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it's time for handy check again where company is send us stuff or I buy it and then I tell you what I think is good with the purchase of a qualifying Intel processor SSD or nook you could instantly win and Intel gaming Jersey and be entered in the draw for the ultimate system click now to learn more so let's get this kicked off with something I've been meaning to buy ever looking back at older videos you can see me taking the temperature of a notebook with a K type probe taped down to some thermal goop to ensure I'm getting a reasonably accurate reading this method worked but is more time-consuming and certainly messier than I'd like welcome to the new age I don't know that this particular model is super amazing or anything but it's very well reviewed on Amazon and for a mere 44 dollars I can now take the temperature of pretty much anything I can aim it at it records temperatures from minus 60 to 500 degrees Celsius has a laser guide so you know where you're pointing uses triple-a batteries instead of the for me less common 9-volt batteries and has a distance to spot ratio of twelve to one meaning the patch it's measuring is 1/12 the size of the distance you're holding the unit away from a given surface it's got some limitations though it won't take air temperature solids and liquids only it doesn't have adjustable emissivity so it can read higher or lower depending on the reflective consistency of the surface and it doesn't come with any kind of certified calibration or anything like that but there are tons of things that could be useful for including anything you don't want to damage or contaminate by touching it anywhere that's difficult or dangerous to reach or even taking the temperature of moving objects with the one-second delay between the trigger press and readout what I use it for is quick and dirty temperature readings on products with notebooks it allows me to find hot spots very quickly and for things like graphics cars it lets us take a look at sorry we're back and for things like graphics cards it lets us take a look at at least the surface temperature of components that aren't normally read by software great for diagnosing problems next up we've got a product that has generated a ton of confusion over the because apparently lots of people didn't know that you can simply buy a dongle for 12 bucks and connect up to four wireless Xbox 360 controllers to your PC for single or multiplayer use I always get people being like what controller is that or like oMG Linus is gaming on Xbox but a picture or video shows up with a wireless Xbox controller in it nope not the case you just plug this bad boy in install the driver from the disk or download one and force the install then bind it to the controller and the same way that presumably you do it on a console I've actually never done it on a console but if you need instructions you can find them on the official Microsoft product page because every game today is basically a console port I find using an Xbox controller is a super easy way to make sure that all the buttons are bound correctly out of the box and I've been doing this for years it's awesome and well worth the twelve dollars especially if you already have a controller or two lying around the last product for today is one that I only bought because I felt like I was forced to LG managed to make one of the finest monitors on the market the 34 um 95 ultra wide 34 40 by 1440 21 by I aspect ratio monitor that I reviewed here with one of the worst monitor stands that I've ever seen it only has two height settings and even worse at the highest fixed setting it's still not high enough for me so the Satechi f1 smart monitor stand looked like a good bet to get the monitor up a little higher and add front audio extensions and a USB to hop to my desk at the same time from the pictures it looked to be well built attractive in a minimalist sort of way and practical because it allows you to use the space under it for storage instead of just wasting it in practice the platform is solid enough for me although the 22 pound weight rating doesn't seem deserved given the complaints from 27 inch iMac users and while it does allow you to store stuff under it I just don't find it that nice looking the picture made it look like it would kind of match an aluminum finish on the top but when it arrived I found that aside from the attractive aluminum legs the finish is very cheap and plasticky feeling it can be assembled two different ways to either elevate your display 8 or 10 and 1/2 centimeters by either folding out or not folding out the two plastic tabs but this mechanism while once again solid enough for my use just didn't inspire that much confidence my last complaint is that the built-in 4 port USB hub isn't powered not even a power jack to give me the option to buy a 5 volt adapter and use one myself that would have gone a long way towards making me feel a little better about the purchase maybe I'm asking too much of this one though it was only 35 bucks and still planning to use it because of that price I consider it very fair if I wasn't gonna use it I wouldn't have featured it in the video but next time I might use a little bit more of my less than $100 budget for a Mont understand that we're gonna showcase on the channel here maybe something a little bit nicer speaking of showcase that's the channel at least here in Canada anyway where as a kid I was able to find all the soft port or sorry what was I talking about oh right ah Hulu Plus ah it offers simple and reliable video streaming service for your PC smartphone TV or tablet with a wide range of network TV shows Criterion movies kids shows an anime Hulu Plus has the quantity and variety to suit a wide range of viewing needs personally I'd be pretty stoked then starting September Hulu Plus will feature the entire archive of previous South Park episodes as well as new ones yay now I've had a number of our viewers point out to me that Hulu Plus like regular Hulu costs $7.99 a month and still has ads yes we know the point of the plus part is that you get more archived content and the ability to view it across a wider variety of devices maybe that's not compelling enough for you or maybe it is why not give it a shot visit Hulu Plus calm slash Linus and get a two week trial of the service so you can decide for yourself time for the full disclosure part of this video which I think you guys need to know since handy techies kind of straight up recommendations rather than reviews for this episode it's easy I bought the thermometer and the monitor stand for work and the generic Xbox dongle to replace my broken official Microsoft one anyway thanks for watching guys like if you liked just like if you just like leave a comment with other suggestions for future hand detect under 100 episodes if you like our videos the links for where to buy these products with our affiliate code are in the video description along with 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