Archive for September, 2007

OpenDNS to the rescue (again)!

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

I’ve already been using OpenDNS for quite a while, after realizing that most of my Internet losses of connectivity were, in fact, failures of my ISP’s DNS servers. Recently, however, I was searching for a simple, free, effective porn blocker/web filter for a friend of mine with young children, and I was surprised to learn [...]

Samsung hard drives–stay away!

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Over the past month, I’ve had the decidedly unpleasant task of returning three out of four 500 gig Samsung hard disk drives (HD501LJ models) for RMA replacement. One had just been purchased from Newegg, and the others were a few months older, meaning I’d have to return them to Samsung for replacement. Two of the [...]

Newegg lives up to its reputation…

Monday, September 24th, 2007

I’ve had occasion to contact Newegg’s customer service twice recently, and was impressed both times. The first time, I had purchased a Samsung hard drive that was dead on arrival. I didn’t even have to call Newegg. A few clicks on their website, and voila! A few minutes later I had my RMA number in [...]

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