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Branson’s Nantucket free Wi-Fi review

Wednesday, 2013.03.13 J.D. H. Leave a comment

I am staying at Branson’s Nantucket a few days this week so I have had a good chance to test their free WiFi. Connecting, Signal Strength The wifi is free in all the units and I received simple login instructions and password upon check-in. Connecting was easy, I had no problems and overall the wifi signal quality is excellent: (each unit has its own secure encrypted connection/router/SSID, the lower strength signals are other units) Both my wife and I were

HP Folio 13 Review

Wednesday, 2012.09.19 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Model: Folio 13-1029wm Notebook PC Pros: Very reasonable price at $498 Very nice size and weight Good looks Solid build quality Fairly good display quality Bright backlit keyboard Excellent battery life (6-7 hours) Cons: Difficult to upgrade the RAM or replace the SSD Up/down arrow keys are combined with Page up / Page down and are MUCH too small The cooling fan is on quite often and is rather noisy when you have the laptop on your lap Glossy ‘glare’

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Acer Aspire V3-771G Review

Monday, 2012.09.17 J.D. H. 19 comments

Basic specs: Pros: Supports 32GB of RAM! via four available DDR3 memory connectors Supports dual hard drives PLUS an mSATA SSD! Simple access to most components for easy upgrades Fast CPU Fast GPU (for the price) Runs fairly cool Fan isn’t super loud (even under intense use) Nice port selection Cons: Glossy display Very poor vertical viewing angles Speakers distort at high volume and generally don’t sound that good Keyboard is not backlit Trackpad and buttons are merely ‘okay’ Loads

Exede satellite internet review

Wednesday, 2012.05.30 J.D. H. 251 comments

Long-Term Exede Internet Review (May 2012-2016) NOTE: There is a a lot of information in the comments at the bottom of this review, feel free to ask your own Exede questions there or share your own satellite internet experiences! Thank you, –JD 2016.06 My Exede modem’s Ethernet ports recently stopped working. Currently waiting to hear back from them on when they will be able to replace it. 2014.Feb Still pleased with Exede, the speeds reach their advertised rates and the usage

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Dell Vostro V131 Review

Sunday, 2012.04.01 J.D. H. Leave a comment

NOTE: This is a first draft / outline. The review will be updated with more info and photos… Startup time and hard drive Slow startup with conventional hard drive and a bit of bloatware (trend micro, Dell utilities) Hard drive space from factory: 262GB free of 283GB Cooling and fan noise It has one dinky little cooling fan. Small fan = has to spin fast. So when the fan kicks in you really notice it. Thankfully, the fan is not on

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2.1 Speaker Roundup! Beatbox vs. Tango TRX vs. Rockus

Saturday, 2012.03.03 J.D. H. Leave a comment

This is a review of three sound systems I have had the pleasure of listening to at home and in the shop: Antec Soundscience Rockus 2.1 Price: $99-$181 at Amazon Review rating: 3.75/5 stars Pros: Good sound and great bass. Cons: Bulky compared to the others, no built-in wireless connections, no built in charging, not as high-fidelity as the Beatbox, more cable tangle to deal with. No remote control Summary: Pricing varies widely, but a good deal at $99 and ideal

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ASUS RT-N56U WiFi Router Review

Monday, 2012.02.27 J.D. H. 2 comments

ASUS Black Diamond Dual Band Wireless-N 600 Router (RT-N56U) NOTE: Review will be updated once performance testing is complete… tentative rating so far: [starreview tpl=16] Pros: +easy setup +small size +two USB ports! +decent SAMBA transfer speeds (6Mbs-8Mbs actual throughput) +supports NTFS on USB devices Cons: -cannot use external antennas 🙁 -unusual power connector (if the power supply dies, you are likely NOT going to have a compatible spare laying around) -unusual case design could make mounting/positioning difficult (though it does look

Rich snippets in Google and WordPress using GD Star Rating

Friday, 2012.02.10 J.D. H. Leave a comment

[this post needs to be reformatted and elaborated on, but for now here are the links that helped me get both AUTHOR and RATING rich snippets working on my blog :-)] VERY nice info on configuring GD Star Rating http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/add-rich-snippets-reviews-wordpress-blog/ Good general overview of the task at hand and all the related info http://yoast.com/rich-snippets-everywhere/ http://www.sakthiganesh.com/integrating-google-rich-snippets-wordpress http://wpprobusiness.com/4390/add-rich-snippets-wordpress/ How to test to see if your rich snippets are formatted correctly and visible to Google http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets Top Search Terms:google snippets wordpress (2)link:http://www.sakthiganesh.com/about-me-sakthi-ganesh -site:sakthiganesh.com