http://www.njtechie.com Creative ideas, technological insights, and amusing rants. What more do you need? Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:52:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm usually a big fan of IE, and I refuse to use Firefox - but downloading the IE8 beta - which is now updated to a RELEASE CANDIDATE - was a horrible idea. Sure, its quick, its got some nifty new features (better tabbing, privacy mode, improved protected mode), but it ... http://www.njtechie.com/post/internet-explorer-8-sucks/ So recently (few months ago) I went to the doctor because of a nasty face rash I got under my cheeks. This is my general practitioner we're talking about now. He decided the rash - which was extremely red, had a hot sensation, and was drying out my skin - was ... http://www.njtechie.com/post/treating-rosacea-but-not-quite-a-cure/ I figured I'd finally get around to updating NJTechie with a review of Indiana Jones 4. In his latest adventure, Indy is caught up chasing a mysterious crystal skull that our old friend Ox (Professor Oxley) managed to stumble upon. Shortly after, Ox goes crazy, tries returning the skull to a ... http://www.njtechie.com/post/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/ In shameless self promotion, I direct your attention to my new website HowToHookItUp. This particular How-To gives you the low down on hooking up a home theatre receiver. It goes in depth describing each type of input, laying out your setup, and connecting the cables. Check out How to Hook up a Receiver today! http://www.njtechie.com/post/how-to-hook-up-a-receiver/ Its unfortunate, but this may just be the end of HD DVD. Today, Warner Brothers announced it will discontinue support for HD DVD  after May of this year. From then on out, Warner will only put out Blu-Ray and regular DVD movies. You can read more about it from the Warner Brothers ... http://www.njtechie.com/post/warner-brothers-drops-support-of-hddvd/ That is, of course, after he loses the 2008 Presidential Election. If you've seen some of Rudy's election ads on TV, you might have seen the ones that insinuate America will be under attack by terrorists in the near future, and that Rudy is ready to kick some ass. Read on to ... http://www.njtechie.com/post/rudy-guiliani-new-host-of-fear-factor-in-near-future/ As the only supplement I'm still taking as part of my workout regime, Syntha-6 is an essential component to body building. Its protein, people! Two scoops of Syntha-6 gives you approximately 44 grams of protein. More than enough for one workout. Ideally, you should have 2-3 of these shakes every day ... http://www.njtechie.com/post/bsn-syntha-6-review/ Someone I know recently bought themselves a TomTom One XL GPS. I've never owned a TomTom device, so I went about researching them online. The One XL unit in particular seemed to receive your typical reviews with some ups and downs. Overall, it looked like a solid unit, and at a ... http://www.njtechie.com/post/tomtom-one-xl-is-garbage/ Depending on how long you've been around (remember records...?), you might have witnessed a decay in audio quality over the years. Ask a teenager if CD quality audio is as good as it gets, and they wouldn't know any better. Someone who has grown up with other audio formats, however, ... http://www.njtechie.com/post/the-quality-of-modern-music/ If you are a fan of the Aliens franchise, Predator franchise, or, like me, both, than you were probably falling out of your chair when you first heard they were making an Aliens vs Predator movie. Yeah, me too. Too bad it wasn't so great, right?  Cheap and limited story, ... http://www.njtechie.com/post/aliens-versus-predator-requiem-reviewed/