When is a deal not a deal? Well, a sub-$5 powered USB Hub is no longer a good deal when it requires: an engineer, a >$5 debugging device, and spare parts from the basement to get it working. Plug-and-play did not accurately describe my experience.
Click here to read my Amazon review.
But, product complaints aside, I guess I have to acknowledge the existential satisfaction which I derived from receiving a puzzle, finding the solution, and sharing it with others. There you go folks, next time you need a gift for the engineer who has everything, skip the Comic Book store, stroll right past the Strategy Games aisle. Give them some cheap electronics paired with the challenge, "I'll bet you can't figure out what's wrong with THIS!"
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