Chris Leckness is a Geek

Incoherent ramblings from a redneck tech geek

Archive for December, 2006

This is the perfect USB Hub…

I’ve had it a while now, but now that I have had months to use it, I have to label it the perfect USB hub. It has lots of connections and if you sync/charge as many devices as I do, you need them. It also has the wonderful top slot for my thumb drives.

This [...]

31 December 2006 at 19:49 - Comments

Lego Star Wars II - A hit with my kids!

They have controlled the living room most of the day now…

This game allows them both to play cooperatively. If they would just cooperate, game over. haha

It’s really a pretty fun game. I played with them some.

31 December 2006 at 18:01 - Comments

Oh Boy. It’s gonna be tough…

It’s gonna be super tough to stay out of the living room now. Need for Speed Carbon has me under it’s spell. Luckily for me, I also purchased Legos Star Wars II for my son today as well. Why am I lucky? He will hog the 360 during the hours of 7am - 8pm, keeping [...]

31 December 2006 at 00:45 - Comments

Blogger Bribery and Me!

With all the mud being slung around about laptop bribes and ethics, there are some things that must be thought over. What is the impact of freebies for bloggers? Nothing if that blogger is ethical. Sure, you will run into some folks that claim to have turned down freebies, sure you will run into some [...]

30 December 2006 at 21:41 - Comments

Attention Microsoft - I have a suggestion!!!

Drum Roll please, I have a suggestion… In a future version of Windows Live Messenger, add a feature that allows us to configure the contact list to show local time for our contacts. Have a setting in our profile to select our timezone, and use it to display the time it is for our contacts. I have [...]

29 December 2006 at 21:14 - Comments

Are you going to CES 2007?

I will be in Vegas for CES 2007 from January 7th to January 11th. Here is my schedule so far, if you are going to be at any of the events, let me know… Let’s get in touch! Sunday: 1:30 PM - Arrive in Las Vegas 3:00 PM - Check in at Harrah’s 7:00 PM - Digital Focus 9:30 PM [...]

29 December 2006 at 17:06 - Comments

Mauricio tagged me, I’m it…

I have been blog tagged by my friend over in New Zealand, Mauricio Freitas. I have been enjoying reading the blogs of the folks that I read that have been tagged. It’s really fun to learn more about others, especially those that I will see soon in Vegas! What is this blog tagging you speak of Chris?This [...]

28 December 2006 at 23:02 - Comments

Update to my Hate Blog Post

I said what I said, I meant what I said. I am going to take the high road on this and adhere to the request of the overseas blogger I referenced in this post. He has posted on his blog that I owed him an apology for talking bad about him in emails. (I didn’t mention [...]

28 December 2006 at 21:57 - Comments

The Real Losers of the Next-Gen DVD Battle - Us

An interesting post over at Gizmodo calls the average consumer the victims in this High Def DVD battle between HD-DVD and Blueray. At 1st, I was convinced that Blueray would come out smelling like roses. They sported the “cooler” name and a greater capacity disc. When I realized that HD-DVD was hanging in there and starting to look good, [...]

28 December 2006 at 16:14 - Comments

Thanks Mr. Mage! MrK?

I am not sure who this guy is, nor am I really familiar with a website called Stumble Upon, but I think this guy has shared this blog with the Stumble Upon Community. Thanks Mr. Mage. I remember an icon at Aximsite that went through a couple names used this website. His last known handle on [...]

28 December 2006 at 16:13 - Comments