Bikerscum - Patrick St. Jean

Well, I headed back after lunch and picked up another one of those UPSs and found a pair of Linksys brand high gain antennas for my WRT54G as well. With the discounts on both of them it was like getting the antennas for free! more »

One of the CompUSA stores near where I work is going out of business and having a huge sale. Based on some Internet searches it looks like they've marked things up before marking them down, but the markdowns are still making them good deals. I picked u… more »

For various reasons I've been thinking about upgrading to an iPod lately. First, with the MacBook on the way it seems the easiest way to integrate my music with the system. Second, the Creative Nomad that I've currently got is not compatible (and yes,… more »

We got MSN Messenger working with the webcams tonight and the results were actually pretty good. The video, at least on my side, was a few frames short of full motion, and the audio quality was top notch. I don't think I'm going to need to buy the vide… more »

I picked up a pair of Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX webcams today to set up on the computer here in Peoria and on my Windows box at home so that Reese and I will be able to do some video chats instead of just phone calls. The installation went well… more »

I got an e-mail announcing that Delphi was having a quickie sale on a few accessories for the Roady2 XM receiver. And a sale it was! I got the Personal Audio System (a Walkman-like adapter) for $20! And then for kicks added in the home kit so that I c… more »

I found a 10% off coupon that I'd gotten with the Vonage rebates and went back over to the store to see if they could apply it. It turned out that they could and I saved another 10% on the purchase price, which I'm not going to scoff at. more »

When I signed up for Vonage, Circuit City was doing a pretty sweet deal with rebates and such. They paid for the adapter, the signup fees, and left me with a gift card to put towards an upgrade of my receiver. The only problem was that the card had a r… more »

Today was the big day. I finally got fed up with 35 hours on my Hughes SD-DVR40 and upgraded it with The Zipper. I had two 60 gig drives laying around and decided to put them to good use. The Tivo came apart easily and after a few missteps with burnin… more »

I picked up a new universal remote control today because I was sick and tired of having four separate remotes to control the TV, HDTV receiver, Tivo, DVD player, and surround sound receiver. It's a Logitech Harmony 688 programmable remote control. What… more »