Category Archives: Geek

Monoprice has the best cable prices

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Brent

We have used Monoprice at work for a while and I knew that they had good prices on cables and such. The real kicker though was when I recently purchased a surround sound receiver from Best Buy. I am planning … Continue reading →

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I’m number 1

Posted on May 3, 2007 by Brent

The other Brent Norris who is a author and living in Hawaii has apparently changed his website from BrentNorris.com to Brent.fm and has the .com redirecting.  This has removed that site from the Google rankings and thus left me as … Continue reading →

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IP address highlighter

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Brent

I have a few pages that list IP addresses for systems that are accessible from a webpage.  I don’t have access to change the pages so that the IPs are linked properly so I started looking around for something that … Continue reading →

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Aiming for Signal

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Brent

I have spent the last few weeks really messing with HD signal in this area. Apparently I am not the only one, since while I was working on it there have been several channels added by the broadcasting networks here.

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What the Wii Needs

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Brent

I got a Wii last week and have been playing a lot of the Wii Sports. It is a good time and you would be surprised how much movement you end up doing. If you end up playing it for … Continue reading →

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Vista Thief

Posted on December 14, 2006 by Brent

No before you start saying that it is bad for me to steal Vista, I haven’t. We have access to it at work, because the state is a partner with Microsoft. Don’t get me wrong, we still pay for it, … Continue reading →

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Backend Changes

Posted on November 13, 2006 by Brent

Well maxx has finally decided to call it quits on his webhosting company. That means I had to spend some time looking for a new host. I had already looked at Dreamhost.com a few times so I picked up an … Continue reading →

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Hacking Democracy

Posted on November 6, 2006 by Brent

Before you go and vote today it might worth your time to watch this show from HBO. It is scary how easy it is for people to screw with these computer machines. It is also scary how in bed these … Continue reading →

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I’m number two, I’m number two

Posted on November 3, 2006 by Brent

On a lark, I did a search for “Adaptec 1420sa” the other day and was surprised when I found that my post on the Adaptec 1420sa is the number two hit right under Adaptec’s own site. That is pretty cool … Continue reading →

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Macromedia Shockwave MST for machine installs

Posted on August 15, 2006 by Brent

Macromedia has an MSI out for Shockwave installs which is great if you use AD to push applications. The only bad thing is that because of some poor setups on their part it won’t install on a per machine install … Continue reading →

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