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A comparison review of six GeoDNS service providers. GeoDNS can help reduce latency by directing your website traffic to the nearest datacenter.

My review of the Textpattern content management system. It has all the traits of a good CMS and WordPress alternative, but it never quite made the cut.

Simplenote is a great note-taking service, but its apps has some serious issues with notes-syncing.

The D3 Connected is the only robotic vacuum cleaner I’ve had that damaged itself the first week and that sees “ghost furniture”.

An Ethernet connection is usually the more reliable and faster than Wi-Fi, and the Chromecast Ethernet Adapter is no exception.

Lenovo’s contender to the stick-PC market runs Windows 10 but doesn’t even have enough storage space to perform upgrades. Linux may be the better option.

I purchased Bitcoins with a credit card from Cubits. The experience was better than Cex.io but still not great.

I had to replace my passport and credit cards after purchasing Bitcoins from the Cex.io exchange with said authentication and payment methods.

A smart app connects your Linux desktop and Android device. It lets them share files and clipboard contents with each other encrypted over your local network.

I’ve migrated from DigitalOcean to Linode. I was surprised to learn it used a Unified Linux Kernel (with no SELinux support) instead of the upstream kernel.

Review of Linux and other open-source project stickers, T-shirts, and merchandise from Unixstickers.

There are a number of XMPP clients available for Android, Conversations is the only one you’ll want to use. Excellent features and security.