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My free Mac mini has shipped

Gratis provides tracking through DHL: Mac Mini Tracking I don’t have a USB keyboard! :) Okay, I can do all the regular hacks such as a self-installed RAM upgrade and overclocked CPU – but how about something totally different? Is the Mac mini’s case all that amazing? Perhaps I could toss it in a bigger…Continue Reading…

Geek Profile

Your Geek Profile: Gamer Geekiness: High Geekiness in Love: High Internet Geekiness: High Movie Geekiness: High Academic Geekiness: Moderate Fashion Geekiness: Moderate General Geekiness: Moderate Music Geekiness: None SciFi Geekiness: None How Geeky Are You?

Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

Microsoft has released a Windows “Update” that is designed to remove software from your computer: After the download, this tool runs once to check your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove any infection found. If an infection is found, the tool will display a…Continue Reading…

96 Processor Cluster in a Small Box

Awesome stuff. This computer is only a little larger than a personal computer, but it contains 96 Transmeta Efficeon processors, each running at 1.2 GHz. Linux powers 96-node personal cluster “The DS-96 measures 17 x 27 x 25 inches, and weighs 150 pounds. It draws a claimed peak of 1,500 Watts through a single 15-amp…Continue Reading…

Keyboards are forever

I don’t think voice recognition will ever catch on. It’s faster to type than it is to talk — in English. But what about other languages? Quote from an article on ABC News: Rashid said some things won’t change. He predicted computers will use traditional keyboards even 10 years in the future, despite enormous investments…Continue Reading…

Blogger Improvements

One nice feature of WordPress is that it lists Incoming Links in the Dashboard. From there I visited some of the sites linking to me. It’s very interesting to find that there are sites out there, that I’ve never seen myself, linking to my site. I love it – it really adds to the blogging…Continue Reading…