Fellow blogger Ed Lau is having a contest, and has put together a pretty good list of prizes! We will get to them in a second! Ed’s blog is one of my favorites and is on my bookmark list (I don’t use a RSS reader). Over the past few months I have been reading his…
Going Hard – 20 Days of Content!
Well if you have been checking out ThinkComputers lately you would have noticed something new on the site for the past 20 days! That is definitely a record for us! Normally we would be posting 3-5 reviews a week, but I decided to take it to the next level and really step it up. 7…
New Design Giveaway Winners!
This contest had to be the best contest I have run on the blog, probably because of the great prizes! I want to thank John Chow, Ian Fernando, and Jon Waraas for providing the prizes for the contest. We had 57 comments on the post, many people blogged about it, and we had quite a…
SEO 101: Page Titles
SEO is a word that you probably hear a lot. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, which basically means improving the traffic you get from search engines, or making your website show up higher in the search engine results. There are many things you can do to make your website more search engine friendly. One…
No Power
Well I have been without power for at least 2 days now. The outer bands from Hurricane Ike ran through Pittsburgh a few days ago bringing with them some very heavy wind storms. These wind storms knocked out the power of course but also downed many trees, which was evident the next morning when I…
Contest Reminder!
I just wanted to remind you that the New Design Giveaway ends this Friday! So if you still want to enter you better do it quick! You can enter by replying to the giveaway post (1 entry), subscribe to the RSS feed via e-mail (1 entry), and if you write a blog post about the…
Some New Gadgets
Well things are really starting to pick up over at ThinkComputers. We are moving up to at least 5 reviews / articles a week, but I’m pushing towards new content each day. Hopefully I don’t wear myself out by trying to keep up this schedule. I always like checking out new technology that’s why I…
Should You Start a Blog?
People ask me all the time what is the easiest way to get started online. I usually tell them to start a blog. With services like Blogger and WordPress.com you can easily start a blog without any major knowledge of the internet or computers. Also bloggers are not a small group anymore, blogging has become…
Hulu Launches Fall Lineup
Last week Hulu announced their Fall Premier Linup. If you do not know Hulu is a website that offers free ad-supported streaming video of TV shows and movies from NBC, Fox, and others. The video quality is actually really good too, definitely better than YouTube quality. I found out about Hulu back when it was…
Summer is Over
Well that’s right summer is over! For some of you this is not a big change and for others you will be going back to school and work. The end of summer for me signifies the time to start working hard again. Right around the corner is the holiday season and that means tons of…
The Evolution of My Desk
Even since I got my own computer I’ve always had a “workstation”. I always liked having a workstation instead of just a regular desk. When you have a good working environment you tend to get a lot more work done and it is sure nice to be working on a nice clean desk then a…
3 Things Every Website Should Have
When you are making a website there are things you should always have setup. Whether it’s a website or blog, whether is a professional site or just a personal blog. Last night I was going through in my mind the 3 things I think every website should have. There are many features you can add…
Lulu’s Noodles
A few weeks ago I got a chance to get some Pho again, but this time it was not at Pho Minh. This time we decided to check out Lulu’s Noodles. Lulu’s is located on Craig Street, which is right between the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. Unlike Pho Minh, Lulu’s is a…
Go Hard
So many people think that it is easy to make a living online. Even though a good amount of people do make a living online they did not get there by being lazy and only working a few hours a day. Almost anyone who has a successful business has worked their ass off for it….