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Twitter killing Blogs ?

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

I try to blog at least two or tree times per month, when something worth remember later on or worth mentioning, I dont blog for others, instead I blog for myself, on stuff I take pleasure reading years later and recalling on a specific event, situation or purchase.

But for the past year I have been using twitter as well, and it shows on the lack of updates on my blog, last year I posted 43 new posts (62 the year prior), this year, with 3/4 of it gone, I only posted … 7

Need to bog more important stuff :P

N1 Vision

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

The Wireless Box III that have from O2 has been nothing but problematic on the Wi-Fi side, sow speeds and constant disconnects, so I got a Belkin N1 Vision

Initially I ordered the version with the built-in ADSL modem, but I could not get it to connect to O2, so I replaced it with the cable modem version (works just as well provided you have a ADSL modem), and now all my wireless problems are gone, it’s rock solid and now my drobo server and livingroom ATV are connected via 1GIG ethernet :)

I know the N1 is now a few years old, but it’s N technology and that display just got my attention, I have it set to the UP/DOWN view, it’s cool to see it burst when I am watching a movie or renting an iTunes show, also proven useful to see if the girls are using the computers on their bedroom past their bed time :)

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Robot Army

Monday, September 6th, 2010

Today the remaining of the VPS.NET robots that where made for webhostingcon and other conferences finally arrived, I got myself a few to put on my desk, need to set a few aside for friends abroad, like everaldo and nay, who want a robot of their own.

It’s so cool to see something one designed (I did the original sketch and Everaldo did the final polished design) come to life as a cute little conference giveaway .. :)

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