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I've been seriously looking in to Cloud Storage lately, mostly due to me wanting to get out of the habit backing up my pictures to a static Disc, which is what I've been doing for nearly 20 years now. A static disc is basically a DVD R, and its static because once you burn and finalize it, it's done, you can't edit or change it. But the problem with the disc method, is its very unreliable. In the past week I've tried to back up my photos to a disc and went through about 3 blank dvdrs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7tA3NNKF0Q Facebook is such an Evil mess. Video sums up why they are such a evil mess lately. Several times a day I see stolen videos being shared and reshared on facebook. Thank god no one in their right mind would want to steal any of my videos. Due to facebook being such an evil mess, i hardly touch the thing anymore.

Update: October 22nd, 2015 - Can no longer recommend this game -  Read at bottom Dang, is it already 7Pm? I've been playing this game since I woke up at 6am, and dang, I'm still going! The game of course, is Prison Architect, which has recently been upgraded from BETA to version 1, and I must say, This damn game is fun as heck. If you haven't heard of this game, it's pretty much an open sandbox game where you build and manage a prison. The game looks simple, but

I feel a bit silly announcing that we have a new host within the time span of only a month, but well, we have a new host. I was very happy with ASmallOrange. The speed was okay, and the price was good. However, the hosting there was unamanged, and didn't have any control panel, which I knew going in, but it made making any changes very time consuming and complicated. The VPS and servers at ASmallOrange were so compiled and complicated using CentOS and Nginx, that rarely wou

[caption id="attachment_3077" align="alignleft" width="310"] Facebook Advanced Search[/caption] A while back Facebook removed the ability to refine searches using the main search box on Facebook. No idea why they did it, but they did it. What we have now is a retarded search box that just finds whatever,  but nothing that you're really looking for. Previous, the Search on Facebook would allow you to refine your searches by typing specific names, and towns, jobs and other in

I've always been a huge fan of Yelawolf's. Even long before he was famous. He deserves much more recondition than he currently has, but I know he'll get there some day. Anyone who's been through some struggles and continue trying to survive can relate to his raps/music. Check out this amazing song  off his latest album. [g1_quote author_name="Yelawolf" author_image="http://www.grunch.com/legacy/uploads/2015/09/yelawolfamericanyou-730x492.jpg" author_url="http://w

Many of my friends think that I'm addicted to buying website domains because I seem to constantly be doing that, which is true, but there is a good reason behind it: Cash. I'm not a big domain seller, meaning, I don't buy domains for thousands of dollars and then sell them for 5 times the amount, but I do buy domains for as low as $20, and usually sell them for double or triple what I paid, which means quick fast sells, where I usually double my money. That's $20 or more from nothing,

Chase and DigitalRiver Fraud? Something weird happen this morning. I woke up to an email from Chase asking if this recent purcahse made with my Chase card was fraud or not. The charge was for $14.99, from DRI*AVAST SOFTWARE. I suppose the DRI stands for DigitalRiver which is a payment processing company thing, and this time supposedly they are charging for an Avast Subscription. The problem with this is, I DON'T USE THE CARD, and besides, I don't use Avast. I got the card last year, and us

The two users who visit The Grunch may have noticed that it was online for the past day or so. This was due to me moving the site to yet another new host, and having to learn how to use linux console commands to get it up and running. Our other host TrafficPlanetHosting is great, but they have some odd server technology, where the site would like goto sleep, and it was like a hamster running on a wheel meaning it has to pick up its speed each time someone would visit the site, which i

[caption id="attachment_2956" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Eric Nally Stealing the show on the Tonight Show last weekend.[/caption] The chances are high that you've recently seen or heard the popular song "Downtown" music video or song by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, and most likely heard the catchy chorus sung well by some dynamic singer, which I think is the best part of the song. The song itself goes from strange, to interesting, to annoying after a few plays, while the chorus re

Man oh man, when did Apple become so boring? Nothing new or innovative anymore. I used the iPhone as my phone, I love it, and prefer it over all others, so don't assume that I'm an Apple hater. The Latest Mac OS X LOOKd way better than windows 10, but just looks, not functions, and it's just not worth the price. I was most excited about Apple TV today than anything else. I knew they'd offer an over sized iPad, and a new iPhone, but the Apple TV was the only supposedly "new"

