Delayed Dell

As I mentioned before, it’s been over six years since my last home PC purchase and it’s been long overdue for a new one.  I think my registry is pretty much ‘borked’ with junk…enough junk where it slows my system startup to almost a crawl these days, and good luck trying to launch Outlook Express [...]

Dude, I’m getting a Dell

So I finally plunked down the cash after over a year of putting it off on buying a new Dell computer.
This will be my third Dell, as I purchased one for my father about 3 years ago, and my personal PC is now approaching six years old, if not actually older.  Overall, I’ve had good [...]

Personal Gaming Journal #3

So I’m kinda excited that my OXM subscription kicked in yesterday and I recevied my 1st issue.  It’s a pretty good deal to get the magazine along with the disc for $24.95 for the whole year as opposed to paying $9.99 an issue at the grocery store or bookstore.
I’m happy to see some offical pictures [...]

PC: Malware Invasion – worse than any Skrull

clicked on a pop-up window in haste, not really realizing what I clicked before it was too late. Instantly I was taken to a very official ‘Windows’ looking dialogue box that insisted that my PC was ‘unprotected’ and needed to be protected. Here’s their dirty little secret: No matter if you hit ‘Okay’ or ‘Cancel’ it downloads and installs anyway. Bastards! I couldn’t click any link or new page without being taken to some bogus message, effectively raising my blood pressure and confusion.