Alan McCloskey, Author at OCmodshop.com

Fellowes AutoMax Shredders Allow For Auto-Destruct Sequence

Alan McCloskeyApr 2, 2014November 28, 20140

You don’t have to be a Starship captain to set up your own Auto-Destruct sequence. You just have to get your hands on one of

Top 10 Nerd Tunes

Alan McCloskeyMar 2, 2014August 29, 20140

There are lots of songs adored by nerds and geeks. Some are cerebral, others are funny, and some are just about the culture of being

Fellowes AeraMax DX55 Air Purifier Review

Alan McCloskeyFeb 25, 2014July 4, 20140

One of the great things about the Fellowes is that it uses a negligible amount of electricity and is practically silent. I feel satisfied that

Dropcam: Socialize Your Home Security

Alan McCloskeyFeb 20, 2014July 4, 20140

The same cool, hip people who want to record every facet of their life now have a new socially-connected home security camera with full CVR

GeForce GTX 750 News Edition

Alan McCloskeyFeb 18, 2014June 22, 20140

nVidia's new GTX 750 video card has hit the streets, and lots of your friendly neighborhood tech sites have the reviews for you!

Belkin MultiTasker Case for Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014

Alan McCloskeyFeb 17, 2014June 22, 20140

If you're going to own a premium tablet, then you need a good carrying case. I decided on this case because of its premium feel

How to Discover Disk Usage in Linux

Alan McCloskeyFeb 16, 2014June 22, 20140

While Linux has a reputation of being hard to use, modern versions up the usability ante beyond the most popular devices. You can still do

ZAGG High Definition Invisible Shield (Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014) Review

Alan McCloskeyJan 12, 2014June 22, 20147

ZAGG invisible shield screen protectors have a reputation for being expensive, but they also have a reputation of being the best. I have tried generic

Boxee Box is no More

Alan McCloskeyJul 6, 2013September 10, 20140

It will be interesting to see what Samsung has in store, and I hope they continue to innovate. Team Boxee stopped moving, and the rest

HTPC vs Consoles, Boxee, XBMC, WMC?

Alan McCloskeyJun 15, 2013June 22, 20140

I love media streamers, and being an awesome technology journalist I get to review many different media streamers. Some are good and some are awful,

How to fix 100% CPU on Pivos Xios

Alan McCloskeyMay 1, 2013May 1, 20133

XBMC was originally developed on a console, hence the "Xbox" part of "Xbox Media Center". Because of this, the CPU had to run all the

How to fix Video Stuttering on Pivos Xios with XBMC

Alan McCloskeyMay 1, 2013June 21, 201416

There's nothing really wrong with the Xios, You just have to tweak some settings to get around some limitations.

Physically separate networks to finally fix server issues

Alan McCloskeyMar 25, 2013November 28, 20140

Ever since I moved the site over to Linux, I've had weird, unexplained issues, most often the network would stop responding with no warning.

How to Connect XBMC Linux to Synology Diskstation NAS

Alan McCloskeyMar 21, 2013June 21, 20147

One problem you may face with an XBMC Linux installation (or appliance running XBMC) is connecting to and scraping your media that resides on a

XBMC and XIOS articles on the way

Alan McCloskeyMar 20, 2013August 29, 20140

While researching, I found a lot of mixed reviews about this device, but I've pretty much resolved all of the issues that these people were