Every once in a while, I have to work my way down to my Windows machine for various reasons. The reasons have to be very specific, because I’m going to use my Linux box if at all possible. Nonetheless, sometimes I just can’t avoid it. When these times happen, I find myself in need of SSH, but, alas, Windows has decided that us “dumb users” don’t need such a feature. Read on for a quickie review of a nice program I found to fill the gap.
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I spoke to soon. When I wrote my after-Christmas quickie review of this camera, I didn’t fully test it. Normally, since that wasn’t a full review, the product would have to really, really fail in some major way for me to actually post an update. Well, I dug a little deeper today with this camera and found out it requires Internet Explorer to work. That means it’s useless to me, as I use a good operating system with a much better browser.

I can’t in good faith recommend any product that is browser-specific. Especially one as expensive as this camera. Therefore, I have to change the GOTC rating of this camera to 3 out of 10.

The best thing about being a geek after Christmas, is that you get to tinker with your (and everyone else’s) toys. Hot on the heels of Syntax’s Geek Christmas List from last week, I’m going to write a few tiny reviews of the toys I got to play with (most of which aren’t mine, unfortunately). So, take this list with you to your favorite “After Christmas Sale,” and load up on the fun things that your loved ones were too inconsiderate to get you.
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