Tag Archives: Supergeekblog

And we are back!

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 … Continue reading

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Stop, Drop, and Blog – HP Contest

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 … Continue reading

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Jake’s 100th SGB Post

I just thought I would do a quick 100th post. Actually for Supergeekblog it is the 287th total post. Supergeekblog first went live on September 1st, 2005 with three editors. Olorinpc (me), ThatEdeGuy, and Irrision. Due to different projects and … Continue reading

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HP Magic Giveaway Contest – The 7th Day

If you haven’t heard of this contest yet… get cracking! 50 different sites are giving away $6k prize packadges. (It was mentioned here on SGB before it started.) The contest is pretty cool. Three more sites are starting their contests … Continue reading

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Welcome new visitors!

Greetings new visitors! I have noticed a significant amount of traffic (for existing readers, think factor 10) coming in due to the “YouTube virus? Actns/Swif.T” post. A lot of people are wondering what to do about it. The best advice we can give is to update your AntiVirus as often as possible and don’t click on “install this” items if you do happen to be redirected to a different site. The redirection is annoying but harmless, it is the actually voluntarily installing malware that is what causes the problems. Continue reading

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YouTube virus? Actns/Swif.T

From CrunchGear moments ago, reports of a new virus are coming out just this morning.  The virus seems to imbed a URL redirect to a phishing site. The site apparently installs Antivirus 2009, which is malware. We’ll pull our most … Continue reading

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Twittertastic

This morning, I read a post by ThatEdeGuy on his twitter reflections.  Now around a month ago we had been discussing Twitter and how we didn’t really see the point, but let’s give it a shot.  I personally had tested … Continue reading

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HP Blogger Magic

HP, Windows Live, and 50 different bloggers have teamed up to give away $300,000 worth of prizes!  50 bloggers will be giving away 50 prize packages worth $6000 each.  Here’s the full list of participating bloggers at HP.  Like ThatEdeGuy … Continue reading

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Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Promo – The Epic Journey

It’s finally coming!  The last half of season 4 of Battlestar Galactica.  (The final season as well.)  I have been waiting for this all year, so pretty pumped it is almost time! They have it for pre-order now, but the … Continue reading

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Changing Wallpaper Directory

In a follow up to my post on Tweaking Your Desktop, I found this great post on Lifehacker.  Essentially what it does is tell you how to change your default windows Wallpaper directory. I had actually forgotten you could do … Continue reading

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