I picked up a new Telstra Pre-Paid Wi-Fi Next G Modem last week as unfortunately, even though Vodafone has full 3G reception in Kempsey, data services are practically non-existent, so I couldn’t use the internet with my laptop tethered to my Blackberry as I normally would (I might get data services on for long enough [...]

I got the Cooler Master X Craft 250 (eSATA and USB) when I was planning the hard drive transplant for my Macbook Pro, and after my excellent experience with the Cooler Master X Craft 350 Lite, I was quite happy to get the baby brother, the 250 Lite and give it a try. The 250 [...]

The Cooler Master X Craft 350 Lite is an external USB (there is an e-SATA version as well) enclosure for 3.5″ hard drives. It has a fairly schmick design and comes with an upright stand, however, if you have more than one, they are designed to be stackable as well. I picked one up about [...]

First up, the new motherboard, a Gigabyte P35-DS3P. Isn’t it pretty? Anyway, I was originally looking at a couple of different Asus boards when I came across this one and a couple of other Gigabyte ones. My old motherboard is an Asus A8N-E, and apart from having to replace the southbridge heatsink a week after [...]

My sub-standard internet connection provided by my lazy landlord has finally ticked me off enough that I went out and bought a wireless modem. I’ve been looking into this possibility for a while now and have looked at the offerings from 4 of the major providers in Australia, Telstra, Optus, Vodafone and Three. None of [...]