Alan McCloskey, Author at OCmodshop.com

CoolIt Systems RAM Fan Review

Alan McCloskeySep 8, 2007June 27, 20140

I have been directing extra airflow to my computer’s memory ever since RAM heatspreaders came out. I figured that if there was an actual need

QNAP TS-109 Pro NAS Storage Review

Alan McCloskeySep 7, 2007August 1, 20140

Many homes today have several computers distributed throughout the house, and there is always some common data to share between them. Whether it be MP3s,

PC Sound Cards Better

Alan McCloskeySep 6, 2007November 28, 20140

Well, even though PC sound cards have gotten a LOT better, there still will be some amount of noise (for the audiophile). Using optical out

Free Hard Drive Partition Resizing in Windows

Alan McCloskeySep 4, 2007June 27, 20140

Windows Vista includes a built-in functionality in Disk Management to shrink and expand partitions. No more 3rd party utilities needed! To get to this utility,

Print IE7 Pages Without Headers or Footers

Alan McCloskeySep 4, 2007June 27, 20140

The headers and footers that always print along with the page when printing a page can be irritating. I know very well what page it

Enough Gaming Coverage, Already!

Alan McCloskeySep 4, 2007November 28, 20140

I think I’ve inundated you guys with enough gaming coverage for now… I’ll crank out the hardware reviews again, but I’ll sprinkle in a little

Installing useless OSes

Alan McCloskeySep 3, 2007November 28, 20140

An NT4 installation would be pretty quick… You’d HAVE to use all the default Microsoft drivers because you could never find drivers from the original

Sam & Max Season Two Preview

Alan McCloskeySep 3, 2007June 27, 20140

I had a chance to sit down with the great folks at TellTale games, who wanted to show off the work they’ve done on Sam

VisionTek X1300 PCI Video Card Review

Alan McCloskeySep 2, 2007August 2, 20140

Yes, you read that right. A video card that uses the classic PCI bus: all 33Mhz of it. VisionTek has offered a few unique options

Fury Preview: The First MMOPvP

Alan McCloskeyAug 29, 2007November 28, 20140

Fury is a massively muliplayer online role-playing game, but it has fast action like a first-person shooter. I was able to speak with the CEO

Ladies of PAX 2007

Alan McCloskeyAug 28, 2007June 27, 20140

Walking around the exhibition floor at PAX can be rather exhausting. There are crowds of people in the way, but luckily there are lots of

Assassin’s Creed First Look

Alan McCloskeyAug 28, 2007August 1, 20140

On August 26th, 2007 an 11 minute demo of Assassin’s Creed was shown at the PAX 2007 by Ubisoft Montral’s Creative Director, Patrice Desilets. Too

Wil Wheaton Keynote Address @ PAX 07

Alan McCloskeyAug 28, 2007November 28, 20140

Here is the summary of the absolutely awesome keynote by Wil Wheaton. It has been rephrased, but here is the summary. The complete audio file

Q & A with Uwe Boll

Alan McCloskeyAug 25, 2007August 1, 20140

Some of you may (or may not have) heard of Uwe Boll. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, then his movies certainly do (especially

Print Only Selected Text From Web Pages

Alan McCloskeyAug 22, 2007June 27, 20140

When surfing the internet you undoubtedly will come across great information you want to print out. When printing from the internet you don’t have to