While enjoying some much needed time off I stumbled accross the game Combat Arms produced by Nexon.  The first thing that made me wonder if it was worth my time to check out was that it was free.  That’s right I said free.  I have tried out allot of games that were free over the years and was usually less then impressed.  So I set my expectations very low for this one.  I was actually very surprised when I downloaded the game and played my first game.  The closets thing that I can compare it to is Call Of Duty.  I was really surprised by the graphics and game play.  As of right now there is not anything I would really change about the game.  So if your looking for something to do I highly recommend checking out Combat Arms.

Game Website
http://combatarms.nexon.net/Intro.aspx

May favorite day is only a few days away.  If you are in the need of some new hardware for your home systems, Friday is the day to go out and shop.  There are some great deals on desktops, laptops, storage, and miscellaneous peripherals.  There are several websites out there that already have all of the adds posted so you can form you strategy early.  If you have never heard of of the term Black Friday in the united state below is the link to the wikipedia article that describes it.

Wikipedia Black Friday Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)

Black Friday Add Web Sites
http://bfads.net/

http://www.black-friday.net/

http://www.blackfriday.info/

It has been a long time since I had to go out and purchase a new router.  I looked at several different brands and models.  I finally decided on the WRT610N from Linksys by Cisco.  There are several features that stand out.  One of them is the dual-n band network that supports both the 2.4 GHZ and 5GHZ bands.  I also found the network attached storage to be a great feature.  This allows you to directly attach a USB drive to the router so it acts like a network storage device.  This feature alone helped justify the cost of the purchase compared to some of the other models like the 310N.  I have had it up and running for a while now and it has not missed a beat.  I push anywhere between eighty to ninety GB of data through it a day.  The WRT670N has not had a single issue up to this point.  In the next few weeks I will be posting more detail on some of the key additional features that are built into the WRT610N.  I will also touch on some of the points where Cisco can improve on like connection stats.

Linksys Product Page
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1175245824212&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=2421239789B01