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Hands-on evaluations of hardware and software, including the Thecus N5550 NAS, phpIPAM IP address management and the Dashlane password manager.

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Reviews2015-11-09

Dashlane - Password Manager Review

First off, I am a technical user. Nothing gripes me more than a piece of software that is too dumb'ed down for the sake of "ease of use" that it lacks basic…

Karl Nyen2

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Hardware2015-07-24

SubPac S1 Tactile Bass Systems Review

As some may know I am a bit of a bass freak / audiophile. My car's sound system is a great example of this. Music in general is a very influential and…

Karl Nyen

Thecus N5550 NAS with its front door open and five drive bays visible

Reviews2014-06-04

Review of Thecus N5550 5-Bay NAS

Coming soon!

Karl Nyen

phpIPAM subnet view with IP addresses, availability indicators and a usage chart

Reviews2014-06-04

Web-Based IP Address Management - phpIPAM

For those of you still using a spreadsheet for tracking IP addresses - it's time to graduate! A couple of months ago I was looking around for free web based…

Karl Nyen1

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