The Dr's Office

If you own an Xbox 360 and happen to travel out of the country now and again, or spend time perusing some of eBay’s international sites in search of deals, you may have asked yourself the following question: “Will a PAL game play on my NTSC Xbox?” The short answer is yes, but the long [...]

Updated from my original post at TeamHackaDay.com Download This Guide in PDF Format I like having the ability to remotely access my PC at home while I am away in case I want to grab an important file I have left there, or if I need to finish something I didn’t quite get around to.  [...]

Morehpperliter recently had issues with his Blackberry’s track ball no longer registering clicks after he spilled coffee on it.  I have revived a Blackberry or two with a rubbing alcohol bath, which is what I suggested he do. I recommended pulling apart the Blackberry and bathing the track ball assembly in alcohol, along with cleaning [...]

I recently purchased an Xbox from eBay afflicted with the Red Rings of Death, in hopes of repairing it. While it ends up the console itself was beyond repair, I had hoped to at least salvage the DVD drive, if not other parts from the console. I figured my hopes were dashed when I hit [...]

I installed VMware on my Vista machine not too long ago, and found that I could no longer reach my machine remotely via the CopSSH daemon (Read my article on CopSSH here), nor via the Remote Desktop Client. At first I thought it might have been a problem with the port forwarding on my router, [...]

I have utilized several Usenet providers in the past, but the switch to Giganews was the best move I ever made. I have been using their service for over a year now, and as time has passed, the service has gotten better and better. I think that I can say unequivocally, Giganews is the best [...]