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My “Pick” for today is this fantastic Roku Streaming Stick HD / HD Streaming Device.
Looking for an inexpensive, but great way to cut the cable cord and switch to streaming video? Well, this is it.
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Did you miss (or want to revisit) one of my earlier picks? You might find it right here.
Today’s POTD features a colorful fall scene from rural Montana. I hope you like it.
Have lots of treasured photos of your own that you’d love to display in your home but you have limited wall space? A digital picture frame (#ad) is an excellent solution. Check them out!
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July’s winner will receive a fantastic Euhomy 59QT 12 Volt Refrigerator/Cooler/Freezer.
This portable refrigerator/cooler/freezer will run off your vehicle’s cigarette lighter port. No more buying ice that’s just going to melt overnight!
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Question from Kyle: I won a storage auction and there were four identical desktop computers in there.
I hooked them up and found they all work.
I know these are old, slow machines. That got me to thinking.
Would it be possible to install the motherboards from two of these computers in a custom case and have them work together as a single computer that runs twice as fast as one of them runs? [Read more…]
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Question from Rita: I hope you can help me Rick, and I really could use a quick answer.
I received an email that appears to be from PayPal. It says a buyer has sent me $122.56 for an item that was purchased from my Etsy store.
I really need to find out whether this email is real or a fake. [Read more…]
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Question from Bill: I recently read an article about using hard drives or SSDs in a RAID configuration.
The article said RAID 1 copies all data to every drive in the array at the same time, essentially creating a clone of the primary drive in real time.
In the comments on the article someone suggested that using two drives in RAID 1 will automatically create a backup, eliminating the need to back up the hard drive in the usual way.
That made sense to me but then someone else commented and said that’s a really bad idea. But he didn’t explain why.
What’s your opinion on using RAID 1 to create automatic backups? Is it a good idea or not? [Read more…]