Actually, today it’s not too bad. The storms yesterday seem to have washed everything clean, and although the humidity is pretty brutal the actual temperature isn’t that bad. We got lucky…cities not too far to the South were hit really hard, with three different lines of thunderstorms and (at last count) three confirmed tornadoes. I looked out into my yard this morning, and the “damage” consists of a couple of small tree branches and a bunch of leaves. Hopefully the damage other places wasn’t too bad, and everyone is able to get back to normal soon!

Futurelooks gets us going with the Cooler Master HAF X Full-Tower Enclosure

XSReviews counters with the Antec DF-85

ThinkComputers makes it a threesome with the IN WIN Griffin Case

TrustedReviews gives a listen to the Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker DS9000/10

bit-tech beats the heat with the Hailea HC-500A Water Chiller

TechRadar goes mobile with the Windows Phone 7

TweakTown focuses on the ViewSonic PJD6251 Projector

Bjorn3D weighs in on the Gigabyte GTX 465 1GB (GV-N465UD-1GI)

KitGuru takes on Limbo (Xbox 360)

Hardware Canucks takes a look at the EVGA GTX 460 1GB Superclocked EE (External Exhaust)

CDRLabs hooks up with the Seagate 2TB FreeAgent GoFlex Desk External Hard Drive

CDRinfo shares its thoughts on the OCZ Agility2 60GB SSD

TechReviewSource spends some time with the Canon Pixma MX870

BCC Hardware announces its Weekly Tech Update 1 Year Anniversary Contest Begins

And to finish us off, TechwareLabs goes inside the M-Edge Guardian Kindle Case

OK, so normally I am the LAST person on Earth to complain about it being too hot. If I could live somewhere like Hawaii where the temperature rarely fluctuates beyond a narrow tropical range year-round, I would be absolutely content. Today, however, it is KILLING me! It didn’t quite make 90F here (we topped out at 88F), but the humidity stayed at 85% to 88% all day. I simply can’t take it any more, especially having just spent a week in Tahoe where a high humidity day hangs around 10%. All possible energy has been sucked from my body and I am left with nothing but soggy rags of muscle and the frizziest hair on the planet.

Futurelooks starts us off with the GeForce GTX 460 – nVidia’s $200 Gift to Mainstream Gamers

KitGuru takes on My Kingdom For The Princess (iPad)

TechwareLabs goes inside the Chenboro ES34169 mITX Sever Chassis

TrustedReviews examines the Epson Aculaser C4200DN

TechRadar chills out with the Titan Fenrir TTC-NK85TZ

And we’ll close out this one with a slew of video card reviews just for fun.

bit-tech – Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB and Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1GB
Hi Tech Legion – EVGA GeForce GTX 460 768MB Superclocked DirectX 11 and ATI Radeon HD 5570 512MB GDDR5 DX11
Bjorn3D – Nvidia GTX-460(s) 768MB & 1GB
TechwareLabs – Sparkle GeForce GTX 465
TechRadar – Zotac GeForce GTX 460 1GB and ASUS RoG Matrix HD5870 Platinum
Legit Reviews – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB and 1GB
Hardware Secrets – MSI N460GTX Cyclone 768D5/OC
techPowerUp – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SLI
InsideHW – ASUS ARES Radeon HD5870X2: Only for the Chosen Few
TweakTown – Palit GeForce GTX 460 1GB Sonic Platinum and Galaxy GeForce GTX 460 Super OC 1GB
Guru3D – GeForce GTX 460 SLI and Gigabyte Radeon HD 5770 SOC
TweakPC – Gainward GeForce GTX 460 GLH – NVIDIAs GF104 overclocked
Overclockers Online – Sparkle GTX 465 (SXX4651024D5-NM)
CDRinfo – Inno3D GTX 460 768MB
Hardware Canucks – EVGA GTX 460 768MB Superclocked Single & SLI
KitGuru – Powercolor HD5870 PCS+

It took me a couple of days to figure it out, but I have finally figured out how to do things on my friend’s MacBook. The last time I used anything like a Mac it was called Apple, and it had a cassette tape because it was before floppy disks. My biggest issue was trying to figure out what the heck button equaled right click, but I’ve got it down now. Vacation is great so far…today we’re taking the five-year-old girl ice skating (she competes). I’ll be watching, of course, as crutches are not so good for skating, but it’ll be fun.

