Browse by Tags

• Netherlands

• Time to Copy Hanselman (or Why It Sucks To Build A PC in Amsterdam)

  About a month or two ago, Scott Hanselman talked about wanting to build a new developer rig . He worked with Jeff Atwood to come up with a list of components to solve all his needs. My needs are a bit different but the requirements in a PC are fairly similar and I am getting a bit tired of working with my old box (a 2.4 GHz P4) or loading personal projects on my work Thinkpad T41 so I decided to copy... Posted Aug 11 2007, 02:31 PM by technovangelist with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Gadgets, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Are there any customer-friendly technology stores in the Netherlands?

  Ugh. The other day I placed an order from TakeItNow.com , an online reseller of computer accessories. Actually, I thought of placing an order so I called ahead of time since it was a bit confusing on the site. I asked if they had two items: a 160GB laptop drive, and an UltraBay Slim drive housing to plug the drive into the DVD drive slot on my Thinkpad. The guy said yes. So I asked if I could pick... Posted May 17 2006, 12:57 PM by technovangelist with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Gadgets, Amsterdam