The problem with Tekpub…
I like Rob Conery. But he is the sort of guy who just seems to go out of his way to cause trouble…
A good example is a post I wrote a couple of years ago.
What’s funny is that Rob even commented on the post. But unfortunately he missed the point. Rob is a classic “Ready, Fire, AIM!” type of person.
Case in point, I recently purchased a 12 month Tekpub subscription. (Tekpub is an online technical education resource).
Now a 12 month subscription for a little under $300 is good value. It’s competitors are either Youtube videos or companies like Plural Sight.
Last week, Rob posted this tweet:
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Awesome! So why did I pay full price?
But that’s ok, Rob’s a good bloke! So I pinged him, asked if I could get a 29% extension, sent my Order Number (twice), followed him up…
And then? Well not much!
I don’t know what to make of it. Maybe he has updated my subscription? Maybe he hasn’t. Funny thing is that Tekpub doesn’t show when your subscription ends, just when you signed up.
I’ll keep you posted…
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Home Theater PC
Recently Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror fame, updated his Home Theater PC. I had been thinking of doing the same, so below is my experience.
| CPU | Intel Core i3-2100 |
| Motherboard | MSi H67MA-E45 |
| Memory | Kingston 4GB DDR3 |
Standard case + power supply. I also added a 2TB hard drive + a Blueray writer.
Total damage: $800
Originally I installed Windows 7 Home Premium but had a few driver problems.
So I started again with Windows 7 Home Premium N and no problems.
How does it rate next to Jeffs’? 
Jeff managed a 5.1 – but I agree, take out the Aero desktop support and you have a 5.8 machine!
Interesting, Jeff got me all inspired when he started to talk about power consumption. He has been writing about this for sometime now. When I tested this machine, it was just under 40 watts.
I have no idea how Jeff pulled off 22 watts, but he did say that he recycled old parts from a previous build.
I’m not too worried since a) this machine will be either in stand-by or turned off when not in use and b) a low power consumption device is going to increase the cost significantly.
For well under $AUD1,000 I’m only annoyed I didn’t do this sooner!
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When a dirty job is a good job
I was doing some research on Simon Sinek. He writes for AskMen.com and I came across their Top 10 TED Talks.
I came across this little gem. It’s a talk by Mike Rowe, from the Dirty Jobs show.
I won’t steal his thunder, just watch:
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How great leaders inspire action – by Simon Sinek
I love this TED talk!
Simon Sinek discusses how great leaders inspire action:
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