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Mac Mini?

If you guessed Apple’s Mac Mini. I’m afraid you’re wrong. It’s not a Mac Mini

2005 11 25 Comments Off on Mac Mini?

Cramming a Mac Mini into a Mac SE30

Should have known it. Someone already stuck a Mac Mini into an older generation Mac. One thing the author of the page warns is that the CRT is a high voltage device! Make sure you don’t electrocute yourself if you attempt this hack at home. Check it out yourself

2005 11 18 Comments Off on Cramming a Mac Mini into a Mac SE30

World’s First Solar-Powered Internet Rickshaw?

Three letters… WTF Check it out yourself

2005 11 15 Comments Off on World’s First Solar-Powered Internet Rickshaw?

iPod now runs Doom

Total. Loss. Of. Words. Check it out

2005 11 10 Comments Off on iPod now runs Doom

Why Linux doesn’t have a stable Kernel API

A binary driver is sufficient if you want to provide a module for a specific release version of a specific Linux distribution. But multiply that single build by the number of different Linux distributions and the number of different supported releases of the Linux distribution and you quickly have a nightmare of different build options […]

2005 11 09 Comments Off on Why Linux doesn’t have a stable Kernel API

AMD vs Intel DualCore Shootout at ZDNet

ZDNet reviewed the new Dual Core CPUs from AMD and Intel. How did they fare? AMD beat out Intel in: Performance (except in 1 part of a benchmark test) Power Dissipation Ouch. The only thing that AMD loses out to Intel in is in price! Which is a reversal from what I normally consider for […]

2005 11 05 Comments Off on AMD vs Intel DualCore Shootout at ZDNet

Windows Vs Unix linking dynamic load modules

An very nice and short description of the differences between dynamic module linking between Windows and Unix. It helped clear up one misconception I had about Windows linking. .lib files are NOT static libraries that you link into your program as I originally thought. Chris explains it nice and succinctly: In Windows, there are two […]

2005 10 31 Comments Off on Windows Vs Unix linking dynamic load modules

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Saw the trailer and it looks amusing. Wonder if it will make it to Japan, though. Memorable Quote Lady: You’re not a Jew are you? Al Brooks: Not… this minute Watch the trailer

2005 10 30 Comments Off on Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

FreeBSD USB Hard Disk HOW-not TO

I picked up a shiny new 160 gig drive to replace the current drive in the server. The old approach to backup was something like this: General Steps for backing up data partition (Note: not exact steps) Power Down Server Insert new disk drive on a free IDE bus Setup new hard disk to be […]

2005 10 30 Comments (1)

A visual guide to RAID

Wow this is an awesome explanation of RAID without using more than 12 words!

2005 10 29 Comments Off on A visual guide to RAID

Slinking by 8th grade math in the U.S.

James Robert links to a mock 8th grade math test for U.S. students. Out of curiosity I took a look at it and did okay. Although, in my opinion too many number formulas and not enough problems to help translate from a word problem into a math equation. Those tend to be harder but I […]

2005 10 27 Comments Off on Slinking by 8th grade math in the U.S.

Interesting Quote of the Day

I might be more thrilled at this prospect if I thought it would make us better, happier, nicer human beings. But that’s not immediately obvious to me. – Charles Petzold, “Does Visual Studio Rot the Mind?” Unfortunately, that is the way I feel about technology these days even though I enjoy geeking out. Read the […]

2005 10 27 Comments Off on Interesting Quote of the Day

Things to remember about Matlab

Pi != pi > eval(cos(pi/2)); pi cos(—-) 2 > eval(cos(Pi/2)); 0

2005 10 27 Comments Off on Things to remember about Matlab

How to Write Badly

Mainly aimed at academic journals but some of the principles are relevant to becoming a better writer. Writing is important … Even if ideas are great, when nobody can understand them, they are worthless. Read it yourself (PDF)

2005 10 20 Comments Off on How to Write Badly

Squeak Weekly

Squeak is a great programming tool that lots of coders will never get a chance to truly exercise (yet?). One thing about getting into any software project is also learning about the community that keeps it alive. Usually this means finding websites with information on it or keeping up with mailing lists. However, the Squeak […]

2005 10 17 Comments Off on Squeak Weekly