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2008 is here, and so is my shiny new server. As you’re reading this, there’s a brand-new quad-core Xeon E5310-based server sitting in the Pacific Rack datacenter in LA just waiting to take over. The team at Steadcom, my new host, has been amazing in helping me get everything up and running.  If […]

I wouldn’t have made it through the storm without my Sprint mobile broadband card.  As of some time last month, Sprint has finally turned on broadband service in the Harrisburg area.  This officially gives us three carriers providing true wireless broadband:  AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon Wireless.  If you feel limited by having to hop around […]

UPDATE:  As of early 2008, Intelliflix appears to be out of business.  Their website is still up, but the ability to sign up as a new customer has been removed.  Thanks to the efforts of the Florida Attorney General, a settlement was reached and restitution — albeit very minor — was made to some consumers.  […]

It’s no secret to anyone that each and every one of the companies you do business with sells information about you to third parties. Usually, this information is in aggregate, to the tune of Comcast saying “we have 32,767 male subscribers between the ages of 18 and 24 in 17104 who pay their bills […]

Yes, that one. Full specs on the CL ad, showing here. I’m also throwing in lots of extras, including a three-month-old spare battery with less than 40 charge cycles, a 1-gig USB flash drive, a 19″ flat-screen CRT monitor, and a DVD with some useful OS X software to get you up and running. Includes […]

My Canon PowerShot A70 is dead. And I have a trip to Vegas coming up on August 15th. Before I go and purchase a replacement, is there anyone locally (Harrisburg / Lancaster / York) who can repair these things within a reasonable timeframe (say, two weeks)? Finding SLR repair shops is fairly […]

Anyone interested in a very-excellent condition LG vx8300 (one of the best phones ever, according to C|net) with only 17 months left on the contract? I’m leaving Verizon Wireless for Sprint ($30 = 500 minutes / unlimited nights & weekends / 7pm nights / unlimited text / unlimited picture messaging / unlimited data / […]