An improvement to my usual disappearance is that I now can be out of town and still post! The family members I keep visiting have not only gotten an internet connection, but recently also added a wireless router. So while my post times may be erratic due to their schedules, at least you’ll get reviews while I’m here.

Futurelooks starts us off with the NZXT Hades Crafted Series Midtower ATX Enclosure

Legit Reviews counters with the Cooler Master HAF 932 AMD Edition Full Tower Case

TechRadar focuses on the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ8

TweakTown takes on Heavy Rain PlayStation 3

TrustedReviews checks out the Kodak ESP Office 6150 – Inkjet All-in-One

PureOverclock gets into the Sapphire Radeon HD5830 1GB

bit-tech gets its hands on the SteelSeries Xai Gaming Mouse

Elite Bastards tries on a SteelSeries Siberia v2 headset and mobile device adapter

Pro-Clockers examines the Jetway XBlue H55 1156 Motherboard

TechwareLabs shares its Megacon 2010 Coverage

OverClocked Inside shares its thoughts on some Crucial 8GB Kit DDR3-1333/PC3-10600 CT2KIT51264BA1339 Memory

Hardware Bistro hooks up with the Aten CubiQ CS1642 KVMP

HotHardware presents some Game Developers Conference 2010 Highlights

ASE Labs gives a listen to some Arctic Cooling Arctic Sound E361-BM Earbuds

And to close out this selection, HardwareHeaven takes a look at the Masscool MP-1371RS Media Player

Thus ends the process that started with the horrifying attempt to use TurboTax. I ended up going with H&R Block at home online. Easy to use, free federal, $9.95 for my state, free e-filing for both, direct deposit. Best part: 40 minutes start to finish. Refund to hit my account in 8-10 days. I really wish I’d have done it in the first place…would’ve saved me no end of stress. Oh well, had I gotten my refund earlier I would’ve spent it on something silly like paying bills. Now I’ll be using it to go on a mini-vacation with my niece’s family. (And also to pay some bills! Don’t worry, Mom!)

Hardware Bistro starts us off with the Thermaltake Element V Chassis

ThinkComputers counters with the In Win Fanqua Mid Tower Chassis

bit-tech takes on Star Wolves 3: Civil War

TweakTown sits down with the ViewSonic ViewBook Pro VNB131S 13.3-inch Notebook

Legit Reviews hooks up with the Kingston 30GB SSDNow V Series Boot Drive

MadShrimps shares its CeBIT 2010 Coverage

TechRadar rocks out with the Cabasse iO2 System

Top Review Shop wants you to know about its March Giveaway – Win a free XO Skin for yourcell phone or MP3 player

Technic3D gets its hands on the Razer Naga and Megasoma

PureOverclock examines the Nexus RX-6300 Power Supply

Benchmark Reviews shares its thoughts on the WD SiliconEdge-Blue Solid State Drive

TrustedReviews checks out the Canon PIXMA MX870 – Inkjet All-in-One Printer

Guru3D spends some time with the ASUS M4A89GTD USB 3.0 mobo

techPowerUp presents its World-Exclusive: ASUS EAH 5850 TOP DirectCU

Finally, Hi Tech Legion touches down on the Thermaltake BlacX Duet Hard Drive Docking Station

Don’t ask me why I dislike Indiana so much, I just do. I’m sure it’s a perfectly lovely place, and what I’ve seen of Indianapolis while driving through it on I-65 it seems like a decent enough city. But…I’ve got to go Saints on this one…I like the Gulf coast much better. In fact, whenever I drive through Indiana that’s where I’m heading. So, may the best team win. As long as it’s New Orleans.

