You maybe surprised to know that it's a tiny Linux computer without a keyboard but a touchscreen called It can play music from Pandora and also let you keep up with David Letterman's top 10 lists. Chumby works by connecting to the Chumby Network via WiFi. It plays widgets, which you select via a webpage on your computer. Once everything is setup which only takes about 10 minutes at the most, you just sit back and watch all the cool items it can display. Mine displays Flickr photos, Facebook updates, webcams from two different aquariums, Gizmodo, Engadget, Slashdot, Make magazine, and bunch more.

If you have a friend who has a Chumby you can send each widgets via my Chums.  Feel free to add me, my Chumby is starlightmedia

It's a lot of fun be sure to go to the Chumby website to get yours!

Do you want to get something for your geek this holiday season?  Then try my favorite place for all things geek

They have all kinds of fun products ranging from astronaut ice cream to a red Swingline stapler.  They also have lots of great computer products. Be sure to check out their holiday section!  Enjoy shopping!

We all want our computer to work optimally.  One way to do this, especially in older machines, is by increasing the amount of RAM your computer has.  RAM is the temporary storage used by your machine.  If you have been experiencing the multi-color pinwheel a lot - it's time for a RAM upgrade.

More RAM equals better and therefore faster performance.  If you are a person using Photoshop the images can be rendered faster by a computer which has more RAM.  The same holds true if you do video editing or digital photography.

I recommend to my clients that they get as much RAM as they can afford.  The best performance will come if you can put the maximum amount of memory in the computer that it can handle.  This maximum threshold varies from computer to computer.  By adding more RAM you can increase the lifespan of your computer.

You also want to make sure you are getting your RAM from a reputable source.  Inferior RAM can cause numerous problems including: not being able to start the computer and also data corruption.  See my previous blog entry on backups.

Contact us at Starlight Media and we can help with your RAM upgrades.

 

September 1st at 6:30 pm on the CBS Evening News Laurence Koret will be talking about Apple and the new iPods that are coming out on this Tuesday.  Be sure to watch!

Starlight Media was featured on Network World blogging about the iPhone and what makes it different from all other phones. Read more at the Network World Website.