This past weekend we had the pleasure of attending the 5th Annual Lights, Camera, Youth Action!, a fundraiser for one of our favorite local organizations, Youth Action Coalition. YAC and their programs create an environment where a diverse group of area youth can discuss their feelings and ideas, feel comfortable expressing them through various media and as a result feel that they're being heard and a part of the world around them. It's a very valuable service, and seeing the youth in the program present their work and ideas it's clear that they excel at it. We got to see a number of them talk about the program and present their work at Lights, Camera, Youth Action!, in addition to stating their intention to expand the program with a dedicated space for their efforts. The event was entirely underwitten (which left-click contributed toward), so all donations went directly to YAC and we hope they're closer to their goal! You can ALWAYS donate to YAC here: http://www.youthactioncoalition.org/contribute/index.html

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Wondering what Reese Witherspoon is doing here? This is her character from the film Election, Tracy Flick!

Hello Western MA! You can vote here for The Valley Advocate's Best of the Valley 2012, and if you've had a good experience with us we would be thrilled and honored if you would consider voting for left-click in the Local Computer Store category (it's in the "Material World" section, a little more than halfway down the page). Our ever-expanding and enthusiastic customer base, including many prominent local businesses, is a testament to our technical proficiency and superior customer service. You can see many of our wonderful customers, including Bueno Y Sano, River Valley Market and Cornucopia Foods, talk about their experiences with us in the video below.

left-click strives to be an active member of the Western Massachusetts community. In the last year we had amazing experiences supporting and participating in the Youth Action Coalition's mural unveiling in Amherst, The Cancer Connection's Trikathlon and PBS WGBY's winter fundraiser. We've supported and raised awareness about The Valley Arts Newsletter and the initiative to move the Pleasant Street Video library to Forbes Library. We also focus our advertising budget on supporting many worthy local organizations, including Northampton and Amherst High Schools, the Hampshire Shakespeare Company, local literary magazine Meat for Tea and the Out for Reel! LGBT Film Series. We also had a total blast with everyone taking green screen photos at the last Twist craft fair!

We are very excited to announce the winner of our Holiday iPad Raffle! We're never quite sure what the best, most truly fair way to select a winner for a raffle is. This time around we have employed the services of Mr. Crumbles, the Psychic Kitten, who will pluck the name of the most deserving winner from the depths of the universe using his mystic crystal ball. Take it away, Mr. Crumbles!

I wanted to write a quick blog post about my recent quest to find the best method of streaming content from the internet on my television set. (This is not a product review, as I have not yet acquired the device I eventually settled on.) First of all, let's talk about my needs- I'm interested in streaming content, not playing local files. This is the biggest distinction you can make when shopping for an internet-enabled device for your television. What that means, in basic terms, is that I'm looking to stream content like Netflix or Pandora, rather than downloading full audio or video files to a local device (like my computer) and playing those files. After shopping around online and consulting with some of my tech-savvy friends, I'm confident that I found the best internet to television device for my needs.