WasteCoin

Window 8 – pile of poo

Initial experience with Windows 8 is that it is an unfinished pile of poo. Upgraded using the wizard and it automatically installed 32-bit version on my i5 x64 processor with no choice given…$39 down the tube. Bought 60Gb SSD for the core OS install, then found out that Windows 8 applications automatically install on the […]

Security FAIL

3rd time in less than a month I’ve gone to log into a company’s site and found out they deleted my account because I hadn’t used it in the last several months… one was my bank. I’m all for security, but good god that is an idiotic policy! When I contacted my bank they said […]

Sort of DIY

Decided to go for broke and mount the flat screen on the wall vs. having it sit on the stand. Finished product looks clean. It seems trivial, but do to the way the studs lined up in the wall and the weight of the 60″ screen, I had to create a fully custom mount for […]