Author Archives: Brady Kittel

Skype Goes Verball

Posted on July 25, 2006 by Brady Kittel

Ever wanted a talking internet telephone?  Of course you have. Well, let me introduce you to the Verballs.  These animated little characters move wave their arms all around when you receive a Skype call and then move their mouths to … Continue reading →

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Picture of the Day

Posted on February 16, 2006 by Brady Kittel

A board of old Pentium, K6, K6-2 and K6-3 processors I have lying around.

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This kills me

Posted on January 26, 2006 by Brady Kittel

Okay Jake sent me this flash animation that makes fun of overseas support. I have to say that it might not be the most politically correct, but I think it encompasses how most of us geeks feel about farmed out … Continue reading →

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Multi-machine solutions

Posted on January 23, 2006 by Brady Kittel

Do you have several machines lying around your “geek room” running various versions of Windows/Linux/OsX and can’t think of a good use for them. Well I stumbled upon one of the better uber-geek utils I’ve found in a while while … Continue reading →

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Portable Apps and USB Thumbdrives Continued..

Posted on January 4, 2006 by Brady Kittel

Well I got really excited this evening when I saw that there is a portable thumbdrive version of OpenOffice 2.1. Ever since I picked up a couple 512mb thumbdrives on sale on Radioshack I’ve been looking for new applications and … Continue reading →

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Sandisk Cruzer Micro 512mb Deal

Posted on December 19, 2005 by Brady Kittel

Radioshack has the Sandisk Cruzer Micro 512mb USB 2.0 thumdrives on sale for $29.99 through Christmas. Stock up for those stocking stuffers and gifts now (Don’t forget one for yourself!). I love mine and plan to buy another one this … Continue reading →

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Slow week for SGB

Posted on December 18, 2005 by Brady Kittel

Well if it isn’t already apparent… it’s been a slow couple of weeks for SGB. I’d imagine we can use the hectic nature of this time of year as an excuse. I plan to get back into the habit of … Continue reading →

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USB Thumb Drive – Sandisc Cruzr Micro 512mb

Posted on November 30, 2005 by Brady Kittel

I just picked up a SD Cruzr Micro 512Mb thumbdrive today. Got a good deal on it at Radioshack. They have them for $29.99 in-store after instant $10 rebate that isn’t always advertised on the tag. They’re definately handy as … Continue reading →

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VMware Player and Virtual Machines

Posted on November 25, 2005 by Brady Kittel

For those of you out there that want to run Linux inside windows I’ve discovered there are a couple of builds of VMware images of Ubuntu on various torrent search sites. These can be run with the freely available (From … Continue reading →

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New AVG Anti-Virus Out

Posted on November 25, 2005 by Brady Kittel

Theres a new version of AVG Free Anti-virus out. If you’re one of those people with expired AV software from Norton or Mcafee you should install this instead of shelling out another $40 for another year of updates. It works … Continue reading →

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