I'm going to start a new category here on Grunch called 'Short Takes'. Alot of times I just want to comment on something which doesn't need an entire article.  This will fulfill that need, and also allow me to write more without worrying about how to stretch something out to be a page or so long. Grunch Logo - I've been working all night and day trying to find a suitable logo, I can't find one. But, I found one that looks okay, and well work for now. Old logo:

[caption id="attachment_2838" align="aligncenter" width="768"] AI People of Los Santos just living out their lives.[/caption] Grand Theft Auto V - On the PC is probably the most fun game I have played in a very long time. Especially the online mode. I LOVE games that have a bit of realism to them, and a huge open free-roam sandbox world. GTA Has always had that, and the latest version takes it to a new level. Its an ALL IN ONE game, meaning it has alot of differe

Picasa is my favorite photo organizer. It's lightweight, fast and simple to use. My only main bug with Picasa is how small the thumbnails are, especially on modern resolutions. This is probably due to Picasa being a pretty old program. Google has added features to it such as annoying Google+ integration, but no meaningful core updates. My current monitor resolution is 2560x1080 pixels, which isn't even close to being up with the most modern 4k resolutions, due to this thumb

* Update - August 24, 2015 - Subscription renewed- Sling gave me a free month, click here to read. I wrote an article a few months ago about how I loved Sling Tv. Back then, I only watched it on a spare monitor hooked up to my computer set up, which worked fine. However, Since that time I have purchased and 60inch Smart TV, and have gotten more serious into my TV entertainment and such. Sling did seem to work better on the TV than it did on the PC, such as I didn't really get the audi

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I'm still looking for a game to replace Dayz MOD (not standalone), as the best Survival Game. H1Z1 seemed promising, and like it could be the one, but for the months after it was released, h1z1 was such a let down. Let's make it clear: I don't even care about zombies, I really just want an open world realistic Survival sandbox game, and Its only that most developers are basing their games on a zombie apocalypse, and if they're going to add zombies, they need to do it right.

Last month I started looking for new programs and apps to use. I've been using the same programs for years, computing started to get boring, and change I wanted to change some things up and see what new programs were out there. One of the main programs I wanted to change is my Mail client. I've been using Windows Live Mail desktop client for the longest time, which works great with my @live.com email address, but the program is aging, and hasn't been updated in several years.

[caption id="attachment_2546" align="aligncenter" width="800"] OpenRCT2[/caption] Great news for those of us who love good games! RollerCoaster Tycoon used to be one of the most fun and creative games out there, which is why it's surprising that Atari didn't keep up the production of the game. The last solid stable PC release of the game was way back in 2004! Amazingly, late last year Atari announced that they were working on RollerCoaster Tycoon World, which is the next re

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A few months ago I switched webhosting providers. My main complaint with my super old host (MDDHOSTING), was the page loading speed, and first byte. The page loading was so slow that it could take 5 seconds sometimes, if not longer for the page to load. Which is one of my pet peeves with websites. When I click a link, I want the page to load. This isn't 1997 and dialup. I knew I had to get out of shared hosting, but the problem is - lets be honest, the only visitors that ever came to

I am working on a new logo, that is much cleaner, and attractive than the old. I have found that a live production environment helps me design, which means apply all the updates, live with it, and update it as I notice more changes, and improvements that can be made. Comparison of old logo, and the new updated one: [caption id="attachment_2329" align="alignleft" width="300"] Old Logo[/caption]       [caption id="attachm

Update - September, 24 2015 - Got Warrant Replacement, click to read. I wrote a review a month or so back on the Zagg Invisible Shield Glass Screen Protector, which over all I gave a low rating due to it cracking on application, and over all price vs quality. [caption id="attachment_2417" align="alignleft" width="225"] Tech Armor Package[/caption] For a while I've been debating between the Zagg InvisibleShield protector, and the Tech Armor one on Amazon. I assume

I've begun work setting up a new theme for the site. Unlike our previous theme, this new should should allow us to be more flexible with the content, and also add new features to the site. I have the main page working and usable for the time being, the article pages still need much work, but they're readable at the moment as well. Here is a comparison of the old theme and the new: Home layout: As you can see, the new home page takes up les

[caption id="attachment_2281" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Insurgency[/caption] Forget Battlefield, especially forget Call Of Duty... I'm Addicted to Insurgency. First let me explain what I believe Insurgency is: Insurgency is a real time paced Multiplayer Tactical Shooter game based in Iraq. You're either the Security Forces (USA), or the Insurgents. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Battlefield fan.... when it works. But lately Battlefield 4 just doesn't work