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Just yesterday, I made the ‘mistake’ of purchasing a Belkin Wireless Router (F5D9230-4) and discovered that the lovely features that were packed along with it were all foiled by the elementry method of connecting to the internet completely FAILING and resulting in disconnecting and reconnecting CONSTANTLY.

After 25 minutes and ultimately failing with Belkin’s Tech support (He hung up on me after trying several things that still did not work..) and right before I went to go return the piece of *art* back to Walmart… I tried the simplist thing… Update the FIRMWARE to a version that works.

-BEFORE YOU THROW THIS OUT AS A POSSIBILITY, READ ON-

Turns out Belkin did fix the issue for a number of routers recently and it seems to be something wrong with the firmware that was shipped out… In fact, the pre-installed firmware update tool does not work properly…

So I’ve conveniently created a simple link for you to download the latest firmware here for the model I tested for here. If you have another model I’ll look it up but please let me know if this resolves it. I’ll try to work with everyone who is having a problem with their new router, however please remember that I’m not a Belkin employee and will not be able to fix all of your life’s problems, (hopefully) just the Belkin router issues. Read the rest of this entry »

DSL Reports recently published an article that highlights a large, US-based ISP, Comcast, will soon be implementing overage caps on their customer’s internet usage to 250GB/month with 1 free gimmie. Additional bandwidth would be $15/10GB thereafter.

Full article

Quick post…

I wasted a bunch of time looking for these song packs so I figure I’d help out some fellow Googlers out there.

StepMania DDR Songs (and others) may be found at this REALLY pro site that has pretty much all of the DDR songs and more:

http://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v4/simfiles.php
[Others] http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/sims/

I’ll keep this list updated as I find more.. And if I can find the SM packs, I’ll post about it. The one I used to use appearently is no longer available. If you have other links post them below!
Have fun

So appearantly the gormet frozen food company Bertolli has a video contest going on and are now voting for the top winners in their competition. A couple of them are very humorous while the other two feature a very talented singer (Bravissimo Bertolli) and a romantic night as a 25 year strong couple (1300 Dinner & Counting VID). My personal favorite was Sidney & Phoebe and their hilarious take on their “people’s” romantic life.

However my vote went off to Bravissimo Bertolli’s performance. She has an incredible voice that the video just did not give justice to.

YOU go ahead and vote and you’ll have the opportunity to have a nice trip up to NYC to premere:

• Airfare to and from New York City
• Transportation to and From the Airport
• Luxury Hotel accommodations for a 2-night stay
• The chance to meet celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito
• Two invitations to the premiere and party where you’ll meet the winners

Hey, it’s free and you’ve handed out your address and phone number to countless web forms in the past, why not give it to a legitimate food company too? =P

I just recently got my server from server beach and I’m pretty happy with it so far. Support called me only an hour or so after the order went in to confirm my order and within 4 hours it was setup and ready for me to play with. I’ll be moving this blog over to it soon from my 1 & 1 shared account.

For those looking for a good coupon, use this coupon code below when you checkout and you’ll get $100 off after you’ve been with Server Beach for 90 days. You’ll also be helping me out a great deal trying to alleviate the costs of the server and you’ll benefit too!

Server Beach $100 off Coupon:
JDFCQ7KG98

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With the release of ventrilo 3.0 yesterday, many people find themselves stuck in a virtual corner for whatever reason and ultimately unhappy with the new release. When it comes to the ventrilo 2.0 servers, you may just be out of luck unless someone hasn’t updated their ventrilo server yet.

If you’re anything like me, in a dorm situation using the Cisco URT Client, the new release of ventrilo is dead in the water and will not connect to any servers. Don’t have a solution. Sorry. But If you want to do something about it, make it known that you’re having this problem over at the Ventrilo Forums at THIS POST.

Read on for Instructions… Read the rest of this entry »

Hey my faithful readers! Hah, right.. After posting about my stacker successes I’ve almost felt as though I can’t post about anything else because those who are subscribed to the blog might be disappointed (or otherwise annoyed) at my other posts. But I will post a couple of things of interest in this post. Well, maybe… Read the rest of this entry »