May 2, 2015

Power Strip Adapters so I can finally plug all my external hard drives into one power strip

I’m not the only one with this problem. You buy multiple drives but because they all these massive power supplies and wall warts the damn things won’t all fit into the same UPS device. No matter how you twist or arrange them, it just doesn’t work. I have a 12 outlet device that can only hold a couple drives because the stupid plus are so big. But I just found a solution to the problem. I don’t know why I didn’t find it sooner. While checking on Amazon I found a set of 10 little extension chords. They are a mere 12 inches long and don’t look that exciting at all, but they are exactly what I need! They are 3 prong, UL listed cables that give you just enough length to plug in the drive and let it drape down the side of the UPS. I’ve been looking at all sorts of different UPS designs because I didn’t know […]

May 2, 2015

Windows Socket Initialize Failed – Errors with HTTP and Winsock

Well, this put me in quite the foul mood. Everything was working fine, downloading as expected when all of a sudden  I lost any ability to connect with HTTP. My browser stopped working and any app that tried to make a web connection would either crash (poor programming) or give an error saying it couldn’t connect. This included checking for updates as well as trying to use Firefox. Oddly, I was able to connect to other machines on my network, use Remote Desktop and even Ping sites, but couldn’t make a connection. I went through a slew of trial and error, including adding a wireless USB adapter which gave me the error Windows Socket Initialize Failed. Finally, an error I could work with. Turns out Winsock and TCP/IP are busted all to hell. I even reinstalled the network drivers but that didn’t help. Then I found this article which had me delete the Winsock registry keys and import them again. […]

April 28, 2015

DiRT Rally by Codemasters on Steam Early Access

So a new entry in the DiRT franchise has literally just popped up on Steam Early Access. Codemasters is putting together DiRT Rally which goes back to the edge of your seat rally racing that many of have been wanting. As several reviews have clearly stated – No Gymkhana. At first glance the game looks very impressive and by the description of real rally stages, car setup, team mechanics, and car repair it sounds like an impressive and difficult blend of driving and management. In fact, if we jump back over a decade, it reminds me of Mobil 1 Rally Championship which I thought was incredibly fun and challenging game. If my memory serves, it had something like 250 miles of actual rally stages and not only was it hard to drive, the car constantly took damage. Even if you didn’t slam into barriers, rocks, logs, etc, there was the constant wear and tear on the car and you could […]

April 27, 2015

New version of CCleaner and Recuva, plus discount

I’m still a bit fan of Piriform CCleaner and feel the retail version is well worth the cost. I load more junk on my machine faster than CCleaner can get rid of it, but it tries to keep me out of trouble. Between it and SuperAntiSpyware, cookies and all manner of web junk are constantly getting swept away. Certainly worth the time and effort. And now you can get the complete bundle at a discount. You get CCleaner, Defraggler, Recuva and Speccy for a bundle price and if you use the coupon code APRIL15, you get another 20% off. You basically get each program for $10 which in my opinion is a really good deal. So first, jump over to the site to buy the bundle. Next, enter the coupon code APRIL15 and get another 15% off. This will drop the price to $31.96

April 27, 2015

Finally scored big with the Nipah Virus in Plague Inc

Well now, this took a lot longer than expected to complete. My first run with the Nipah Virus went pretty well, that is until Greenland decided to be a holdout and not let my virus in. Next time around, Iceland followed suit. Why you guys have to deny me? I’m just trying to spread the love! But through persistence I managed to claim victory. Well, sort of a victory. I finished the scenario but just missed getting 3 biohazards. It took just a touch over 400 days so I was denied. So I tried again. And again. And again. I did manage to infect Greenland, but it didn’t spread fast enough and all the carriers died before it could really take hold. Curse the bad luck! But I got em this last time! No one was spared and they all fell. Turned out to be a lot tougher than I thought. Damn good fun though. I still need to go […]

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