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Attack of the $99 Droid-Pads

Dave Farquhar Hardware October 29, 2010October 30, 2010android, commodore, commodore 64, dealextreme, debian, dell, hp, netbooks, pogoplug, Walgreen Drug Store

A 7-inch, underpowered Android tablet that may or may not be available at your corner Walgreen Drug Store is made some big waves today. It’s underpowered, but it’s supposedly on sale for 99 bucks. Regular retail price is $129.

Yes, for 99 bucks, it’s a toy. But it could be a fun toy. Read more

Dave Farquhar

David Farquhar is a computer security professional, entrepreneur, and author. He has written professionally about computers since 1991, so he was writing about retro computers when they were still new. He has been working in IT professionally since 1994 and has specialized in vulnerability management since 2013. He holds Security+ and CISSP certifications. Today he blogs five times a week, mostly about retro computers and retro gaming covering the time period from 1975 to 2000.

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Save money on cables by not buying at retail

Dave Farquhar Hardware, Saving money October 14, 2010November 28, 20181980s, dealextreme, garage sale, garage sales, oxidation, radio shack

I’m ashamed to say I own one Monster cable. Hopefully if I tell you I bought it at a garage sale for $2, I’ll regain your respect. But there’s an easier way to save money on cables than buying at garage sales.

Unless you need it immediately, there’s no reason whatsoever to buy Monster and other overpriced cables at big-box consumer electronics stores. Profit margins are really thin on most electronics, even the big-ticket items, and they use the cables to make up for that. That’s the reason nobody includes cables in the box.

Dave Farquhar

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What to look for in a router

Dave Farquhar DD-WRT, Hardware, Servers and Networking October 4, 2010August 3, 20181990s, antenna, asus, capacitors, cisco, d-link, dd wrt, dealextreme, India, linksys, lowercase letters, netgear, networking equipment, radio shack, tomato, wrt54g

I revisit the topic of what to look for in a router every six or seven years. As important as it always was, I think it’s even more important today, as there are a number of underpowered routers on the market and it’s best to avoid them.

This post originated in 2010. I revised it for 2017 needs, and by the time I was done, I’m not sure much of my 2010 text was left. But that’s OK.

Dave Farquhar

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How to revive an old PC

Dave Farquhar Hardware May 17, 2010November 11, 2024asus, boot disk, dealextreme, radio shack, windows 2000

Somewhere, stashed in a corner of the basement or a closet, pretty much anyone who works on computers or even has just owned computers for a long time has a stash of obsolete hardware, stashed for a just-in-case moment.

Dave Farquhar

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