Comments for jesscoburn.com http://jesscoburn.com Tidbits and thoughts on webhosting, web applications and just general cool geek crap. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:39:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on 24 Hours with dasBlog .. reviews from a wordpress refugee by jcoburn http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/09/11/24-hours-with-dasblog-reviews-from-a-wordpress-refugee/#comment-10346 jcoburn Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:18:40 +0000 http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/09/11/24-hours-with-dasblog-reviews-from-a-wordpress-refugee/#comment-10346 Dominic, you're absolutely correct. To get the most out of wordpress you need to really enable a half dozen + different plug-ins and/or widgets. It's not simply plug and play and may make it a bad choice for less technical bloggers. This is where solutions like, dasblog, blogengine.net, subtext and graffiti all excel. They are generally very easy to configure. Graffiti is probably the easiest of the batch as you just upload and go, no configuring databases, etc (of course it being a commercial product you also pay for that convenience.) Jess Dominic, you’re absolutely correct. To get the most out of wordpress you need to really enable a half dozen + different plug-ins and/or widgets. It’s not simply plug and play and may make it a bad choice for less technical bloggers. This is where solutions like, dasblog, blogengine.net, subtext and graffiti all excel. They are generally very easy to configure. Graffiti is probably the easiest of the batch as you just upload and go, no configuring databases, etc (of course it being a commercial product you also pay for that convenience.) Jess

]]> Comment on 24 Hours with dasBlog .. reviews from a wordpress refugee by Dominic http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/09/11/24-hours-with-dasblog-reviews-from-a-wordpress-refugee/#comment-10337 Dominic Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:10:45 +0000 http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/09/11/24-hours-with-dasblog-reviews-from-a-wordpress-refugee/#comment-10337 Great comments about Wordpress. It's a great tool but it sure needs a lot of plugins to make it work right. Great comments about Wordpress. It’s a great tool but it sure needs a lot of plugins to make it work right.

]]> Comment on 24 Hours with dasBlog .. reviews from a wordpress refugee by Prakash http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/09/11/24-hours-with-dasblog-reviews-from-a-wordpress-refugee/#comment-9781 Prakash Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:45:59 +0000 http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/09/11/24-hours-with-dasblog-reviews-from-a-wordpress-refugee/#comment-9781 I was looking for a dasBlog review and found your article very helpful, thanks for it I was looking for a dasBlog review and found your article very helpful, thanks for it

]]> Comment on 5 Cool Plugins for Windows Live Writer by Jess http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/12/20/5-cool-plugins-for-windows-live-writer/#comment-7183 Jess Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:26:10 +0000 http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/12/20/5-cool-plugins-for-windows-live-writer/#comment-7183 Thanks for the comments Chris. Snag-it is simply awesome. Those guys make some great applications. Thanks for the comments Chris. Snag-it is simply awesome. Those guys make some great applications.

]]> Comment on 5 Cool Plugins for Windows Live Writer by Catto http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/12/20/5-cool-plugins-for-windows-live-writer/#comment-7181 Catto Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:01:58 +0000 http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/12/20/5-cool-plugins-for-windows-live-writer/#comment-7181 Hey Now Jess, Nice Post. I like the Snag it plug in. I love Snag it too. Thx 4 the info, Catto Hey Now Jess,
Nice Post. I like the Snag it plug in. I love Snag it too.
Thx 4 the info,
Catto

]]> Comment on My New SuperRig (AKA the gaming/media beast) by Ed http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/10/11/my-new-superrig-aka-the-gamingmedia-beast/#comment-6564 Ed Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:47:40 +0000 http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/10/11/my-new-superrig-aka-the-gamingmedia-beast/#comment-6564 Thanks for the input Jess. I ordered the Coolmaster 750watt PSU from ZipZoomFly. Great deal on it right now....after rebates, only 49.99 + shipping. Great reviews on that PSU. I actually got 4gb of ram on my system, but it doesnt seem that much of a difference in performance wise...will have to wait to see when i insert the 8800GT card in there. Can't do it till I get the new PSU tho, since as you know the M8100y only has 350w PSU. NewEgg is actually has a warehouse in my state of NJ which stinks because they charge tax. Have you tried the game Crysis on your new suped up system yet? Thanks for the input Jess. I ordered the Coolmaster 750watt PSU from ZipZoomFly. Great deal on it right now….after rebates, only 49.99 + shipping. Great reviews on that PSU. I actually got 4gb of ram on my system, but it doesnt seem that much of a difference in performance wise…will have to wait to see when i insert the 8800GT card in there. Can’t do it till I get the new PSU tho, since as you know the M8100y only has 350w PSU. NewEgg is actually has a warehouse in my state of NJ which stinks because they charge tax. Have you tried the game Crysis on your new suped up system yet?

