (aka FireMom) is a 27 year old freelance writer and mother of 2. So seeing similar ages, interests, blogging, and loving all things department related, perked my interest to the site right away.

They are starting their contest today: Stop, Drop, and Blog. Here is the post for the HP contest. (Each site has their own rules, so make sure to read the contest rules before commenting.)

Disclamer: this post counts as an additional entry to the contest… but I also thought it would be fun to share how winning (if chance likes me) would impact my family, friends, and readers.

First, I would replace our aging family laptop, but more importantly I would give one to my wife so she can finally have her own computer. (Neither is in the Christmas budget this year.)

Secondly, I would see if anything would be of use to my (fire) dept. – I am guessing the photosmart the guys would have a lot of fun with and actually use productively. (Well sometimes.)

Last, I would share online as well by having a contest of my own on supergeekblog.com – not only would it be a blast, bring a lot of new readers, but someone I don’t even know would have a better holiday season as well.

So winning would have a positive, lasting, impact on myself and others. I encourage everyone to head on over and check out the Stop, Drop, and Blog site. It is a blast

Cross Post from Olorinpc.com

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Julie over at Gear Diary has a great post this morning on the reasons why upgrading your computer right now might not be the best idea.  Head on over and check it out.

Overall – she is right.  The deals right now, might not be what you really need and there are a lot of things one can do to increase performance on a PC or Laptop.  Scanning for malware, spyware, etc can increase performance right away.  (I couldn’t tell you guys how many times people have had me look at their PCs and just running Spybot fixed the majority of their issues.)

So if like a lot of people, you are toning down the Christmas list, Julie makes some really good points as to why a new computer might not need to be the top thing on your list.  (That being said… there is certainly a point when a PC is *not* worth fixing or upgrading.  Recently took a look at a Win98 machine and the only recommendation was to keep an eye out for a new one.)

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