DealExtreme.com, pretty sweet gadget site.

Ok, so I am by no means promising anything with this site.  It was referred to me by a consultant that did some firewall work for me a few weeks ago.  We were talking about green lasers or something like that (I know, I know, it can't get much geekier than that).  He told me to check out dealextreme.com.  Most of the stuff is going to come with a poorly translated chinese-english manual, but it is all DIRT CEHAP.

http://www.dealextreme.com/

Check it out, way more than lasers.  I better not find out that anybody is using a hidden camera wristwatch on me.

Free antivirus! Microsoft Security Essentials is… pretty good.

I don't care who you are, free is good.  Microsoft has made a decent antivirus program available for free to all legitimate owners of Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7.  It is called Microsoft Security Essentials.

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

It isn't the best, but hey, it is free!  Cnet.com gave it decent reviews as have several other antivirus rating sites.  Here is an article from cnet.com.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10366232-83.html

If you download it, make sure you save it, then run the installer.  Don't just click run after you click the download link.  After it is installed and has done it's automatic updating, remove any previous antivirus or antimalware software you might have.  Get rid of any antispyware software too.

Geekery for everybody.

I like to start blogs, and then not develop them.  I have no less than 5 other blogs that I almost never touch.  This is however, my first on WordPress.  To be honest, the only reason I wanted to start this one is because they were smart enough to make an iPhone App.  I don't plan on paying for an app to post on Blogger when they should have been responsible enough to create an app for free.

So here is my plan; post the geekery that is in my head and in my life that I think my friends and family could benefit from.  I'll try to post links to helpful pages, tips for using their gadgets, and reviews of products I've tried.  Mainly I want to put useful stuff on here so I don't have to always repeat myself (although if you know me at all, I don't mind talking).  I'd also like to get some income ($10 a year at least!) from ads that I'll put on here.  That assumes that I am witty and creative enough, let alone interesting enough, to bring in some consistent readers.  With, that I'm done.  Really I'm just stopping because my wife is getting out of the shower now, and she'll want to know why I'm sitting on the couch with her laptop typing away at something when we're on vacation in Orlando.