Today I received a Samsung 840 Series 120GB SSD. First impression: Fast. Once I got everything properly configured on my computer (which ended up turning into a full re install of Windows), I noticed an extreme difference in speed. See for yourself ...

As most of you in the United States should know, we are under constant surveillance any time we are connected to the internet. Even your credit/debit card purchases are monitored, stored, and logged by our friends at the National Security Administration. Facebook is one of the websites that's easily front and center of this surveillance, no matter what Mark Zuckerburg (who I truly believe is just interferen ...

I'm a frequent listener of TWiT, which means I hear the ad for ProXPN atleast once a week. Incase you didn't already know, ProXPN is a VPN (Virtual Private Network) service. I knew that since I was running a business that was starting to get serious, and I really needed to mask and protect my identity as much as possible. The easiest way to do this is with a VPN. I signed up for ProXPN. The service was a pi ...

You don't become self employed overnight. The only way this can really happen is by winning the lottery, and that's more along the lines of a paid vacation. Going from working a regular 9-5 to being self employed and not being sure exactly when you are going to work is a big leap. You go from knowing you'll be getting $400 a week, to not sure what exactly you'll be making. The purpose of this blog post is t ...

Have you ever been called a workaholic? Does it seem like you are tied to nothing but work, sun up to sun down? Even if you only do this during the 5-day business week, you're still not taking a break. Doing this will cause you to burn out, be even more stressed, and you could even age faster and/or have health complications. Whether you look at it this way or not, taking a break is actually probably the sm ...

There are around 7 billion people in the world, and growing. Chances are you will come across a few people that you don't like. However, there are also going to be some people that you seem to develop a friendship with for a while. The friendship (no matter if it's with a member of the same or opposite gender) will develop some kind of connection. Along the way, something will happen and the friendship/rela ...

Alright, finally, a technical post! I know this is Paul Shirey Tech, and the content that I've been producing lately hasn't been 100% techy. Being the proud owner of a custom-built business end computer, I usually try and do something to it each yeah. Last year I upgraded the processor, RAM, and motherboard to a AMD Athlon II X3 3.1GHz and 4GB of RAM. Believe me, I wish I had Intel and 8GB of RAM, but an up ...

Okay, so I realize none of the content I've released since starting to write on Paul Shirey Tech again last week has exactly been tailored to my visible mission statement: Tech and Social Media - No Gimmicks. However, this is my blog, and sometimes it really is just a diary that I share with the world. People seem to be sharing the content, and I seem to be getting more comments, so needless to say I guess ...

Since most high school students no longer have a farm to help out on like the old days, the long summer break presents two options: sit around and play, or go out and work to earn some money. At age 14 you can  legally work with a permit, even though your chances of finding a job will consist of mowing yards in most cases, you can still work as young as 14. Once you are 16, it opens up a whole buffet of wor ...

Holy cow... Now THAT'S a title! Most people would want to talk about how badly a car accident affected them, especially getting hit by a car. On March 27th I was riding my scooter back from someone's house, when a careless driver pulled out in front of me, causing me to go straight into the side of their car at 60mph. There was no chance to stop, in fact I braked so hard that I broke the brake cable in my r ...