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Two takes on Intel’s NUC (pros/cons)

Wednesday, 2013.02.06 J.D. H. 2 comments

I am a big fan of Intel’s little NUCs. They are very easy to work on and their performance is entirely satisfactory for many purposes: I built one for my dad to use as an always on storage/downloading computer, and I built another as a green mini-web-server for a client. 🙂 Along those lines, here is a rather positive review detailing a NUC as HTPC setup: How we built a tiny home theater PC with Intel’s NUC | PCWorldhttp://www.pcworld.com/article/2020577/how-we-built-a-tiny-home-theater-pc-with-intels-nuc.htmlFull-featured PCs are getting

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OK Soda and other crazy/failed sodas or beverages:

Monday, 2013.02.04 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Crazy/failed sodas and beverages: In 1993, Coca-Cola CEO Roberto Goizueta rehired Sergio Zyman to be the chief of marketing for all Coca-Cola beverage brands, a surprising choice given that Zyman had worked closely with the New Coke campaign, possibly the largest advertising failure in Coke’s history.[1] However, after revamping the can design and print advertising campaigns for Diet Coke and Coca-Cola Classic with great success, Zyman was given free rein to design new products with aggressive, offbeat marketing campaigns.[2] via

Orbitz: drink with little suspended balls in it

Monday, 2013.02.04 J.D. H. 2 comments

I can remember trying Orbitz in high school, it actually was not too bad 🙂 Orbitz (soft drink) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Children of the 90s: Awesome Lunch Box Beverages of the 90s Orbitz: The Drink With Balls Top Search Terms:drink with suspended balls (3)drink with little balls in it (2)orbitz drink amazon (1)orbitz drink (1)little balls in drink (1)energy drink with little balls suspended in it (1)soft drink with balls suspended in it (1)drink with small balls

Asus VivoBook S200E Review

Monday, 2013.02.04 J.D. H. 2 comments

I recently purchased an Asus VivoBook S200E from Staples. The actual purchase was a bit spur of the moment as it occured during a business trip to SC. However, I had been eyeing that particular laptop since Christmas so when I happened to find a coupon to get the laptop for $399, the low price tag was too good to pass. Especially for a relatively powerful laptop, complete with touch capability, in a very nice travel-size. 🙂 Pros: Nice size

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WiFi What is the correct three antenna configuration: Intel Centrino 6300 mini PCIe card?

Monday, 2013.02.04 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Quoted question: […] The laptop has three antenna cables, black, white, and grey. One of them was not used on the old wireless module. The wireless seems to work with the assignment I’ve chosen, but I’ve been having some connectivity issues which are perhaps related to an improper configuration Quoted answer: […] white cable (main connector) black cable (aux connector) grey cable (middle connector for MIMO) […] via wireless networking – What is the correct antenna configuration for an Intel Centrino

Where can I find Intel NUC drivers?!

Wednesday, 2013.01.23 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Here are two URLs directly from Intel: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=3590 http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=3589 🙂 Top Search Terms:http://downloadcenter.intel.com/scripts-df-external/product_filter.aspx?productid=3590 (17)downloadcenter.intel.com/scripts-df-external/product filter.aspx?productid=3590 (11)nuc drivers (7)intel nuc drivers (7)downloadcenter.intel.com/scripts-df-external/product_filter.aspx?productid=3590 (6)http://downloadcenter.intel.com/scripts-df-external/product filter.aspx?productid=3590 (5)http://downloadcenter.intel.com/scripts-df-external/product filter.aspx?productid=3590e (4)downloadcenter.intel.com/scripts-df-external/product 3590 (3)www.downloadcenter.intel.com/scripts-df-external/product_filter.aspx?productid=3590 (3)http://downloadcenter.intel.com/scripts-df-external/product_filter.aspx?productid=3589 (3)

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Intel Ultimate-N 6300 agn driver download [SOLVED]

Wednesday, 2013.01.23 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Q. Hi, I have a Dell laptop that I am clean installing Windows7 x64 on. Everything is going great except I cannot find drivers for my new Intel N6300 mini pci-e express wifi card ANYWHERE and it is driving me crazy! 🙁 Can you please help me find the correct drivers? 🙂 Thank you. A. Certainly, I am glad to help! Here are the latest drivers: (Intel DL listing link, or if that link is down [download id=”10493″ format=”1″]) More

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How can I monitor my monthly bandwidth usage? [OPTIONS]

Wednesday, 2013.01.23 J.D. H. 2 comments

ROUTER NOTE: I have been asked what router I recommend for basic transfer (upload/download) monitoring. My router of choice is the ASUS RT-N56U: rock solid reliability, w/gigabit ethernet, USB NAS capabilities, and very fast performance. Out of the box it comes with a traffic monitor that works reliable (see screenshots below). It is not cheap, but it is well worth the price IMHO. Bandwidth monitoring can be accomplished in a variety of ways, therefore these options are organized by category: Use