computing

Latest Intel CPUs kill AMD

ryan — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:16:37 -0600

"After a year of domination by Core2, it seems more like business as usual" that Intel's latest CPUs smash AMD's even further. Not only are they easier to maintain (driver-wise), more compatible generally, but even more so outperform the competition: Intel Core 2 refreshed - QX6850 and E6750.

Storage Device I Want

ryan — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:57:39 -0600

A Storage Device I Want that as far as I know doesn't exist. I want one box, with a bunch of bays, into which I can place any HDD I have lying around and have that drive contribute to the overall size/parity of an array.

Anyone know where I can get something like that?

Dells with Ubuntu

ryan — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:53:24 -0600

I know Ubuntu can't quite hold a candle to Windows or Macintosh for the common user, but still it's a pretty momentous day: Dell selling PCs with Ubuntu Linux.

Clustering

colin — Thu, 17 May 2007 10:21:55 -0600

Anyone here ever mess with clustering? I'm trying to come up with a good reason to do so. It seems that there are a lot of technologies that come on LiveCD now and use Linux / FreeBSD to allow for distributed computing. Things that come to mind:

- Rendering
- Music production
- Searching for aliens

Some links:

The Internet: Still a little of that Wild West feel

colin — Sun, 06 May 2007 14:01:32 -0600

When you see movies set in the wild west, you always see the traveling salesman, the schister doctor, the small carnivals, and so on. And one thing you might see as you get into more developed t

MacBook vs. Dell w/ Feisty

colin — Fri, 04 May 2007 09:41:33 -0600

I currently am testing out Ryan's MacBook vs.

USB "Light Sabre"

colin — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:07:06 -0600

I have a new 4GB USB flash drive (with KEWL BLNKIGN LITE!!!1!), and I wasn't sure what to do with all that space.

Disasters and News

colin — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:37:36 -0600

Can someone point me in the right direction to an article or study that describes how the relationship between traditional media and consumers is changing? For example, which resource do people

Open cell phones?

colin — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:25:21 -0600

One thing that keeps me yelling at my phone instead of feeling good about it is the closed nature of the beast. In just about any other device that you can own, you have the ability to get in th

mEgA Office style-out

colin — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:09:20 -0600

If you had a very large pot of money, what would be the top 5 things you'd put in your ideal office besides the obvious computer / desk / chair?