]]> Comment on My New SuperRig (AKA the gaming/media beast) by Jess http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/10/11/my-new-superrig-aka-the-gamingmedia-beast/#comment-6518 Jess Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:15:30 +0000 http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/10/11/my-new-superrig-aka-the-gamingmedia-beast/#comment-6518 Oh and one more thing ed, tigerdirect is semi-local for me (they're in miami and I head down there frequently) but I prefer newegg.com, the prices are great and the customer service FANTASTIC! Oh and one more thing ed, tigerdirect is semi-local for me (they’re in miami and I head down there frequently) but I prefer newegg.com, the prices are great and the customer service FANTASTIC!

]]> Comment on My New SuperRig (AKA the gaming/media beast) by Jess http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/10/11/my-new-superrig-aka-the-gamingmedia-beast/#comment-6517 Jess Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:14:41 +0000 http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/10/11/my-new-superrig-aka-the-gamingmedia-beast/#comment-6517 Ed, The system is running great. BTW, on the slickdeals site HP is running this promo again on this machine for $650 so it's a good time to grab one if you need a spare (I'm considering picking one up as a home server). On the power supply, I had no problem with the fit or the cabling for the power supply. As long as it's a standard size PSU you should be good. One the PCI fan, not sure if there is room honestly. This thing is pretty full. I'd have to crack it back open and look. I'd be concerned about fan noise too. At some point I am going to pick up a different PSU because this one is a bit noisy. The box is still a lean, mean gaming machine. and for the price you couldn't ask for anything better. I love the front ports on it. I showed my wife how to connect the camcorder via firewire and rip her movies to DVD and this box does that without effort. I'm considering reloading this machine to Vista 64bit and will upgrade it to 4GB of memory before long too (2GB is 'ok' for vista, but she wants 4GB). Thanks for the comments. Jess Ed,

The system is running great. BTW, on the slickdeals site HP is running this promo again on this machine for $650 so it’s a good time to grab one if you need a spare (I’m considering picking one up as a home server).

On the power supply, I had no problem with the fit or the cabling for the power supply. As long as it’s a standard size PSU you should be good.

One the PCI fan, not sure if there is room honestly. This thing is pretty full. I’d have to crack it back open and look. I’d be concerned about fan noise too. At some point I am going to pick up a different PSU because this one is a bit noisy.

The box is still a lean, mean gaming machine. and for the price you couldn’t ask for anything better. I love the front ports on it. I showed my wife how to connect the camcorder via firewire and rip her movies to DVD and this box does that without effort. I’m considering reloading this machine to Vista 64bit and will upgrade it to 4GB of memory before long too (2GB is ‘ok’ for vista, but she wants 4GB).

Thanks for the comments.

Jess

]]> Comment on My New SuperRig (AKA the gaming/media beast) by Ed http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/10/11/my-new-superrig-aka-the-gamingmedia-beast/#comment-6499 Ed Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:00:56 +0000 http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/10/11/my-new-superrig-aka-the-gamingmedia-beast/#comment-6499 Nice PC. I'm working towards building the same PC as you Jesscoburn. Too bad I got in on the M8100y deal like 2 weeks earlier and ended up with the E6850 system. Anyways, I went to bestbuy today and picked up the 8800 GT very card, I'm assuming this card will fit since your GTS fit. The question I have for you is that your PSU, are the cables able to fit into the box without any problems? I was looking into the COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro RS-750-ACAA-A1..Iwondering if you have any input on whether this sucker will fit into the 8100y case. Have you thought about adding one of those PCI fans...like the one here... http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=120565&CatId=804 Let me know...how ur system is running now. THanks!! -Ed Nice PC. I’m working towards building the same PC as you Jesscoburn. Too bad I got in on the M8100y deal like 2 weeks earlier and ended up with the E6850 system. Anyways, I went to bestbuy today and picked up the 8800 GT very card, I’m assuming this card will fit since your GTS fit. The question I have for you is that your PSU, are the cables able to fit into the box without any problems? I was looking into the COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro RS-750-ACAA-A1..Iwondering if you have any input on whether this sucker will fit into the 8100y case.
Have you thought about adding one of those PCI fans…like the one here…
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=120565&CatId=804

Let me know…how ur system is running now. THanks!!

-Ed

]]> Comment on Installing Windows 2008 via USB thumbdrive by aneesh http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/10/15/installing-windows-2008-via-usb-thumbdrive/#comment-5948 aneesh Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:12:36 +0000 http://jesscoburn.com/archives/2007/10/15/installing-windows-2008-via-usb-thumbdrive/#comment-5948 hi i am using a toshiba m30 laptop.the strip wire of the dvd drive is broken so it doesnt work.so will the vista setup will load up when i boot from the usb.does it workon external harddirves...reply soon hi i am using a toshiba m30 laptop.the strip wire of the dvd drive is broken so it doesnt work.so will the vista setup will load up when i boot from the usb.does it workon external harddirves…reply soon

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