Tag Archives: computers

Switching to an energy-efficient desktop computer

February 12, 2011

Since 1990, I’ve had IBM-compatible desktop computers in my life. Before that, I had Tandy computers beginning at age 2. At first, they were the only computers I had, so I did everything with them – gaming, BBS surfing and eventually the internet, word processing, etc. In college, I got really into video encoding and I played all the newest games, which required quite a bit of PC hardware. Since then, I’ve done less and less encoding and gaming, and [...]

Gabe does it again

September 20, 2008

Back in my college days, Gabe and I were pretty good buddies. DeathNET was going strong, and we were having fun running it. You heard the legend of his downloading of 1.3TB of data, which got his internet disconnected in his dorm room. As a result of this, Gabe decided he was out to get the DCC, our computing department, which is portrayed as the Evil Department of Computing Syndicate in the following short I helped film: As you can [...]

Annoying Web 2.0 Stuff

July 1, 2008

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if no one ever upgraded to Web 2.0? I mean, really, what have we gained. Here’s a list of things that I personally find really stupid about the phenomenon…

Wonderdrive

June 5, 2008

Samsung SH-S202J is a great new burner from Samsung. It is quiet, fast, and the tray operates smoothly. It works seamlessly with K3B in Linux, burning 4.2GB of data in 6 minutes including session closing. The first one of these I bought came DOA, but I just let NewEgg know about it, and they shipped me a new working one for free. Brilliant! I highly recommend you pick one up if you’re in the market. Media Tested One of the [...]

Shutdown Day for Good Health

April 19, 2008

Shutdown day is approaching. It’s May 3rd, 2008! What I will do Turn off my desktop Turn off my laptop Turn off my routers Turn off most of the lights Read a book Go for a bike ride What I won’t do Turn off the AC Turn off the fridge Why I’m not doing this to decrease my “carbon footprint,” decrease dependence on foreign oil, or for any other political gain. I’m doing this because it is a healthy thing [...]

My Geek Code

October 22, 2007

I did my geek code today. It was enlightening… —– BEGIN GEEK CODE —– GCS d- s:+ a– C++++$ UL++++$ P+++$ L+++$ E— W+++ N++ o– K? w– !O M- V– PS PE Y+ PGP++ t++@ 5? X R tv b+ Dl D+ G e++ h— r++ y++ —— END GEEK CODE —— To find out what that means, go to the link above.