Yeah, so right now I'm waiting on a plumber. Sprung a leak in the basement, all sorts of stuff is soaked, and my attempts to fix it have met with failure and self recriminations. As a plumber, I make an excellent computer tech.

So here I sit, waiting, contemplating how much I loathe the month of August. I never have gotten the hang of this month. And I sit, thinking how not every problem with my house can be cured with a chainsaw.

Metku starts us off with the AMD A8 3850 A-series ALU

RWLabs tries out the Wacom Intuos4 Medium Professional Pen Tablet

BCC Hardware avoids crotch burns with the Cooler Master NotePal U Stand

APH Networks chills with the Thermaltake Frio OCK CPU Heatsink

Benchmark Reviews counters with the Cooler Master GeminII S524 CPU Heatsink

Tweaktown fires up the Corsair Dominator GT 1.5v PC3-17066 8GB Kit

Bjorn3D plays with the GIGABYTE GTX 580 SOC

Mad Shrimps totes around the MSI CX640 Back to School Laptop

Tech Review Source snaps some shots with the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V

Legit Reviews taps away on the Thermaltake eSports Meka G1 Gaming Keyboard

Hardware Secrets spills the beans on the Enermax ETS-T40-TA CPU Cooler

Tech Reviews UK reports on the Asus U36JC Laptop

Eteknix glides along with the ZOWIE EC2 Gaming Mouse

OCInside boots up with the ADATA S511 120GB SATA3 SSD

Finally, Pro Clockers brings us on home with the Gigabyte Z68XP-UD5 Socket 1155 Motherboard

Gotta bail.

You go have a day.