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General and misc

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 review:

While the keyboard is comfortable for typing, it has several problems and weaknesses:

• Back/Forward buttons solution:FAQ / Q&A
• Media player track previous/next control solution: FAQ / Q&A
• It has a special “button” that move up or down and is labelled as zoom. However, while it is a very interesting control to have on the keyboard, it is not possible to set it for anything else than zoom in the settings program. It does not even work as zoom in programs!
• It is huge
• It is very easy to ruin the keyboard with a spill. Solution

 

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1and1.com hosting provider review:

1&1 is my current hosting provider for this website. I have only good things to say about them:

• Secure Shell (SSH) is included (Business package and up)
• There is a WebspaceExplorer for easy deletion of directories on the server, unzipping of zip files right on the server, etc (This all is much harder or longer to do over FTP)
• 24/7 phone support
• Statistics
• No outrageous storage over limit fees.
• phpMyAdmin

 

Something to watch out for: by default, all domain names that you buy will point to your default hosting space / domain name. If you are buying domains just to hold them, you might not want them to be forwarded to your website. You will need to specify a fake subdirectory destination to domains that you do not want pointing to your website. Also, there is a problem with Google AdSense for parked domains. For that, you will need another DNS host (which may be a problem to set up or may cost you).

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General and misc - Pomona

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Netgear PS121USB 2.0 MINI PRINT SERVER review: If you get "communication error, connection lost", try restarting printer, software program, and at last resort, your computer. The error should clear. Generally, this is a DO NOT BUY item. It is very expensive, constantly throws errors or does not detect printer, etc, etc. After some use, it became less of a hassle to share the printer thru one of the computer (but that means that computer has to be on), or buying a network enabled printer instead.

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uCoz.com hosting service review:

I would stay away. There is absolutely no information provided. I tried to contact them by contact form provided, but that contact form does not work. They say they have a forum and a FAQ, but I do not see it anywhere. And there is absolutely no information on how much this would cost. I would not even trust my e-mail address to these people. Their hosting is probably based on running heavy advertisements on your sites.

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On all knee / kneeling chairs / office chairs - Tip: avoid at all costs. Your knees will hurt if you place your weight on your knees (for whatever reason that they advertise, be it posture or anything else). DO NOT BUY A KNEE CHAIR.

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