Futurelooks starts us off with the Creative Labs ZEN X-Fi Style Portable Media Player

TrustedReviews explores The Dangers of Windows 8

KitGuru takes on Sniper: Ghost Warrior (Xbox 360)

techPowerUp focuses on the the HIS Radeon HD 5550 GDDR5

TechRadar takes a look at the Samsung UE55C9000

CDRinfo examines the Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB

PureOverclock goes inside the Cooler Master HAF-X

TweakNews gets into the Super Talent USB 3.0 Express Drive Flash Drive

Benchmark Reviews weighs in on the AMD Athlon-II X4-640 Processor

BCC Hardware shares its thoughts on the ASRock X58 Extreme 3 Motherboard

TestFreaks checks out the Canon imageFORMULA P-150 Scan-tini Personal Document Scanner

TweakPC tries on a SteelSeries 7H – Stereo-Gamer-Headset

ASE Labs hooks up with the Thermaltake BlacX Duet

And to finish us off for now, HardwareHeaven sits down with the NVIDIA 3D Vision and Blu-Ray 3D with PowerDVD 10

Remind me the next time I’m going on vacation to pack when my mother is not in the house. Seriously. I’ve packed before, quite some number of times. I fly WAY more often than you do. I don’t need your “helpful” hints about it. I cannot bring enough food for a seven-course meal in my carry-on bag. I also cannot wrap the present I’m bringing my friend in my checked bag. Nor can I expect the nice people who will be taking me from gate to gate in a wheelchair (the only good thing about still being on crutches near as I can tell) to carry my bag. Trust me on this.

Futurelooks gets us going with the Thermaltake Frio CPU Cooler

Motherboards.org examines the ASUS EAH5850 TOP DirectCU TOP/2DIS/1GD5

Hardware Canucks shares its thoughts on the GIGABYTE 870A-UD3 AM3 Motherboard

TrustedReviews gets its hands on the OrthoVia OrthoMouse

TweakTown weighs in on the Corsair Force F120 120GB SandForce Solid State Drive

KitGuru presents Overclocking the AMD 1055T – 3700mhz ‘out of the box’

bit-tech explores Mac SSD performance and TRIM in OSX

Legit Reviews checks out the EVGA GTX 400 Series High-Flow Exhaust Bracket

HardwareLook goes inside the In Win Dragon Slayer M-ATX Case

Benchmark Reviews spends some time with the ASRock Core-100HT Intel i3-330M HTPC

ThinkComputers gives a listen to the ASUS Xonar DX2 Sound Card

To finish us off, CDRinfo hooks up with the Patriot Vallkyrie NAS

I’ve had the house to myself for the week while my mother has been vacationing in Northern Wisconsin, but today the party is over. It’s both sad and a relief for me, really…I thoroughly enjoy being away from her for a while, but last night the noises of an empty house started to get to me and I didn’t sleep much. I’m not sure what happened from the ten years I spent living alone to now, but suddenly I get paranoid about things for no good reason when left alone too long. That’ll happen, I guess.

TweakTown starts us off with the Prolimatech Samuel 17 Low Profile CPU Cooler

TechRadar spends some time with the Dino PC Sixth Sense

KitGuru weighs in on the Zotac GTX 480 AMP! Graphics Card

Guru3D sees that and raises the MSI R5670 Cyclone 1G

Legit Reviews goes inside the SilverStone Grandia GD05 Black HTPC Case

techPowerUp counters with the NZXT Vulcan

TrustedReviews points and shoots the Sigma DP2s

Technic3D beats the heat with the BeQuiet! SilentWings USC und Pure Fan Series

bit-tech presents its SandForce SSD Group Test

Hi Tech Legion wants you to know about its Independence Month Contest

CDRinfo chills out with the Noctua NH-U9B SE2

Motherboards.org gets into the GIGABYTE 870A-UD3 Motherboard

HardwareHeaven gets its hands on the ROCCAT Pyra Wireless Gaming Mouse

DragonSteelMods tries out some Arctic MX-4 Thermal Compound

To finish us off, ThinkComputers takes a look at the ASUS VH232H 23-inch 1080p LCD Monitor