My cable company rolled out an “upgrade” for the little OS that powers the cable box. The majority of the upgrade was refreshing the GUI (Graphical User Interface). Sure, it looks a lot more modern, but with it came a plethora of problems.
The biggest problem is how sluggish the system is now. Scrolling through channel [...]

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These last few days have been pretty crappy because of tropical storm Fay. There’s been a ton of rain, and my bathroom has been taken over by a horde of ants and some sort of flying bugs.
I had actually noticed the flying bugs around my house a few days prior to the storm hitting. It’s [...]

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Discovery’s Project Earth will be airing this Friday, August 22nd. It’s a show where scientists come together and show off whatever crazy idea they have, all in the hopes of stopping or reversing global warming.
The show will definitely be interesting, as some of the ideas shown in the commercials and trailers look pretty innovative. The [...]

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The game is actually a really good port of the PC version. The controls are amazingly simple, making most of the game’s tasks a breeze to complete. The problems come in some of the other finer details of the game.
One of the issues is time. The game simply doesn’t give you enough time during a [...]

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