Hardware Bistro kicks it off with the In Win Fanqua

XtremeComputing hooks up with the Synology DS210j – 2 Bay NAS

bit-tech takes on STALKER: Call of Pripyat

TechRadar takes a look at the Samsung DVD-H1080

PCSTATS weighs in on the AMD Phenom II X4 910e Energy Efficient 65W Processor

RBMods goes inside the XClio Nighthawk Case

TweakPC rocks the house with the Logitech Z-10 2.0 Interactive Speaker-Set – powerful bass without Subwoofer (click on the US flag for translation)

Motherboards.org checks out the ECS A785GM-AD3 Black Series Motherboard

Hardware Secrets presents its 64 GB Solid State Drive Round-Up

TweakTown shares its thoughts on GIGABYTE SATA 6G Update – RAID 0 Just How We Like It

TechwareLabs gets into the OtterBox 3500 Series

TrustedReviews examines the Panasonic DMP-BD45 Blu-ray Player

Bjorn3D chills out with the Zalman CNPS10X Extreme & CNPS10X Flex

Legit Reviews gets its hands on the Kingston MobileLite G2 USB Card Reader

And to close out this selection, TestFreaks spends some time with some Kingston HyperX 1600MHz 12GB Triple Channel (KHX1600C9D3K6/12G)

Did anyone else sing the days of the week song in grade school? When I woke up this morning it was stuck in my head. “Today is Tuesday, today is Tuesday. What shall we do today?” Gah. I REALLY need to get out more.

Futurelooks kicks it off with CES 2010 – Gadgets Galore: The Latest From LUXA2, Lenovo, SONY, iLuv, Technocel, Mileage Tracker & CHOIIX

TrustedReviews hooks up with the Buffalo LinkStation Duo

TweakTown goes inside the SilverStone Raven RV02-BW Case

XtremeComputing examines the Inno3D NVIDIA GT240 i-Chill

Bjorn3D checks out some Crucial Ballistx 1600 Tracers

eTeknix wants you to Win a XFX Radeon HD5770 1Gb Graphics Card

TechReviewSource finds its way with the Magellan RoadMate 1700

TestFreaks takes a look at the Lensbaby Composer Selective Focus SLR Lens

Hardware Bistro gets into the Thermaltake Element Q

TechRadar points and shoots the Nikon COOLPIX S1000pj

LanOC shares its thoughts on the Seagate Constellation 2TB Hard Drive

Hardware Secrets reviews the XFX 650 W XXX Edition Power Supply

BigBruin sits down with the ASUS EEE PC 701SD Netbook

PureOverclock gets its hands on the Kingston 16GB Data Traveler Locker+

Continuing CES coverage:
TrustedReviews – CES 2010: Intel Announces WiDi HD Wireless Display Tech
ThinkComputers – CES 2010: Silverstone
Legit Reviews – CES 2010: Kingston HyperX 24GB 1600MHz Memory Kit
HotHardware – Ostendo and AMD Demo 3X43″ Surround Vision Gaming Geek Nirvana At CES
ThinkComputers – CES 2010: OCZ
TrustedReviews – CES 2010: First Impressions – Google Nexus One
Futurelooks – CES 2010 – ZALMAN Unveils New Goodies For PC Enthusiasts

Wow…two days in less than a week! Of course, I got up a bit later so it’s not shining directly on my desk any more, but I can still see it. It’s pretty wrong, but I’m actually a little disappointed to be going to work today because I’ll miss out on a fair portion of the sunlight, but I can’t say I’m disappointed to be making even a small amount of money again. I’ve got a pretty important payment due in two weeks, and at this point I don’t see how I’m going to make it.

Hardware Bistro kicks it off with the Arctic Cooling NC

TrustedReviews goes mobile with the Nokia X6

Pro-Clockers goes inside the Aerocool BX-500 B Series Tower

High Tech Reviews chills out with the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev. 2

Bjorn3D weighs in on the Thermaltake Evo_Blue 750 watt PSU

Overclocker Cafe presents its HIS HD5770 vs. HIS HD4890 iCooler x4 Comparison

RBMods gets into the NZXT Lexa S Case

BCC Hardware tries on the SteelSeries Siberia v2 USB Headset

CCE Reviews sits down with the Village Tronic ViBook Plus

TestFreaks takes a look at the Best of 2009: Televisions

And to close out this selection, PCShopTalk wants you to know about its January 2010 Contest