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After 6 months of listening to the crappy stock stereo in my GTI, I finally broke down, bought some new gear and have begun the fun process of upgrading. I’ve got a new head unit on the way, but before getting to that I wanted to post about how I installed the 4 [...]

So I’ve been thinking about getting a laptop for the past few months and am getting closer to making a decision on something here soon. I initially wanted to buy one before Vista was released, I would much rather have XP then Vista at this point. Mainly because I’ve been using Vista [...]

I just finished reading a very interesting book called The Perfect Thing – How the iPod shuffles Commerce Culture and Coolness by Steven Levy. For anyone who owns an iPod (or two, or three) and is even remotely interested in how the iPod came to be, should definitely read this book. Levy [...]

My 12″ dB-500 subwoofer arrived today, and man this thing is mighty! The aluminum cone looks very nice and the thick rubber surround is going to just bounce to the beat. I’m actually undecided at this point whether or not the sub is going to go into my GTI or whether it’s going [...]

Okay, here’s my Linux tale of a newbie (that would be me) installing Ubuntu 6.06 for the first time. This isn’t meant to be a totorial (heaven help the person who follows anything I might have to say about using Linux) but more of the experience of a simple computer user attempting to try [...]