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This week it’s all about packing and moving. Got the living room all straightened out. The Kitchen was easy. The bathroom just needs to be cleaned. But what could be left?

OH YEAH. The computer stuff.

It becomes an interesting ritual of what I am going to keep and what is going to Goodwill. Computers themselves are not accepted there, so I have to find other means for them. Really, the best thing is to strip them and dispose of them in a proper mannor.

I thought at one time of turning motherboards into things like art and clocks, but then I realized with all the harmful chemicals on a motherboard, would that be wise? Plus I would have to take time to build clocks and I really don’t want to do that.

The most interesting thing is the cables. You know – you needed that one special cable to run the item, so you paid $50- $100 or more for it? I remember I had to buy a SCSI cable for a 4x CD-R I bought back in 1998. The cable (50 micro-pin SCSI) was expensive (Not to mention the CD-R, which was $300 at the time). Now, I am finally parting with the cable, which is in the box to Goodwill. I figured I could have needed the cable while the CD-R was replaced with an HP 9100. That was replaced with a Sony DVD -/+ RW.

I have a tote for all Geekazine products to review. I have a tote for all computer books I need. I have a tote for all my computer cables. I haven’t even packed my computers. There is a tote for computer software.

As a musician I am used to having a lot of stuff. It’s been a 50 /50 trade between music equipment and computer. In this move, the computer equipment has definitely taken over.

Therefore, I am dedicating this weeks Bitstrips to the move.

Earlier today we talked about magnifying the far away close up. Now we’re talking about taking the small and making it viewable to the human eye. BigC has some great USB microscopes.

Andy McCaskey talks with Frank and Marshall about how these Microscopes can be useful. If you are discovering new bugs or finding a break in the soldier on a motherboard. You can even see Andy’s Eye as he looks at the ear, eye and throat model for hospitals.

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Tonights show was another great one! We had a lot of friends show up and a bunch of new ones! Brokenshovel was getting a new motherboard, so we talked about the i7 that just came out. We also talked about Apple’s cores and AMD’s struggles.

Someone came on the show concerned they were hacked. We talked about what an IP address does and what the person should do to be more secure.

Finally, in hour #2 we found out that Jerry Yang, CEO of Yahoo! has decided to step down. We talked about who the successor should be. Larry Ellison from Oracle was suggested. I think the best person for the role is Martin Sargent. He has a lot of contacts and can make Yugo a young company again.

All this and a lot more on the LIVE Show.

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The other day I was working on a PC-based CAVS player so I thought it would be cool to show you how some machines are used in proprietary systems.

This week we talk about what’s inside the computer, then show a handy little tool to connect a Hard Drive as if it was a USB drive.

Going to upgrade your computer? Don’t forget to update your Power Supply.