802.11ac, while wonderfully fast, only is fast if you have two routed devices that are capable of delivering that amount of throughput. Wireless-AC speeds isn't very useful unless you have near Gbps internet, or computers with Gbps Ethernet AND hard drives/SSDs to match the capability. Most Gbps devices in home…

And all tablet owners sighed...

Double-clutching saves tons of wear on synchros, which are more expensive and difficult to replace than clutches. That is the major advantage. Ever driven a car that grinds whenever you put it into 2nd or 3rd gear? That's because the synchros get a lot of wear from downshifting into a lower gear upon deceleration (or…

This would be worthwhile if all the people who asked me to help weren't 800 miles away. Since moving to CA from AZ, it probably happens once every couple weeks that someone will text me about how they hate their computer. So not into doing tech support for people I know lately.

Time will tell if the wide variety of quality ultrabooks will make a sizable dent in MBA sales this time around.

Bummed but not surprised there is no Retina variant of the MBA. Instead they're pushing haswell processors and better battery life and wireless AC, which most people just won't take advantage of just yet anyways. Most Windows ultrabooks are clocking in under $1000 for at least 13 inches of 1080p screen and an SSD. An…

That is correct, I just don't like lazy math, and prefer theoretical possibilities being mentioned as a maximum rather than relying on the variability of protocols that add overhead to packets. Auto manufacturers do it all the time with cars, people just get used to the parasitic lag.

It's easy enough to translate without dividing into ten. Just do the math. 8 bits equals one byte. so 1Mbps = .125MB/s = 128KB/s. If your internet service provides 10Mbps of download speed, you know that will be about 1.25MB/s. If your internet service provides 16Mbps, it will be about 2MB/s. If your internet service…

Traffic was pretty bare, there was a complete white out at home, and nothing is scarier or more fun than a thunderbird super coupe 5 speed with crap tires and snow and ice everywhere, and a faulty ABS and braking system. Nothing like drifting and sliding and learning to brake with your left foot when you're trying to…

Suddenly my Android-envy got a little shaken. Wish Google Now could be as integrated on iOS as it is on Android, but therein lies the answer to its own question.

All the USB tools out there do the same thing, but some have multiboot capabilities. I tried multiple tools and none of them worked, and this included trying different kinds of boot sectors.

Well, I determined it has to be a problem with this specific flash drive. Not certain why, but the partition table gets all sorts…

So is anybody else getting "Operation System not found" whenever you try to boot via a USB flash drive? I've done a bit of looking around but found nothing good so far. Super frustrated. Tried multiple apps from within linux and windows itself. Not sure what's going on or why.

Let's hope so. I've just had a hell of a time trying to get ubuntu 13.04 put on a USB drive to install it on my laptop. Still working on it. Tried the built-in usb maker in linux mint (works for previous versonis), and tryed unetbootinstaller and that isn't working either. Trying lili now...

Heavily considering using Ubuntu 13.04 for the next month or so until Linux Mint 15 comes out. Not a huge Unity interface fan, but I'd like to give this a shot.

Have you ever tried cutting a peanut into quarters with a plastic butter knife? Some people just like their portions really, really, small.

7.71 Mbps down and 2.2 Mbps is terribly slow for an LTE network. Last I tested my phone (AT&T iPhone 5, LTE-enabled) this morning, I got 42.81 Mbps down and 15.31 Mbps up. Maybe it's because I live in the Sacramento Area and LTE isn't clogged yet, but my scores are at least 6 times quicker. Is that typical LTE scores…

In a silly attempt to "hole out" the catalytic converter on the '93 I had, I took off a flexpipe, then gave up, and then put everything back together. On the way home, the flex pipe came off. Not really an exhaust leak if there is no real exhaust, but I kinda liked the sound. I also once had a '92 Thunderbird SC with…

Slightly depressed/disappointed that the Yahama-designed '89-'95 Ford Taurus V6 3.0/3.2 didn't make this. It is infinitely beautiful and aesthetically pleasing to look at:

I recommend Linux Mint to anybody looking for something more like the normal desktop metaphor. Unity is a mess, and doesn't seem to be getting much better any time soon. The largest benefit to Linux Mint Cinnamon/MATE editions is that they are compatible and run the repository for all Ubuntu repo apps. Cinnamon is a…